Tettigometridae

Family of true bugs

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

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

Subfamilies, tribes and genera

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

Egropinae

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

  • tribe Cyranometrini Bourgoin, 1987
    • Cyranometra Bourgoin, 1987
  • tribe Egropini Baker, 1924
    • Egropa Melichar, 1903
    • Megaloplastinx Schmidt, 1912

Nototettigometrinae

Auth.: Bourgoin, 2018

  • Apohilda Bourgoin, 1986
  • Euphyonarthex Schmidt, 1912
  • Hildadina Bourgoin, 1986
  • Megahilda Fennah, 1959
  • Nototettigometra Muir, 1924
  • Raatzbrockmannia Schmidt, 1924

Phalixinae

Auth.: Ghauri, 1964 (central Africa)

  • Phalix Fennah, 1952

Tettigometrinae

Tettigometrid nymphs tended by ants

Auth.: Germar, 1821

  • tribe Plesiometrini Bourgoin, 2018
    • Mesohilda Fennah, 1952
    • Parahilda Knight, 1964
    • Plesiometra Bourgoin, 1986
  • tribe Tettigometrini Germar, 1821
    • Tettigometra Latreille, 1804 - type genus

References

  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)

External links

  • Media related to Tettigometridae at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Tettigometridae at Wikispecies
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Extant Hemiptera families
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Subclass: Pterygota
  • Infraclass: Neoptera
  • Superorder: Paraneoptera
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha
Cicadomorpha
Cercopoidea
(froghoppers)
Cicadoidea
(cicadas)
Membracoidea
Fulgoromorpha
(planthoppers)
Fulgoroidea
Aleyrodoidea
  • Aleyrodidae (whiteflies)
Aphidoidea
(aphids)
Coccoidea
(scale insects)
  • Aclerdidae
  • Asterolecaniidae (pit scales)
  • Beesoniidae (beesoniids)
  • Carayonemidae (carayonemids)
  • Cerococcidae (ornate pit scales)
  • Coccidae (soft scales)
  • Conchaspididae
  • Dactylopiidae (cochineals)
  • Diaspididae (armored scales)
  • Eriococcidae (felt scales)
  • Halimococcidae (pupillarial palm scales)
  • Kermesidae
  • Kerriidae (lac scales)
  • Lecanodiaspididae (false pit scales)
  • Margarodidae (cottony cushion scales, giant coccids, ground pearls)
  • Micrococcidae (Mediterranean scales)
  • Monophlebidae (giant scales)
  • Ortheziidae (ensign scales)
  • Phenacoleachiidae (phenacoleachiids)
  • Phoenicococcidae (palm scales)
  • Pseudococcidae (mealybugs)
  • Putoidae (giant mealybugs)
  • Stictococcidae (stictococcids)
Phylloxeroidea
  • Adelgidae (woolly conifer aphids)
  • Phylloxeridae (phylloxerans)
Psylloidea
Suborder Heteroptera (with Coleorrhyncha)
Dipsocoromorpha
Enicocephalomorpha
Enicocephaloidea
Gerromorpha
(semiaquatic bugs)
Gerroidea
Hebroidea
  • Hebridae (velvet water bugs)
Hydrometroidea
  • Hydrometridae (marsh treaders or water measurers)
  • Macroveliidae
  • Paraphrynoveliidae
Mesovelioidea
(water treaders)
Leptopodomorpha
Nepomorpha
(true water bugs)
Corixoidea
  • Corixidae (water boatmen)
Nepoidea
  • Belostomatidae (giant water bugs)
  • Nepidae (water scorpions, needle bugs)
Ochteroidea
  • Gelastocoridae (toad bugs)
  • Ochteridae (velvety shore bugs)
Aphelocheiroidea
Naucoroidea
  • Naucoridae (creeping water bugs)
Notonectoidea
  • Notonectidae (backswimmers)
Pleoidea
Peloridiomorpha
(Coleorrhyncha)
Cimicomorpha
Cimicoidea
  • Anthocoridae (minute pirate bugs or flower bugs)
  • Cimicidae (bed bugs, bat bugs)
  • Curaliidae (Curalium cronini)
  • Joppeicidae
  • Lasiochilidae
  • Lyctocoridae
  • Medocostidae
  • Microphysidae
  • Miridae (plant bugs, leaf bugs, grass bugs)
  • Nabidae (damsel bugs)
  • Pachynomidae
  • Plokiophilidae
  • Polyctenidae (old world bat bugs)
  • Reduviidae (assassin bugs, wheel bugs, thread-legged bugs)
  • Thaumastocoridae (royal palm bugs)
  • Tingidae (lace bugs)
  • Velocipedidae
Pentatomomorpha
Aradoidea
  • Aradidae (flat bugs)
  • Termitaphididae (termite bugs)
Pentatomoidea
(shield bugs)
Coreoidea
Lygaeoidea
Pyrrhocoroidea
  • Pyrrhocoridae (red bugs, cotton stainers)
  • Largidae (bordered plant bugs)
Note: Coleorrhyncha are a different clade from Heteroptera. Heteroptera with Coleorrhyncha were referred to as Prosorrhyncha.
Taxon identifiers
Tettigometridae