What is Miomantinae?
{{Automatic taxobox | name = Miomantinae | image = Miomantis paykullii Luc Viatour.jpg | image_caption = Adult female ''[[Miomantis paykullii]]'' | taxon = Miomantinae | authority = | subdivision_ranks = Tribes & Genera | subdivision = [[#Tribes and Genera|See Text]] | synonyms = }} '''Miomantinae''' is a [[subfamily]] of [[Mantis|mantids]]. The species look and behave similar to other insects of the Mantidea family. It includes 2 tribes: [[Miomantini]] and [[Rivetinini]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Subfamily Miomantinae|url=http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=46|publisher=Taxa Hierarchy|accessdate=18 May 2013}}</ref> There are about 28 subfamilies of this species in [[Australia]]. They mainly live in [[temperate]] regions across the country. They are also found across temperate areas of [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mantidae Families|url=http://bugguide.net/node/view/199|publisher=Bug Guide|accessdate=18 May 2013}}</ref> The only species of this subfamily present in [[Italy]] are ''[[Geomantis larvoides]]'' and ''[[Rivetina Baetica]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mantidae|url=http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/invertebrates/families/Mantidae.html|publisher=Ameles|accessdate=18 May 2013}}</ref> ==Taxonomy== *'' 'Subfamily Miomantinae''' Tribes ** [[Miomantini]] * Genus'' [[Arria (zoology) | Arria]]'' Stal, 1877 * Genus'' [[Cilnia]]'' Stal, 1876 * Genus'' [[Miomantis]]'' Saussure, 1870 * Genus'' [[Neocilnia]]'' Beier, 1930 * Genus'' [[Paracilnia]]'' Werner, 1909 * Genus'' [[Parasphendale]]'' Schulthess-Schildler, 1898 * Genus'' [[Sphodropoda]]'' Stal, 1871 * Genus'' [[Taumantis]]'' Giglio-Tos, 1917 * Genus'' [[Trachymantis]]'' Giglio-Tos, 1917 * Genus'' [[Zopheromantis]]'' Tindale, 1924 Tribes ** [[Rivetinini]] * Genus'' [[Bolivaria]]'' Stal, 1877 * Genus'' [[Carvilia]]'' Stal, 1876 * Genus'' [[Deiphobe]]'' Stal, 1877 * Genus'' [[Deiphobella]]'' Giglio-Tos, 1916 * Genus'' [[Eremoplana]]'' Stal, 1871 * Genus'' [[Euchomena]]'' Saussure, 1870 *