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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Tettigometridae (tettigometrid bugs)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Paraneoptera > Condylognatha > Hemiptera (bugs) > Auchenorrhyncha > Fulgoroidea

This is a small family of bugs of which only three species are known in southern Africa. Hilda patruelis is by far the most common of the three and is found on a wide range of host plants including groundnuts and wild fig trees Ficus species.