| 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 |
| Genus: | Angela Serville, 1839 |
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Angelidae is a family of mantises found in tropical Central and South Americas.
Taxonomy and systematics
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 The family as presently circumscribed is monotypic, containing the single genus Angela.
Species
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
- 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
Data related to Angelidae at Wikispecies
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Angelidae | |
| Angelinae | |
| Angela |
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