RIVETINIDAE Ehrmann & Roy, 2002

Kamila, A. P. & Sureshan, P. M., 2025, An illustrated key to the praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea) of India up to generic level, Zootaxa 5566 (3), pp. 446-480 : 455

Family RIVETINIDAE Ehrmann & Roy, 2002

Both subfamilies of Rivetinidae are reported from India.

1. Large, elongated body. Head wider than length ( Figs. 30, 32 ) Deiphobinae ....................................... 2

- Medium-sized body. Head as long as wide ( Fig. 33 ) Rivetininae ................................................ 5

2. Males brachypterous ( Fig. 28 ) ( Cotigaonopsini )................................................. Cotigaonopsis

- Males mesopterous to macropterous ( Deiphobini )........................................................... 3

3. Eyes conical ( Fig. 30 ). Cerci elongate, laterally compressed ( Fig. 31 )................................... Deiphobella

- Eyes round ( Fig. 32 ). Anal cerci simple, not compressed...................................................... 4

4. Occiput produced on each side in a flat rounded lobe................................................. Indothespis

- Occiput not as above........................................................................... Deiphobe

5. Eyes sub-conical. Superior edge of lower frons sub-truncate. In females, sub-genital plate ventrally with two central spines ( Fig. 34 )..................................................................................... Rivetinula

- Eyes round. Lower frons transverse. In females, sub-genital plate ventrally without central spines............ Pararivetina

Figures

FIGURES 27–32. 27) Iris oratoria (L.) (©MantID). 28) Cotigaonopsis providenceae Vyjayandi. 29) Deiphobella laticeps (Wood-Mason). 30) Deiphobella laticeps, head, dorsal view. 31) D. laticeps, cerci, dorsal view. 32) Deiphobe infuscata (Saussure).

FIGURES 33–38. 33) Rivetinula fraterna (Saussure) (©MantID). 34) R. fraterna, sub-genital plate, lateral view (©MantID). 35) Heterochaetula fissispinis Wood-Mason. 36) H. fissispinis, head, dorsal view. 37) H. fissispinis, foreleg, ventral view. 38) Aethalochroa ashmoliana (Westwood).