Pittesthes Amyot, 1847a: 179. (non binominal: species not binominal)
Pittesthes Amyot, 1847 (unavailable, linked to Tettigometra piceola Burmeister, 1835) in Amyot, 1847a: 179.
Tettigometra depressa Fieber, 1865b: 563.
Tettigometra atra var. bicolor Fieber, 1872a: 2. (nomen nudum: no description)
Tettigometra atrata Fieber, 1872a: 2.
Tettigometra atra var. laeta Fieber, 1872b: 27.
Tettigometra atra var. laeta Fieber, 1872 (primary homonym of Tettigometra laeta Herrich-Schäffer, 1835)
Tettigometra piceola Burmeister, 1835 (subjective synonym of Tettigometra atra Hagenbach, 1825) in Fieber, 1872a: 2.
Tettigometra atra var. bicolor Fieber, 1872 (unavailable, linked to Tettigometra atra var. laeta Fieber, 1872) in Fieber, 1872b: 30.
Tettigometra atra atra Hagenbach, 1825 in Fieber, 1872a: 2.
Tettigometra atra var. laeta Fieber, 1872 (subjective synonym of Tettigometra atra Hagenbach, 1825) in Melichar, 1896a: 107.
Tettigometra atra var. laetifica Metcalf, 1932a: 18.
Tettigometra atra var. laeta Fieber, 1872 (replaced by Tettigometra atra var. laetifica Metcalf, 1932) in Metcalf, 1932a: 18.
Tettigometra atra Herrich-Schäffer, 1835 (synonymic homonym of Tettigometra atra Hagenbach, 1825) in Metcalf, 1932a: 16.
Tettigometra atra var. laetifica Metcalf, 1932 (subjective synonym of Tettigometra atra Hagenbach, 1825) in Nast, 1972a: 101.
Tettigometra (Tettigometra) atrata Fieber, 1872 in Emeljanov, 1980a: 54.
Tettigometra (Tettigometra) depressa Fieber, 1865 in Emeljanov, 1980a: 54.
Tettigometra (Tettigometra) atra Hagenbach, 1825 in Emeljanov, 1980a: 54.
Tettigometra atrata Fieber, 1872 (subjective synonym of Tettigometra atra Hagenbach, 1825) in Holzinger, 2009: 54.
Tettigometra depressa Fieber, 1865 (subjective synonym of Tettigometra atra Hagenbach, 1825) in Holzinger, 2009: 54.
Tettigometra atra Hagenbach, 1825 in Mozaffarian & Bourgoin, 2025: 28.
Tettigometra atrata Fieber, 1872 in Mozaffarian & Bourgoin, 2025: 29.
Tettigometra depressa Fieber, 1865 in Mozaffarian & Bourgoin, 2025: 29.
Nomenclature references (14)
Amyot, C.J.-B. (1847a) Rhynchotes. Ordre deuxième Homoptères. Homoptera. Latr. Entomologie française. Rhynchotes. Méthode mononymique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (2 série), 5(1), 143–238.
Burmeister, H.C.C. (1835a) Schnabelkerfe. Rhynchota. In Handbuch der Entomologie. Gustav Reimer, Berlin. Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp. 99–183. [1832-1855]
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]
Fieber, F.X. (1865b) Synopse der europ. Arten Tettigometra. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 15, 561–572.
Fieber, F.X. (1872a) Katalog der europäischen Cicadinen, nach Originalien mit Benützung der neuesten Literatur. Carl Gerold's Sohn. Wein, iv + 19 pp.
Fieber, F.X. (1872b) Berichtigungen zu Dr. Kirschbaum's Cicadinen der Gegend von Wiesbaden, Frankfurt a. M. und anderer Gegenden. Wiesbaden (Niedner) 1868 und Aufschlüsse über einige Cicadinen in der vorm. Germar'schen Sammlung. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 22, 27–34.
Hagenbach, J.J. (1825a) Tettigometra atra nova species. In Symbola faunae insectorum Helvetiae exhibentia vel species novas vel nondum depictas. typis J. Georgii Neukirch. Basileae. Vol. 1, p. 44.
Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. (1835a) Homoptera. In Nomenclator entomologicus: Verzeichniss der europäischen Insecten, zur Erleichterung des Tauschverkehrs mit Preisen versehen. Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg. Vol. 1. [in German; 1835-1840, iv + 116 pp.]
Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. (1835b) Tettigometra laeta, Tettigometra atra, Ulopa decussata. In Deutschlands Insecten. Vol. 128, pp. 1–3.
Holzinger, W.E. (2009) Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta). In H. Winkler & T. Stuessy (Eds.). Checklisten der Fauna Österreichs. Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna. Vol. 4, pp. 41–100.
Melichar, L. (1896a) Cicadinen (Hemiptera - Homoptera) von Mittel-Europa. Berlin: Dames, XXVII+364 pp. + 12 pls.
Metcalf, Z.P. (1932a) General Catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV. Fulgoroidea. Part 1. Tettigometridae. Northhampton, MA: Smith College, 69 pp.
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. [2026] https://doi.org/10.3390/insects17010030
Nast, J. (1972a) Palaearctic Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera). An annotated check list. Polish Scientific Publishers, Warszawa, 550 pp.
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