species

Mediodentometra impressopunctata (Dufour, 1846)

Gemeine Ameisenzikade

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (31)

Tettigometra impressopunctata Dufour, 1846a: xlvii.
Tettigometra impresso-punctata [sic] Dufour, 1846a: xlvii.
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Tettigometra impresso-punctata [sic] Dufour, 1846 (incorrect original spelling of Tettigometra impressopunctata Dufour, 1846)
Tettigometra frontalis Fieber, 1865b: 567.
Tettigometra frontalis var. concolor Fieber, 1865b: 567.
Tettigometra frontalis var. fasciata Fieber, 1865b: 567.
Tettigometra frontalis var. concolor Fieber, 1865 (primary homonym of Tettigometra virescens var. concolor Fieber, 1865)
Tettigometra frontalis frontalis Fieber, 1865b: 567.
Tettigometra nitidula Kirschbaum, 1868b: 59.
Tettigometra frontalis Fieber, 1865 (subjective synonym of Tettigometra impressopunctata Dufour, 1846) in Fieber, 1872a: 2.
Tettigometra nitidula Kirschbaum, 1868 (subjective synonym of Tettigometra impressopunctata Dufour, 1846) in Fieber, 1872a: 2.
Tettigometra impressopunctata impressopunctata Dufour, 1846 in Puton, 1875a: 123.
Tettigometra impressopunctata fasciata Fieber, 1865 in Puton, 1875a: 123.
Tettigometra impressopunctata concolor Fieber, 1865 in Fieber, 1876a: 140.
Tettigometra frontalis var. concolor Fieber, 1865 (subjective synonym of Tettigometra impressopunctata Dufour, 1846) in Ferrari, 1882a: 96.
Tettigometra frontalis var. fasciata Fieber, 1865 (subjective synonym of Tettigometra impressopunctata Dufour, 1846) in Edwards, 1886a: 48.
Tettigometra impressopunctata var. plagialis Rey, 1894b: 29.
Tettigometra impressopunctata var. viridula Melichar, 1899b: 182.
Tettigometra impressopuncta [sic] (Dufour, 1846) in Metcalf, 1932a: 35.
Tettigometra impressopunctata var. clara Metcalf, 1932a: 34.
Tettigometra impressopunctata var. fasciolata Metcalf, 1932a: 34.
Tettigometra frontalis var. concolor Fieber, 1865 (replaced by Tettigometra impressopunctata var. clara Metcalf, 1932) in Metcalf, 1932a: 34.
Tettigometra impressopuncta [sic] (Dufour, 1846) (misspelling of Tettigometra impressopunctata Dufour, 1846) in Metcalf, 1932a: 35.
Tettigometra impressopunctata var. clara Metcalf, 1932 (subjective synonym of Tettigometra impressopunctata Dufour, 1846) in Nast, 1972a: 103.
Tettigometra impressopunctata var. fasciolata Metcalf, 1932 (subjective synonym of Tettigometra impressopunctata Dufour, 1846) in Nast, 1972a: 103.
Tettigometra impressopunctata var. plagialis Rey, 1894 (subjective synonym of Tettigometra impressopunctata Dufour, 1846) in Nast, 1972a: 103.
Tettigometra impressopunctata var. viridula Melichar, 1899 (subjective synonym of Tettigometra impressopunctata Dufour, 1846) in Nast, 1972a: 103.
Tettigometra impressopunctata var. fasciolata Metcalf, 1932 (unnecessary replacement for Tettigometra frontalis var. fasciata Fieber, 1865) in Nast, 1984a: 394.
Tettigometra concolor Fieber, 1865 in Nast, 1987a: 560.

Tettigometra (Tettigometra) impressopunctata Dufour, 1846 in Holzinger, Kammerlander & Nickel, 2003a: 428.
Mediodentometra impressopunctata (Dufour, 1846) in Mozaffarian & Bourgoin, 2025: 26.

Nomenclature references (16)

Dufour, L.J.M. (1846a) Note sur la Fulgora obliqua de Panzer. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. (Ser. 2), 4, xlv-xlvii.
Edwards, J. (1886a) IV. A synopsis of British Homoptera-Cicadina. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1886, 41–129.
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Ferrari, P.M. (1882a) Cicadaria Agri Ligustici. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 18, 75–165.

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. (1876a) Les Cicadines d'Europe d'après les originaux et les publications les plus récentes. Deuxième partie: Descriptions des espèces. Traduit de l'allemand par Ferd. Reiber [sic]. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée. (Sér. 3), 4, 11–268, pl. 3–13. [1875] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36523

Holzinger, W.E., Kammerlander, I. & Nickel, H. (2003a) The Auchenorrhyncha of Central Europe Die Zikaden Mitteleuropas. Volume 1: Fulgoromorpha, Cicadomorpha excl. Cicadellidae. Brill Academic Publishing, Leiden, Netherlands, xvi + 674 pp.

Kirschbaum, C.L. (1868b) Die Cicadinen der gegend von Wiesbaden und Frankfurt a. M. nebst einer anzahl neuer oder Schwer zu unterscheidender Arten aus anderen Gegenden Europa's Tabellarisch Beschrieben. Jahrbücher des Vereins für Naturkunde im Herzogthum Nassau, 21-22, 1–202. [1867-1868]

Melichar, L. (1899b) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Homopteren-Fauna von Tunis. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 18, 175–190.

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. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects17010030

Nast, J. (1972a) Palaearctic Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera). An annotated check list. Polish Scientific Publishers, Warszawa, 550 pp.

Nast, J. (1984a) Notes on some Auchenorrhyncha Homoptera. 1-5. Annales Zoologici, Warszaw, 37(13-18), 391–398.

Nast, J. (1987a) The Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera) of Europe. Annales Zoologici, Warszaw, 40(15), 535–661.

Puton, J.B.A. (1875a) Homoptera. Am. Serv. (Gulaerostria. Zett. Fieb.) Sect. I. Auchenorhyncha. Dumer. (Cicadina. Burm.). In Catalogue des Hémipterès (Hétéroptères, Cicadines et Psyllides) d'Europe et du bassin de la Méditerranée. Ed. 2e, pp. 107–149. [165 pp.]
Rey, C. (1894b) Remarques en passant. L'Echange. Revue Linnéenne, 10(111), 29–31.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: impressed dots

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	17	18