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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Ephydroidea » Vinegar Flies (Drosophilidae) » Drosophilinae » Spittlebug Flies (Cladochaeta)

Genus Cladochaeta - Spittlebug Flies

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Fly - Cladochaeta inversa Fly - Cladochaeta inversa Cladochaeta inversa larvae with spittlebug nymph. - Cladochaeta Spittlebug Fly pupae - Cladochaeta Drosophila male with clouded anterior wing cells? - Cladochaeta sturtevanti - male Drosophila male with clouded anterior wing cells? - Cladochaeta sturtevanti - male spittlebug fly larva - Cladochaeta inversa Cladochaeta sturtevanti
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Ephydroidea
Family Drosophilidae (Vinegar Flies)
Subfamily Drosophilinae
Genus Cladochaeta (Spittlebug Flies)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
also a genus of composite plants
Explanation of Names
Cladochaeta Coquillett 1900
Numbers
7 spp. in our area, ~120 total(1)
Range
neotropical group ranging north into Canada(1)
C. inversa: Manitoba to Quebec, south to Lousiana and Mississippi
C. floridana and C. florinversa: Florida
C. dracula and C. heedi: Arizona
C. wilhansoni: Utah
C. sturtevanti: California, Washington, Utah
Remarks
Larvae develop in the spittle masses made by Clastoptera spittlebugs.
Works Cited
1.Monograph on the spittlebug flies, genus Cladochaeta (Diptera, Drosophilidae, Cladochaetini)
Grimaldi D.A., Nguyen T. 1999. Bull. AMNH 241: 1-326.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 27 September, 2009 - 9:45am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 29 December, 2014 - 5:01am

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