Angelidae

Angelidae
Angela guianensis (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Mantodea
Family:Angelidae
Rivera & Svenson, 2016
Synonyms

Angelinae Beier, 1964

The Angelidae[1] are a family of mantids (order Mantodea) found in tropical Americas and Asia; it was previously placed as a subfamily in the Mantidae.

Genera

The Mantodea Species File[2] lists the following genera:

  • Agrionopsis Werner, 1908
  • Angela Serville, 1839 (Central & South America)
  • Euchomenella Giglio-Tos, 1916 (Vietnam, Borneo)
  • Indomenella Roy, 2008 (India)
  • Leptocola Gerstaecker, 1883
  • Stenopyga Karsch, 1892
  • Thespoides Chopard, 1916

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. Mantodea Species File: family Angelidae (retrieved 11 August 2018)
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