Scaphytopius cientosetenta Arias-Paco & Godoy, 2025

Scaphytopius cientosetenta Arias-Paco & Godoy View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figs. 2I–O View FIGURE 2 , 9D View FIGURE 9 , 10D View FIGURE 10 , 11G View FIGURE 11 , 12G View FIGURE 12 , 13G View FIGURE 13 )

Description. Length of male 3.95–4.05 mm. General appearance light brown. Crown 1.8 x longer than basal width between eyes, pale brown with thin longitudinal black line in center, extending from base to 2/3 of crown length; two longitudinal orange-brown spots at apex of crown and two spots of same color between eyes ( Fig. 2I View FIGURE 2 ). Face entirely orange-brown; apex of frontoclypeus with two pale transverse bands forming inverted V; with 2 short pale transverse lines toward sides of frontoclypeus ( Fig. 2K View FIGURE 2 ). Forewings light brown with short longitudinal dark brown spots widely distributed; discal cell with dark brown longitudinal spot; in apical area with few faint round white spots (fewer than 6) ( Fig. 2J View FIGURE 2 ), with 8 veinlets; veins dark brown. Legs pale with black bands on tibiae and tarsi.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view triangular with rounded apex; multiple macrosetae at apex ( Fig. 9D View FIGURE 9 ). Subgenital plate triangular, wider at base than apex, without macrosetae ( Fig. 10D View FIGURE 10 ). Connective U-shaped. Style in ventral view with apophysis long, robust, and rounded at apex; with very narrow space between preapical lobe and apophysis ( Fig. 2L View FIGURE 2 ). Paraphyses fused at base, diverging early, long and thin with pointed apex ( Fig. 2L View FIGURE 2 ), in lateral view strongly curved downward ( Fig. 2N View FIGURE 2 ). Aedeagus in lateral view very short, L-shaped; preatrium absent; dorsal apodeme shorter than shaft, straight and wide ( Fig. 2M View FIGURE 2 ); shaft straight and tubular, with very small notch before reaching apex, and slightly pointed apex ( Fig. 2M View FIGURE 2 ). In apical view, shaft strongly tubular, with broad and evident gonopore ( Fig. 2O View FIGURE 2 ), that opens in cone-like shape at apex ( Fig. 2M View FIGURE 2 ). Gonopore apical.

Diagnosis. This species is easily distinguished from S. dilatus , by the following features: Space between style preapical lobe and apophysis relatively narrow ( Fig. 2L View FIGURE 2 ); dorsal apodeme of aedeagus shorter than shaft ( Fig. 2M View FIGURE 2 ); shaft without small dorsal preapical tooth ( Fig. 2M View FIGURE 2 ).

Distribution. Costa Rica.

Biology. Collected from Vitex cooperi ( Lamiaceae ), Tapirira guianensis ( Anacardiaceae ), Virola koschnyi ( Myristicaceae ), Goethalsia meiantha ( Malvaceae ), Carapa guianensis ( Meliaceae ).

Etymology. The species is dedicated to laboratory 170 ( ciento setenta in Spanish), the entomology lab of the School of Biology, University of Costa Rica, which has trained generations of Costa Rican biologists and entomologists.

Material examined. Holotype. ♂. Costa Rica, Heredia, Estación Biológica La Selva , sector arboleda. 100 m. 10º26′N 84º 01′W. 17.V.1993. col: C. Godoy, MUCR 0001081 ( MIUCR) GoogleMaps . Paratype. 1 ♂ same data that holotype ( USNM) GoogleMaps . 7 ♂. same data that holotype except 17.X.93, INBIO CRI002 802427// INBIO CRI001 270663// INBIO CRI001 270666 ( MNCR) GoogleMaps , 5.V.93, INBIO CRI001 272371 ( MNCR), 5.I.94, INBIO CRI001 251561// INBIO CRI001 251563// INBIO CRI001 251566 ( MNCR). 1 ♂. Costa Rica, Limón, Est. Aguas Frías. 10– 20 m . IX.97. col: E. Rojas, INBIO CRI002 571072 ( MNCR). 1 ♂. Costa Rica, Limón, Sector Cedrales de la Rita, 3 km N del Puente Río Suerte , Ruta Puerto Lindo. 10 m . I.97. col: E. Rojas, INBIO CRI002 488919 ( MNCR).