This article is about the family of insects described by Giglio-Tos. For the family of siphonophores described by Fewkes, see Rhodaliidae.

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:

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. 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.

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