Scaphytopius cyma Arias-Paco & Godoy, 2025

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

( Figs. 3A–F View FIGURE 3 , 9E View FIGURE 9 , 10E View FIGURE 10 , 11H View FIGURE 11 , 12H View FIGURE 12 , 13H View FIGURE 13 )

Description. Length of male 4.10 mm. General appearance light brown. Crown 1.4 x longer than basal width between eyes, light brown, with two pale white longitudinal bands in center, separated by black line extending to two-thirds of crown length, posteriorly, bands merge into single band at apex ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ). Face black with two transverse white bands in form of inverted «V» at apex of frontoclypeus, and small white band on outer margin of gena extending to eye ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ). Forewings light brown, with 2 circular white spots on clavus, and more than 5 veinlets ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ); veins dark brown. Femora black, anterior and middle tibiae light brown, posterior tibiae black, and tarsi light brown.

Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view rectangular, apex slightly rounded with multiple macrosetae at apex ( Fig. 9E View FIGURE 9 ). Subgenital plate slightly triangular at apex, similar width at base and at apex, longer than wide, with faint punctures at apex ( Fig. 10E View FIGURE 10 ). Connective in ventral view forming wide “U”. Style in ventral view with apophysis short, robust, square-shaped, with spine on inner margin ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ); space between preapical lobe and apophysis Cshaped ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ). Paraphyses fused at base in ventral view, diverging slightly before midlength, remaining nearly parallel to end ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ). Aedeagus very short, L-shaped in lateral view ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ); preatrium absent; dorsal apodeme shorter than shaft, extending straight to apex; shaft robust, straight, tubular, in apical view in gonopore area with two small lateral spines and third dorsal spine of similar size ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ). Gonopore subapical, at base of dorsal spine ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ).

Diagnosis. Face entirely black except narrow transverse white line dorsally ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ). Style apophysis strongly widened distally in dorsal view with spine on inner margin, connective in dorsal view forming “U” ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ). Paraphyses divided slightly before midlength in dorsal view but branches not divergent ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ). Aedeagus very short, in apical view with dorsal spine of similar length to lateral spines ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ).

Distribution. Costa Rica.

Biology. Unknown.

Etymology. From the Latin cyma , meaning summit, referring to its collection in the highlands of Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica.

Material examined. Holotype. ♂. Costa Rica, Heredia, Parque Nacional Braulio Carillo , Estación Barva. 2500 m. VI. 1990. INBIO CRI000 282692 ( MNCR).