Rivetinidae Explained

The Rivetinidae are a family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Rivetina. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy,^[1] 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.^[2] The species of this family present in Italy are Geomantis larvoides and Rivetina baetica.^[3]

Subfamilies, tribes and genera

The Mantodea Species File lists two subfamilies:^[2]

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

Notes and References

1. 10.1080/00379271.2018.1556567. The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera). 2019. Schwarz. Christian J.. Roy. Roger. 109541941. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . Nouvelle Série . 55. 2. 101–196.
2. http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1184500 Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 15 July 2020)
3. Web site: Fauna Italica: Mantidae. Ameles. 18 May 2013.