Angela (mantis)
Genus of praying mantises
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Angela[2] is a genus of praying mantises found in tropical Central and South America.[3]
| Angela | |
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| Angela guianensis (male) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Angelidae Giglio-Tos, 1927[1] |
| Genus: | Angela Serville, 1839 |
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Taxonomy and systematics
Angela is the only genus in the family Angelidae, erected by Ermanno Giglio-Tos, which was formerly classified as a tribe or subfamily of the family Mantidae and for a brief period also included the restored Asian tribe Euchomenellini.[4]
Species
As of April 2026[update] The Mantodea Species File[3] includes:
- Angela armata de Haan, 1842
- Angela brachyptera Stoll, 1813
- Angela championi Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
- Angela decolor Chopard, 1913
- Angela guianensis Rehn, 1906
- Angela inermis Werner, 1927
- Angela lemoulti Chopard, 1910
- Angela maxima Chopard, 1910
- Angela minor Giglio-Tos, 1916
- Angela miranda Saussure, 1871
- Angela ornata de Haan, 1842
- Angela perpulchra Westwood, 1889
- Angela peruviana Giglio-Tos, 1916
- Angela purpurascens Olivier, 1792
- Angela quinquemaculata Olivier, 1792
- Angela saussurii Giglio-Tos, 1927
- Angela subhyalina Chopard, 1913
- Angela trifasciata Stal, 1877 (2 subspecies)
- Angela werneri Chopard, 1913
