genus

Tettigometra Latreille, 1804

Descendants and synonyms

Tettigometra Latreille, 1804a: 312.
type species by subsequent designation Fulgora virescens Panzer, 1799 in Latreille, 1810b
Tetigometra [sic] Latreille, 1804a: 312.
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Tettigometra (Micrometrina) Lindberg, 1948 (subjective synonym of Tettigometra Latreille, 1804) in Emeljanov, 1980a: 54.
Tettigometra Latreille, 1804 in Mozaffarian & Bourgoin, 2025: 28.

Fulgora virescens Panzer, 1799 type species by subsequent designation of Tettigometra Latreille, 1804

No descendants observations found

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: τεττιγόμετρα (cicada nymph), from τεττιξ (cicada) + μήτρα (womb, abdomen, origin)

Comte, J.A. (1840a) Règne animal disposé en tableaux méthodiques. Fortin Masson et C'ie. Paris, 91 pp.
Emeljanov, A.F. (1980a) An attempt of subgeneric division of the genus Tettigometra Latr. (Homoptera, Tettigometridae). [Опыт разделения рода Tettigometra Latr. на подроды]. Vestnik Zoologii, 2, 51–55. [in Russian]
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Mozaffarian, F. & Bourgoin, T. (2025) A new comprehensive generic framework for Tettigometra Latreille, 1804 s.l.: a taxonomic and nomenclatural revision of the tribe Tettigometrini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). Insects, 17(30), 1–76. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects17010030
Puton, J.B.A. (1869a) [Hémiptères qui vivent dans les fourmilières.]. Petites Nouvelles Entomologiques, 1, 45.