Angelidae
The Angelidae[1] are a family of mantises (order Mantodea) found in tropical Americas and Asia; it was previously placed as a subfamily in the Mantidae.
| Angelidae | |
|---|---|
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| Angela guianensis (male) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Angelidae Rivera & Svenson, 2016 |
| Synonyms | |
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Angelinae Beier, 1964 | |
Genera and Tribe
The Mantodea Species File[2] includes the following genera:
- Agrionopsis Werner, 1908
- Angela Serville, 1839 (Central & South America)
- Leptocola Gerstaecker, 1883
- Stenopyga Karsch, 1892
- Thespoides Chopard, 1916 - monotypic T. bolivari Chopard, 1916
Tribe Euchomenellini
The following genera have recently (2017) been placed in the restored tribe Euchomenellini,[3] with the proposal that it should be placed in the Mantidae subfamily Deroplatyinae.
- Euchomenella Giglio-Tos, 1916 (Vietnam, Borneo)
- Indomenella Roy, 2008 (India)
- Phasmomantella Vermeersch, 2018 (Vietnam)
- Tagalomantis (Hebard, 1920) (sometimes placed in the Mantidae: subfamily Angelinae)
References
- 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
- Mantodea Species File: family Angelidae (retrieved 11 August 2018)
- 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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