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 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 CotigaonopsiniCotigaonopsis Vyjayandi, 2009 – monotypic C. providenceae Vyjayandi, 2009
;tribe DeiphobiniDeiphobe Stål, 1877Deiphobella Giglio-Tos, 1916Indothespis Werner, 1935

Rivetininae

;tribe IschnomantiniEremoplana Stål, 1871Ischnomantis Stål, 1871
;tribe RivetininiBolivaria Stål, 1877Geomantis Pantel, 1896Microthespis Werner, 1908Pararivetina Beier, 1930Rivetina Berland & Chopard, 1922Rivetinula La Greca, 1977Teddia Burr, 1899