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Issue: Vol. 5696 No. 3: 25 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.3.1
Page range: 301-333
Abstract views: 129
PDF downloaded: 8

A review of the leafhopper genus Scaphytopius (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Costa Rica with descriptions of sixteen new species

Escuela de Agronomía; Universidad de Costa Rica; San Pedro; San José Costa Rica.; Museo de Insectos; Centro de Investigación en Protección de Cultivos (CIPROC); Universidad de Costa Rica; San Pedro; San José Costa Rica.; Laboratorio de Fitopatógenos Obligados y sus Vectores (LaFOV); Centro de Investigación en Biología Celular y Molecular (CIBCM); Universidad de Costa Rica; San Pedro; San José; Costa Rica.
Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED); Mercedes; Montes de Oca; San José; Costa Rica.; Museo de Zoología; Escuela de Biología; Universidad de Costa Rica; San Pedro de Montes de Oca. San José; Costa Rica.; Escuela de Agronomía; Universidad de Costa Rica; San Pedro; San José Costa Rica.
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Hemipteraleafhoppers phytoplasma Scaphytopiini vector insects

Abstract

The genus Scaphytopius is a group of leafhoppers widely distributed in the Americas with phytoplasma vector species. A possible vector of phytoplasmas has been found in Costa Rica, but the taxonomy of the group has been little studied in Central America. Therefore, the aim of this study was to review the taxonomy of the genus in Costa Rica, based on the main entomological collections of the country. We found sixteen new species, and nine species that are new records for the country. We also provide a key for the identification of the twenty-nine species present in Costa Rica.

 

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How to Cite

Arias-Paco, A. & Godoy, C. (2025) A review of the leafhopper genus Scaphytopius (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Costa Rica with descriptions of sixteen new species. Zootaxa, 5696 (3), 301–333. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.3.1