Gongylus trachelophyllus

Gongylus trachelophyllus is a praying mantis in the family Empusidae which is characterized by extremely slender limbs with large appendages.

Gongylus trachelophyllus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Empusidae
Genus: Gongylus
Species:
G. trachelophyllus
Binomial name
Gongylus trachelophyllus
(Burmeister, 1838)

Range

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They are found in the Chota Nagpur Plateau region covering Bihar and Odisha states of India.[1][2]

Etymology

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Its generic name Gongylus means "roundish" in Greek.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Texas A&M University
  2. ^ P. M. Sureshan (2009). "A Preliminary Study on the Mantid Fauna (Insecta: Mantodea) of Orissa, India" (PDF). Records of the Zoological Survey of India - Occasional Paper. 305. Director, Zoological Survey of India: 1–56. ISBN 978-81-8171-239-4. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  3. ^ Stearn, William Thomas (1983). Botanical Latin. 275. David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8548-7. gongylodes / gongyloides: roundish
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