Angelidae

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This article is about the family of insects described by Rivera & Svenson. For the family of siphonophores described by Fewkes, see Rhodaliidae.

Angela
Angela guianensis MHNT male vol.jpg
Angela guianensis (male)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Angelidae
& , 2016
Genus: Angela
Serville, 1839
Synonyms

(Family)

(Genus)

  • Thespoides Chopard, 1916

Angelidae[1] is a family of mantises found in tropical Central and South Americas.

Taxonomy and systematics[]

The family Angelidae was formerly classified as a subfamily of the family Mantidae and for a brief period also included the restored Asian tribe Euchomenellini[2] The family as presently circumscribed is monotypic, containing the single genus Angela.

Species[]

The following species are recognised in the genus Angela:

References[]

  1. ^ Rivera J, Svenson GJ (2016) The Neotropical 'polymorphic earless praying mantises' – Part I: molecular phylogeny and revised higher‐level systematics (Insecta: Mantodea, Acanthopoidea). Systematic Entomology 41 (3): 607-649
  2. ^ Schwarz CJ (2017) Update on Tagalomantis manillensis (Saussure), with description of the female and comments on its systematic placement and life history (Insecta: Mantodea: Deroplatyinae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 10: 19–39.

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