Scaphoideus Uhler, 1889

Hussain, Riaz, Hassan, Muhammad Asghar & Xing, Jichun, 2025, Taxonomic notes on the leafhopper genus Scaphoideus Uhler (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Scaphoidini) from Pakistan, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5620 (4), pp. 595-600 : 596

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Genus Scaphoideus Uhler, 1889 View in CoL

Scaphoideus Uhler, 1889: 33 .

Type species: Jassus immistus Say, 1830 . Subsequent designation of Distant, 1908: 151.

Hussa Distant, 1908: 68 . Type species: Hussa insignis Distant, 1918 . Original designation. Synonymized by Barnett, 1977: 494.

Bolanus Distant, 1918: 18 . Type species: Bolanus baeticus Distant, 1918 . Original designation. Synonymized by Evans, 1947: 243.

Checklist of the Scaphoideus species from Pakistan

S. harlani Kitbamroong & Freytag, 1978 Distribution: China, India, Pakistan, Thailand

S. dentarcus sp. nov. Distribution: Pakistan

Key to species of male Scaphoideus View in CoL from Pakistan

1 Thorax brownish yellow, mesonotum yellowish white at anterolateral margins, scutellum yellowish white with four dark spots at corners ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–4 ); connective processes linear, scissor shaped, slightly divergent, apices evenly tapered ( Figs. 10, 11 View FIGURES 5–11 )......................................................................................... S. dentarcus sp. nov.

- Thorax brownish yellow with four longitudinal yellowish white strips on mesonotum and scutellum ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 12–17 ); connective processes convergent, U-shaped, apices abruptly tapered and attenuate ( Fig 16 View FIGURE 12–17 )........................... S. harlani View in CoL