The Tettigometridae[1] are a family of Fulgoromorpha (planthoppers), with an Old World species distribution.

Tettigometridae
Nototettigometra patruelis from South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Tettigometridae
Germar, 1821
Synonyms

Tettigometrae Germar, 1821

Subfamilies, tribes and genera edit

Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web includes the following:[2]

Egropinae edit

Auth.: Baker, 1924 (West Africa, Indo-China, Malesia)

Nototettigometrinae edit

Auth.: Bourgoin, 2018

Phalixinae edit

Auth.: Ghauri, 1964 (central Africa)

Tettigometrinae edit

 
Tettigometrid nymphs tended by ants

Auth.: Germar, 1821

References edit

  1. ^ Germar EF (1821) Bemerkungen über einige Gattungen der Cicadarien. Magazin der Entomologie. Halle 4: 1-106 [6].
  2. ^ Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Tettigometridae Germar, 1821 (retrieved 15 December 2019)

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