Angelidae

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Angela
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Angela guianensis (male)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Angelidae
Giglio-Tos, 1927 [1]
Genus: Angela
Serville, 1839
Synonyms
  • ThespoidesChopard, 1916

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:

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References

  1. Mantodea Species File: Family Angelidae
  2. 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.
  3. 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.