Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) singularis, n. sp.

(Figs 3, 6 and 7)

Diagnosis. Distinguished among species of Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) by the rounded head, the large eyes, the weakly asymmetrical subgenital plate, with a conical apex, the robust, rectangular process of the subgenital plate, cashew-shaped left conjunctival appendage, and the broad, serrated process of the right paramere.

Holotype: PANAMA: Cocle: Antón District Co.: Panama: Cocle Rio Indio Lodge, N El Valle, 8.6008 ° N 80.1303 ° W, 24 Feb 2012 –27 Feb 2012,1Ƌ (00091644) (FSCA) . PARATYPE: PANAMA: Cocle: Antón District Co.: Panama: Cocle Rio Indio Lodge, N El Valle, 8.6008 ° N 80.1303 ° W, 24 Feb 2012 – 27 Feb 2012, 1♀ (00091706) (FSCA).

Description. Male: length: 1.39 mm; body ovoid; COLORATION: general coloration dark brown; fuscous patch absent; Sc+C distinctly lighter than remainder of hemelytra (Fig. 3). SURFACE AND VESTITURE: as in subgeneric description. STRUCTURE: HEAD: flat in ventral view (Fig. 3); eyes about 1/3 as wide as synthlipsis. THORAX: as in subgeneric description; hemelytron as in subgeneric description; M2 vein distinctly curving; anterior membranal cell wedge-shaped. ABDOMEN: as in subgeneric description; stVI without process on posterior margin; subgenital plate weakly asymmetrical, forming a straight line from apex to posterior margin of lateral process (Fig. 6T); lateral robust and rectangular (Fig. 6T); tVII rectangular; tVIII rectangular and sclerotized; length of tVIII about 3/4 length of tVII. GENITALIA: py as in subgeneric description; rp as in subgeneric description, with a broadly elongate serrated process; lp as in subgeneric description; rca slender and obscured by vesica; lca small, about 1/5 length of rca, and cashew-shaped (Fig. 6T); vesica short and tapering with a needlelike tip; anophore as in subgeneric description obscured by rp (Fig. 6T).

Female: length 1.42 mm; general habitus as in male.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 7).

Etymology. Named for unique morphology of the right paramere after the Latin “ singularis ” meaning unique.