Scaphytopius nitridus ( DeLong, 1943 ), 1959

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 : 305

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scientific name	Scaphytopius nitridus ( DeLong, 1943 )
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Scaphytopius nitridus ( DeLong, 1943) View in CoL

( Figs. 11R View FIGURE 11 , 12R View FIGURE 12 , 13R View FIGURE 13 , 14L View FIGURE 14 )

Cloanthanus nitridus DeLong, 1943: 166 View in CoL .

Scaphytopius ( Convelinus) nitridus ( DeLong, 1943) Linnavuori, 1959: 70 View in CoL .

Scaphytopius ( Cloanthanus) nitridus ( DeLong, 1943) Metcalf, 1967: 2313 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Length of male 4–4.5 mm. General appearance black. Crown 1.6 x longer than basal width between eyes, with three conspicuous white markings, elongate spot at apex and broader elongate spot arising on each side of margin half-way from apex to eye and parallel to apical spot ( DeLong, 1943). Fore wings dark brown with oblique white dashes, with 9 costal veins. Face yellow with numerous irregular brown markings. Without paraphyses. Shaft of aedeagus of similar length to dorsal apodeme; shaft and dorsal apodeme in lateral view U-shaped; in ventral view with pair of short triangular spines at apex ( DeLong, 1943).

Distribution. Guatemala, Mexico ( DeLong, 1943, Linnavuori, 1959); Costa Rica.

Biology. Unknown.

Material examined. 1 ♂. Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Coto Brus, Estación Biológica las Alturas. 1500 m. III.1992. col: P. Hanson & C. Godoy, INB0004176927 ( MNCR) . 1 ♂. Costa Rica, Cartago, Paraíso Cachí. 1110 m. 14.III.2014. col: C. Víquez, INB0004406264 ( MNCR) . 1 ♂. Costa Rica, Alajuela, Carrizal, Pavas de Carrizal. 1372 m. 10°04′27.2′′N 84°10′12.4′′W. 5.III.2024. In Coffea arabica , col: L. Garita, S. Carvajal & K. Valverde, MUCR 0001090 ( MIUCR) GoogleMaps .