Biology:Rivetina

Short description: Genus of praying mantises

Rivetina
Rivetina balcanica female, Lesbos, Greece
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Rivetinidae
Subfamily:	Rivetininae
Genus:	Rivetina Berland & Chopard, 1922
Species
see text

Rivetina is a genus of praying mantises in the family Rivetinidae.

The genus Rivetina contains species of the ground mantis, native to Europe, Asia and Africa.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Rivetina:

• Rivetina asiatica Mistshenko, 1967
• Rivetina baetica Rambur, 1839 (Ground Mantis)
• Rivetina balcanica Kaltenbach, 1963
• Rivetina beybienkoi Lindt, 1961
• Rivetina buettikeri Kaltenbach, 1982
• Rivetina byblica La Greca & Lombardo, 1982
• Rivetina caucasica Saussure, 1871
• Rivetina compacta Lindt, 1980
• Rivetina crassa Mistshenko, 1949
• Rivetina dentata Mistshenko, 1967
• Rivetina deserta Mistshenko, 1967
• Rivetina dolichoptera Schulthess, 1894
• Rivetina elegans Mistshemko, 1967
• Rivetina excellens La Greca & Lombardo, 1982
• Rivetina fasciata Thunberg, 1815
• Rivetina feisabadica Lindt, 1961
• Rivetina gigantea Kaltenbach, 1991
• Rivetina gigas Saussure, 1871
• Rivetina grandis Saussure, 1872
• Rivetina inermis Uvarov, 1922
• Rivetina iranica La Greca & Lombardo, 1982
• Rivetina karadumi Lindt, 1961
• Rivetina karateginica Lindt, 1961
• Rivetina laticollis La Greca & Lombardo, 1982
• Rivetina monticola Mistshenko, 1956
• Rivetina nana Mistshenko, 1967
• Rivetina pallida Kaltenbach, 1984
• Rivetina parva Lindt, 1980
• Rivetina pulisangini Lindt, 1968
• Rivetina rhombicollis La Greca & Lombardo, 1982
• Rivetina similis Lindt, 1980
• Rivetina syriaca Saussure, 1869
• Rivetina tarda Lindt, 1980
• Rivetina varsobica Lindt, 1968

See also

• Ground Mantis
• List of mantis genera and species

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3937933 entry