Scaphytopius nigrinotus Caldwell, 1952

Arias-Paco, Andrés & Godoy, Carolina, 2025, A review of the leafhopper genus Scaphytopius (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Costa Rica with descriptions of sixteen new species, Zootaxa 5696 (3), pp. 301-333 : 304-305

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scientific name	Scaphytopius nigrinotus Caldwell, 1952
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Scaphytopius nigrinotus Caldwell, 1952 View in CoL

( Figs. 11Q View FIGURE 11 , 12Q View FIGURE 12 , 13Q View FIGURE 13 , 14K View FIGURE 14 )

Scaphytopius nigrinotus Caldwell, 1952: 46 View in CoL .

Scaphytopius ( Cloanthanus) nigrinotus ( Caldwell, 1952) Linnavuori, 1959:82 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Length of male 4.5 mm. General appearance black (specimens from Costa Rica are light brown). Crown 1.7 x longer than basal width between eyes, light brown with two pale longitudinal bands in center, separated by dark line; third pale longitudinal band, discontinuous with previous bands, extends from last third of crown to apex. Forewings brownish with indistinct hyaline markings; base of costal cell white, with 9 veinlets. Face dark (specimens from Costa Rica with face orange). Paraphyses fused basally, elongate ( Linnavuori, 1959), in ventral view in shape of an arch, with apex in form of triangular spine. Shaft of aedeagus thin and very short ( Caldwell, 1952), in lateral view L-shaped, with dorsal apodeme longer than shaft.

Distribution. Cuba ( Hidalgo-Gato & Rodrígues-León, 2003), Puerto Rico ( Caldwell, 1952); Costa Rica.

Biology. In the original description, specimens were collected from Rhizophora mangle ( Caldwell, 1952) .

Material examined. 2 ♂. Costa Rica, Guanacaste, 19 km SW Cañas. 20.VIII.1992. col: M.W. Nielson & H. Lezama, MUCR 0001087//MUCR 0001088 ( MIUCR) .

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Cicadellidae
Genus	Scaphytopius