{{Short description|Genus of praying mantises}} {{About|the genus of insects|other uses|Angela (disambiguation){{!}}Angela}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = ''Angela'' | image = Angela guianensis MHNT male vol.jpg | image_caption = ''Angela guianensis'' (male) | parent_authority = Giglio-Tos, 1927<ref>[http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1183520 Mantodea Species File: Family Angelidae]</ref> | taxon = Angela | authority = Serville, 1839 | synonyms = * ''Thespoides'' <small>Chopard, 1916</small> }}
'''''Angela'''''<ref>{{Cite journal |doi=10.1111/syen.12178 |title=The Neotropical 'polymorphic earless praying mantises' – Part I: Molecular phylogeny and revised higher-level systematics (Insecta: Mantodea, Acanthopoidea) |date=2016 |last1=Rivera |first1=Julio |last2=Svenson |first2=Gavin J. |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=607–649 |s2cid=89284974 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2016SysEn..41..607R }}</ref> is a genus of praying mantises found in tropical Central and South America.<ref name = MSF/>
==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.<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.18476/sbna.v10.a2 | title=Update on ''Tagalomantis manillensis'' (Saussure), with description of the female and comments on its systematic placement and life history (Insecta: Mantodea: Deroplatyinae) | date=2017 | last1=Schwarz | first1=Christian J. | journal=Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A | volume=10 | pages=19–39 | s2cid=90944468 | doi-access=free }}</ref>
===Species=== {{Asof|2026|4}} The ''Mantodea Species File''<ref name = MSF>[http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1183535 Mantodea Species File: genus ''Angela'' Serville, 1839] (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 28 April 2026)</ref> includes: # ''Angela armata'' {{Au|de Haan, 1842}} # ''Angela brachyptera'' {{Au|Stoll, 1813}} # ''Angela championi'' {{Au|Saussure & Zehntner, 1894}} # ''Angela decolor'' {{Au|Chopard, 1913}} # ''Angela guianensis'' {{Au|Rehn, 1906}} # ''Angela inermis'' {{Au|Werner, 1927}} # ''Angela lemoulti'' {{Au|Chopard, 1910}} # ''Angela maxima'' {{Au|Chopard, 1910}} # ''Angela minor'' {{Au|Giglio-Tos, 1916}} # ''Angela miranda'' {{Au|Saussure, 1871}} # ''Angela ornata'' {{Au|de Haan, 1842}} # ''Angela perpulchra'' {{Au|Westwood, 1889}} # ''Angela peruviana'' {{Au|Giglio-Tos, 1916}} # ''Angela purpurascens'' {{Au|Olivier, 1792}} # ''Angela quinquemaculata'' {{Au|Olivier, 1792}} # ''Angela saussurii'' {{Au|Giglio-Tos, 1927}} # ''Angela subhyalina'' {{Au|Chopard, 1913}} # ''Angela trifasciata'' {{Au|Stal, 1877}} (2 subspecies) # ''Angela werneri'' {{Au|Chopard, 1913}}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == *{{commonscat inline|Angela|''Angela''}}
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Category:Mantis genera Category:Taxa named by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville