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Tettigometridae

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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

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

Egropinae

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

Nototettigometrinae

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Auth.: Bourgoin, 2018

Phalixinae

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Auth.: Ghauri, 1964 (central Africa)

Tettigometrinae

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Tettigometrid nymphs tended by ants

Auth.: Germar, 1821

References

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  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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