Scaphytopius webbi Arias-Paco & Godoy, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.3.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038A515B-3325-0C42-4D9A-FAB5C156E900 |
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Scaphytopius webbi Arias-Paco & Godoy |
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sp. nov. |
Scaphytopius webbi Arias-Paco & Godoy View in CoL , sp. nov.
( Figs. 8A–G View FIGURE 8 , 9O View FIGURE 9 , 10N View FIGURE 10 , 11 View FIGURE 11 AB, 12AB, 13AB)
Description. Length of male 4.4 mm. General appearance black with irregular white spots. Crown 1.8 x longer than basal width between eyes, dark brown, with two longitudinal black bands in center extending to apex; four short irregular pale spots between eyes and one irregular pale spot after apex of eye ( Fig. 8A View FIGURE 8 ). Face entirely black, with two triangular white spots at apex; four short pale transverse lines on sides of frontoclypeus ( Fig. 8C View FIGURE 8 ). Forewings with multiple wide black spots covering almost entire wing, with approximately 15–16 widely distributed round white spots ( Fig. 8B View FIGURE 8 ), with 12 veinlets; veins black. Legs with black femora, white tibiae and tarsi with black spots.
Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view with thin, short spine-like projection at apex, much shorter than rest of pygofer ( Figs. 8D View FIGURE 8 , 9O View FIGURE 9 ); with few macrosetae on dorsal part. Subgenital plate triangular, wider at base than apex, much longer than wide, with row of 4 macrosetae on external margin, with 4–5 fine thin setae at apex; multiple punctures distributed across plate ( Fig. 10N View FIGURE 10 ). Connective in shape of V. Style apophysis in ventral view short, robust, and rounded at apex; space between preapical lobe and apophysis very narrow ( Fig. 8F View FIGURE 8 ). Paraphyse absent. Aedeagus in lateral view shaped like claw ( Fig. 8E View FIGURE 8 ); preatrium short, shorter than shaft; dorsal apodeme straight, shorter than shaft; shaft curved dorsally and tubular, with laminar concave projection near apex that is easily noticeable in lateral ( Fig. 8E View FIGURE 8 ), dorsal, and ventral views; in dorsal view, two laminar projections near apex of shaft are oval-shaped ( Fig. 8G View FIGURE 8 ).
Diagnosis. Pygofer dark with spine-like projection at apex, much shorter than rest of pygofer ( Fig. 8D View FIGURE 8 ).
Aedeagus in dorsal view with two laminar projections near apex of shaft ( Fig. 8G View FIGURE 8 ). Distribution. Costa Rica. Biology. Collected once in coffee plantation, during four years of sampling. Etymology. Named in honor of Mick Webb, mentor of the second author, for his contributions to the study of
Cicadellidae and Cercopidae . Material examined. Holotype. ♂. Costa Rica, Alajuela, Carrizal, Pavas de Carrizal. 1372 m. 10°04′27.2′′N
84°10′12.4′′W. 30.VII.24. In Coffea arabica , col: L. Garita, S. Carvajal & K. Valverde, MUCR 0001082
( MIUCR).
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