Scaphytopius latens (DeLong, 1943)

(Figs. 11M, 12M, 13M, 14F 1–2)

Cloanthanus latens DeLong, 1943: 163 .

Scaphytopius (Cloanthanus) latens (DeLong, 1943) Linnavuori, 1959: 77 .

Diagnosis. Length of male 4.5 mm. General appearance dark brown. Crown 1.5 x longer than basal width between eyes, with apical margin and pair of spots on either side between apex and eyes white; these almost form a transverse band before eyes. Forewings dark brown, with three small round spots on posterior margin of clavus, with 8 veinlets and few round white spots outlined in brown preapically. Face bright yellow (DeLong, 1943). Paraphyses slender, longer than plates, strongly notched on ventral side just before slightly enlarged tips. Aedeagus in lateral view gradually curved dorsally, with shaft and dorsal apodeme creating C shaped space; preatrium length similar to shaft; dorsal apodeme shorter than shaft.

Distribution. Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama (DeLong, 1943), Costa Rica.

Biology. Unknown.

Material examined. 1 ♂. Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Reserva Biológica Carara . 200 m. II.1990. col: R. Zuñiga, INBIO CRI000 068454 (MNCR) . 1 ♂. Costa Rica, Guanacaste 15 km SW Cañas, Estacion Experimental E. Jimenez Nuñez . 13.VIII.93. col: R.G. Allen, INBIO CRI002 085890 (MNCR) .