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
Mantidae is one of the largest families in the order of praying mantises, based on the type species ''Mantis religiosa''; however, most genera are tropical or subtropical. Historically, this was the only family in the order, and many references s ...
and for a brief period also included the restored Asian
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
Euchomenellini
Euchomenellini is a recently (2017) restored, southeast Asian tribe of mantises. It is now placed in the new (2019) family Deroplatyidae, genera having previously been placed in the Angelidae: which now consists only of neotropical mantises.
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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.
/ref> 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 armata'' is a species of praying mantis from the genus ''Angela
Angela may refer to:
Places
* Angela, Montana
* Angela Lake, in Volusia County, Florida
* Lake Angela, in Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan
* Lake Angela, the r ...
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* ''Angela brachyptera
Angela may refer to:
Places
* Angela, Montana
* Angela Lake, in Volusia County, Florida
* Lake Angela, in Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan
* Lake Angela, the reservoir impounded by the source dam of the South Yuba River
Fiction
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* '' Angela championi''
* ''Angela decolor
Angela may refer to:
Places
* Angela, Montana
* Angela Lake, in Volusia County, Florida
* Lake Angela, in Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan
* Lake Angela, the reservoir impounded by the source dam of the South Yuba River
Fiction
* An ...
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* '' Angela guianensis'' (Rehn, 1906)
* ''Angela inermis
Angela may refer to:
Places
* Angela, Montana
* Angela Lake, in Volusia County, Florida
* Lake Angela, in Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan
* Lake Angela, the reservoir impounded by the source dam of the South Yuba River
Fiction
* An ...
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* ''Angela lemoulti
Angela may refer to:
Places
* Angela, Montana
* Angela Lake, in Volusia County, Florida
* Lake Angela, in Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan
* Lake Angela, the reservoir impounded by the source dam of the South Yuba River
Fiction
* An ...
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* '' 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
External links
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Mantodea families
Monogeneric insect families