Angelidae
| Angela | |
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| Angela guianensis (male) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Angelidae Giglio-Tos, 1927[1] |
| Genus: | Angela Serville, 1839 |
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Angelidae[2] is a family of mantises found in tropical Central and South Americas.
Taxonomy and systematics
[edit]The family Angelidae was formerly classified as a tribe or a subfamily of the family Mantidae and for a brief period also included the restored Asian tribe Euchomenellini[3] The family as presently circumscribed is monotypic, containing the single genus Angela.
Species
[edit]The following species are recognised in the genus Angela:
- Angela armata
- Angela brachyptera
- Angela championi
- Angela decolor
- Angela guianensis (Rehn, 1906)
- Angela inermis
- Angela lemoulti
- Angela maxima
- Angela minor
- Angela miranda
- Angela ornata
- Angela perpulchra
- Angela peruviana
- Angela purpurascens
- Angela quinquemaculata
- Angela saussurii
- Angela subhyalina
- Angela trifasciata
- Angela werneri
References
[edit]- ^ Mantodea Species File: Family Angelidae
- ^ Rivera, Julio; Svenson, Gavin J. (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. Bibcode:2016SysEn..41..607R. doi:10.1111/syen.12178. S2CID 89284974.
- ^ Schwarz, Christian J. (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. 10: 19–39. doi:10.18476/sbna.v10.a2. S2CID 90944468.
External links
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Data related to Angelidae at Wikispecies
