Biology:Angelidae

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Short description: Family of praying mantises

Angela
Angela guianensis MHNT male vol.jpg
Angela guianensis (male)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Angelidae
Giglio-Tos, 1927[1]
Genus: Angela
Serville, 1839
Synonyms
  • Thespoides Chopard, 1916

Angelidae[2] 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[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. 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. doi:10.1111/syen.12178. 
  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. https://doi.org/10.18476/sbna.v10.a2. 

External links

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