Gongylus pauperatus is an praying mantis in the family Empusidae. Its generic name Gongylus means "roundish" in Greek.[1]
| Gongylus pauperatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Empusidae |
| Genus: | Gongylus |
| Species: | G. pauperatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gongylus pauperatus Fabricius, 1739
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Distribution
editThis species is found in the Mediterranean region of France.[2]
References
edit- ^ Stearn, William Thomas (1983). Botanical Latin. 275. David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8548-7.
gongylodes / gongyloides: roundish
- ^ Audouin, Jean-Victor (1834–1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes : traitant de leur organisation et de leurs moeurs en général. Tome 9 / par M. V. Audouin,... ; et comprenant leur classification et la description des espèces, par M. A. Brullé,... F. D. Pillot (Paris).
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