Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Spittlebugs (Cercopoidea) » Clastopterid Spittlebugs (Clastopteridae)

Family Clastopteridae - Clastopterid Spittlebugs

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks · Works Cited
Clastoptera at lights - Clastoptera obtusa Heath Spittlebug - Clastoptera saintcyri Clastoptera sp. - Clastoptera obtusa Clasoptera - Clastoptera xanthocephala Clastoptera arizonana Clastoptera ? - Clastoptera mineralis Alder Spittlebug - Clastoptera obtusa UDCC_TCN 00102236 - Clastoptera lawsoni
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Cercopoidea (Spittlebugs)
Family Clastopteridae (Clastopterid Spittlebugs)
Explanation of Names
Clastopteridae Dohrn 1859
Numbers
>30 spp. in one genus in our area, 80 spp. in 3 genera total (all but 3 Oriental spp. are in Clastoptera)(1)
Remarks
Per preliminary genetic work, it appears that there are two major diverging clades of the U.S. Clastoptera; one consisting of oblique bands on the forewings (Clastoptera in the strict sense), sometimes referred to as the "obtusa-group" and another clade consisting of the lineatocollis-complex + the proteus-group. It is unclear where some species with less clear characters fall in relation to these tribes which have not been genetically tested (Hendrix, unpublished).
Works Cited
1.Soulier-Perkins A. (2007-) Cercopoidea organised on line
Contributed by v belov on 16 February, 2013 - 9:11am
Additional contributions by antarctica
Last updated 29 October, 2023 - 9:46pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact