What is "gongylus"

Gongylus may refer to:

• Gongylus of Eretria, the agent by whom the Spartan general Pausanias communicated with Xerxes of Persia in 477 BC.
• Gongylus of Corinth, a captain who reinforced Syracuse in 414 BC at a crucial point of the Sicilian Expedition.
• Gongylus, a genus of praying mantises in the family Empusidae.
• Gongylus, a genus of skinks in the family Scincidae (the name is not valid).

Gongylus is a genus of empusids in the order Mantodea. 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.