| Angela | |
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| Angela guianensis (male) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Angelidae Giglio-Tos, 19271 |
| Genus: | Angela Serville, 1839 |
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Angela2 is a genus of praying mantises found in tropical Central and South America.3
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 The Mantodea Species File3 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
References
References
- Mantodea Species File: Family Angelidae
- 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.
- Mantodea Species File: genus Angela Serville, 1839 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 28 April 2026)
- 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.