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 ...
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 language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
EuchomenelliniSchwarz 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 brachyptera''
* '' Angela championi''
* '' Angela decolor''
* ''Angela guianensis
''Angela guianensis'' is a species of praying mantis from the genus ''Angela (mantis), Angela'' of the family Mantidae. It was first described by the entomologist Rehn in 1906.
Specimens can be found in French Guiana, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica ...
'' (Rehn, 1906)
* '' Angela inermis''
* '' Angela lemoulti''
* '' Angela maxima''
* ''Angela minor
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
* Ange ...
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* ''Angela miranda
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
* Ange ...
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* ''Angela ornata
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
* Ange ...
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* ''Angela perpulchra
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
* Ange ...
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* ''Angela peruviana
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
* Ange ...
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* ''Angela purpurascens
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
* Ange ...
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* ''Angela quinquemaculata
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
* Ange ...
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* ''Angela saussurii
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
* Ange ...
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* ''Angela subhyalina
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
* Ange ...
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* ''Angela trifasciata
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
* Ange ...
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* ''Angela werneri
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
* Ange ...
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References
External links
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Mantodea families
Monogeneric insect families