Genus Tettigidea Scudder, 1862

Tettigidea Scudder, 1862: 476 (original description of the genus with two species: T. lateralis and T. polymorpha, no type species designated); 1897: 24 ( Tettigidea assigned to Batrachideae, the genus noted to be present in North, Central, and South America). — Rehn 1904: 669 ( T. lateralis designated as the type species). — Rehn & Grant 1958: 16 (the genus is widely distributed in North, Central, and South America). — Yin et al. 1996: 923 (catalogued). — Otte 1997: 7 (catalogued). — Silva et al. 2021: 36 (overview of the genus with numerous nomenclatural acts, key to the species).

TYPE SPECIES. — Acrydium laterale Say, 1824, designated by Rehn (1904).

COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION. — According to the currently accepted taxonomy (Cigliano et al. 2022), 20 species, some with subspecies. Numerous nomina dubia. Distributed in North, Central, and South America.

REMARK

The genus includes numerous species with rich history and scant records. A proper and comprehensive revision of the genus based on a large sample is needed in order to ascertain the amount of morphological variability inherent to the genus.