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’.

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