Cladochaeta sororia (Williston, 1896)

(Figs. 7, 9, 31–34)

Drosophila sororia Williston, 1896: 408; Sturtevant, 1921: 87 (redescription); Wheeler, 1970: 79.30 (catalogue); Wheeler, 1981: 66 (catalogue).

Cladochaeta sororia: Vilela & Bächli, 1990: 14, Figs. 9, 10, 144, 153 (new combination, lectotype designation, redescription); Grimaldi & Nguyen, 1999: 107 –108, Figs. 51, 52, 54, 56, 70 (redescription of male and description of female); Tidon & Almeida, 2016: 722 (catalogue).

Material examined. BRAZIL: Pará: Belém, urban garden, 1°25'51.19"S; 48°27'11.73"W, F.S. Carvalho Filho [collector], 28.V.2014 (3 ♂♂) ; 18.III.2015 (1 ♂); 26.III.2015 (1 ♂); 28.IV. 2 0 15 (2 ♂♂), 27.IV.2016 (4 ♂♂), 20.I.2017 (6 ♂♂), 17.V.2017 (2 ♂♂ and 1♀),.

Distribution. NEOTROPICAL—Colombia (Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica (San José), Brazil (Pará), Ecuador (Chimborazo), Nicaragua (El Rama), Panama (Canal Zone, Darien), Peru (Madre de Dios), St. Vicent, Trinidad (Arima), Venezuela (Montes).

Comments. This is one of the most widely distributed species of Cladochaeta in South America (Grimaldi & Nguyen 1999), but this is the first record from Brazil, where it was easily found in a garden of an urban residence. It was usually found flicking the wings on leaves of the introduced plant Ixora coccinea (Rubiaceae) and the invasive Solanum americanum (Solanaceae) .

Illustrations of the terminalia of this species were presented by Vilela & Bächli, (1990) and Grimaldi & Nguyen (1999).