Sebasthetops

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Dictyoptera
Ordo: Mantodea

Familia: Empusidae
Subfamilia: Empusinae
Tribus: Empusini
Genus: Gongylus
Species: G. gongylodes – G. pauperatus – G. trachelophyllus
Name

Gongylus Thunberg, 1815
Links

Gongylus in the Mantodea Species File database, accessed on 13/10/2013.

Gongylus is a genus of praying mantises in the family Empusidae.[1] Characterized by extremely slender limbs with large appendages, at least one species (Gongylus gongylodes) is kept as a pet by hobbyists. Males of the species are capable of flight.

The Greek word gongýlos (γογγύλος) means ‘round’.
See also

List of mantis genera and species

References

"genus Gongylus Thunberg, 1815: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2021-01-10.