Rivetina Inermis
''Rivetina inermis'' is a species of mantidae, praying mantis in the family Rivetinidae. There are two subspecies: ''R. i. inermis'' and ''R. i. iranica''. It is found in Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. It was originally described in the genus ''Fischeria'' in 1923 by Boris Uvarov from a male specimen found in Arabia. See also *List of mantis genera and species References

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Boris Petrovich Uvarov
Sir Boris Petrovitch Uvarov (3 November 1886 – 18 March 1970) was a Russian-British entomologist best known for his work on the biology and ecology of locusts. He has been called the father of acridology. Biography Boris Petrovitch Uvarov was born in Ural'sk, in the Russian Empire (now Oral, Kazakhstan), the youngest of three sons of Pyotr P. Uvarov, a state bank employee, and his wife, Aleksandra. His interest in natural history was aided in young life by his father's gift of six volumes of Brehm's ''Tierleben''. He went to a school in Uralsk from 1895 to 1902 where he was encouraged by S. M. Zhuravlev. He then studied briefly at the School of Mining at Ekaterinoslav (now Dnipro) but transferred in 1906 to study biology in the Saint Petersburg State University, graduating in 1910. He was influenced by the teachings of Shimkevitch, Wagner, and Palladin but enjoyed most the meetings of the Russian Entomological Society where he was influenced by, among others, D. N. Borodi, a ...
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