Gongylus trachelophyllus explained

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.^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

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

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20141013063551/https://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Mantodea/Family/Empusidae.txt Texas A&M University
2. Records of the Zoological Survey of India - Occasional Paper . 305 . A Preliminary Study on the Mantid Fauna (Insecta: Mantodea) of Orissa, India . P. M. Sureshan . 2009 . 1–56 . . 978-81-8171-239-4 . 17 October 2021.
3. Book: Stearn, William Thomas. Botanical Latin. 275. 1983. David & Charles. 978-0-7153-8548-7. gongylodes / gongyloides: roundish.