Angelidae

Angelidae

Angelidae

Family of praying mantises


Angelidae[2] is a family of mantises found in tropical Central and South Americas.

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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[3] 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

  1. 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. doi:10.1111/syen.12178. S2CID 89284974.

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