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

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

Range

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

Etymology

Its generic name Gongylus means "roundish" in Greek.

References

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

External links

• Media related to Gongylus trachelophyllus at Wikimedia Commons

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