Species Clastoptera querci - Oak Spittlebug

Classification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References

Clasoptera nanthocephalis ? - Clastoptera querci

Spittlebug ID request - Clastoptera querci

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)

Genus Clastoptera

No Taxon (querci complex)

Species querci (Oak Spittlebug)

Range

Florida

Food

Quercus sp. (oak)

Remarks

This species was just described (Sept. 25, 2020). This species showed up in Florida about a decade ago, possibly from Cuba. Primary hosts are oak for nymphs and adults. The red markings on the vertex and anterior pronotum are distinctive, as is the greenish pronotum in many specimens. This species also has a distinctly outlined bulla (apical wing callous), whereas C. obtusa has a more diffuse bulla. (pers. comments from V. Stanton to K. Kittelberger)

Print References

Thompson, V., Halbert S. E., and Rothschild, M. 2020. A new species of the spittlebug genus Clastoptera Germar (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Clastopteridae) on Florida oaks. Insecta Mundi 0796: 1–16.

Contributed by v belov on 2 April, 2017 - 4:42pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, TurtleDude, antarctica, Arturo Santos
Last updated 8 January, 2024 - 2:44pm

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