Angelidae

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

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 (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Angelidae
Rivera & Svenson, 2016
Genus: Angela
Serville, 1839
Synonyms

(Family)

(Genus)

  • Thespoides Chopard, 1916

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:

  • 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 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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