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Gongylus pauperatus

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Species of praying mantis

Gongylus pauperatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Empusidae
Genus: Gongylus
Species: G. pauperatus
Binomial name
Gongylus pauperatus
Fabricius, 1739

Gongylus pauperatus is an praying mantis in the family Empusidae. Its generic name Gongylus means "roundish" in Greek.

Distribution

This species is found in the Mediterranean region of France.

References

  1. Stearn, William Thomas (1983). Botanical Latin. 275. David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8548-7. gongylodes / gongyloides: roundish
  2. 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).
Taxon identifiers
Gongylus pauperatus
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