Angela (mantis)

Angela
Angela guianensis (male)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Angelidae
Giglio-Tos, 1927
Genus: Angela
Serville, 1839
Synonyms
  • Thespoides Chopard, 1916

Angela is a genus of praying mantises found in tropical Central and South America.

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.

Species

As of April 2026 The Mantodea Species File includes:

  1. Angela armata de Haan, 1842
  2. Angela brachyptera Stoll, 1813
  3. Angela championi Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
  4. Angela decolor Chopard, 1913
  5. Angela guianensis Rehn, 1906
  6. Angela inermis Werner, 1927
  7. Angela lemoulti Chopard, 1910
  8. Angela maxima Chopard, 1910
  9. Angela minor Giglio-Tos, 1916
  10. Angela miranda Saussure, 1871
  11. Angela ornata de Haan, 1842
  12. Angela perpulchra Westwood, 1889
  13. Angela peruviana Giglio-Tos, 1916
  14. Angela purpurascens Olivier, 1792
  15. Angela quinquemaculata Olivier, 1792
  16. Angela saussurii Giglio-Tos, 1927
  17. Angela subhyalina Chopard, 1913
  18. Angela trifasciata Stal, 1877 (2 subspecies)
  19. Angela werneri Chopard, 1913

References

  1. ↑ Mantodea Species File: Family Angelidae
  2. ↑ Rivera, Julio; Svenson, Gavin J. (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. Bibcode:2016SysEn..41..607R. doi:10.1111/syen.12178. S2CID 89284974.
  3. 1 2 Mantodea Species File: genus Angela Serville, 1839 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 28 April 2026)
  4. ↑ Schwarz, Christian J. (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. 10: 19–39. doi:10.18476/sbna.v10.a2. S2CID 90944468.