- Source: Rivetinidae
The Rivetinidae are a family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Rivetina. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy, this family contains many genera moved from Miomantinae: tribe Rivetinini; some genera previously placed there have now been moved to the new families Deroplatyidae and Chroicopteridae. The new placement of this taxon is in the superfamily Eremiaphiloidea (of group Cernomantodea) and infraorder Schizomantodea.
Distribution
Genera in this family have been recorded from: southern Europe, Africa and Asia. The species of this family present in Italy are Geomantis larvoides and Rivetina baetica.
Subfamilies, tribes and genera
The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies:
= Deiphobinae
=tribe Cotigaonopsini
Cotigaonopsis Vyjayandi, 2009 – monotypic C. providenceae Vyjayandi, 2009
tribe Deiphobini
Deiphobe Stål, 1877
Deiphobella Giglio-Tos, 1916
Indothespis Werner, 1935
= Rivetininae
=tribe Ischnomantini
Eremoplana Stål, 1871
Ischnomantis Stål, 1871
tribe Rivetinini
Bolivaria Stål, 1877
Geomantis Pantel, 1896
Microthespis Werner, 1908
Pararivetina Beier, 1930
Rivetina Berland & Chopard, 1922
Rivetinula La Greca, 1977
Teddia Burr, 1899
References
External links
Media related to Rivetinini at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Rivetinini at Wikispecies