Angelinae

Mantodea

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Dictyoptera
Ordo: Mantodea

Familia: Mantidae
Subfamilia: Angelinae
Genera: Afrothespis - Agrionopsis - Angela - Cotigaonopsis - Euchomenella - Indomenella - Leptocola - Mythomantis - Stenopyga

Name

Angelinae Beier, 1964
References

Vyjayandi, M.C. ; R.S. Rajeesh ; J.P. Sajin ; M.M. Dhanasree & R. Ehrmann, 2009: A new genus of praying mantis Cotigaonopsis from Goa, India (Insecta: Mantodea). Genus 20 (3): 485–492. Full article: [1].

Angelidae[1] is a family of mantises found in tropical Central and South Americas.

Taxonomy and systematics

The family Angelidae was formerly classified as a subfamily of the family Mantidae and for a brief period also included the restored Asian tribe Euchomenellini[2] 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 (Rehn, 1906)
Angela inermis
Angela lemoulti
Angela maxima
Angela minor
Angela miranda
Angela ornata
Angela perpulchra
Angela peruviana
Angela purpurascens
Angela quinquemaculata
Angela saussurii
Angela subhyalina
Angela trifasciata
Angela werneri

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
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.