Scaphytopius limbatus (Osborn, 1926)

(Figs. 11O, 12O, 13O, 14H, I)

Platymetopius limbatus Osborn, 1926: 343

Tumeus limbatus (Osborn, 1926) DeLong, 1944: 173 .

Scaphytopius (Cloanthanus) limbatus (Osborn, 1926) Linnavuori, 1959: 81 .

Scaphytopius limbatus (Osborn, 1926) Metcalf, 1967: 2255 .

Diagnosis. Length of male 4–4.5mm. General appearance brownish. Crown 1.6 x longer than basal width between eyes, with broad curved brownish band just back of apex and broad broken brown band between anterior margins of eyes (DeLong, 1944). Forewings white subhyaline, cells adjacent to claval suture brown; clavus marked with brown, anterior half unmarked on basal two thirds, with 7 veinlets (Osborn, 1926). Face dark brown. Paraphyses long and slender which are enlarged and truncate at apex, in lateral aspect curved downward apically, in dorsal aspect undulate and recurved apically. Shaft of aedeagus very short and curved dorsal pointed apically (Linnavuori, 1959).

Distribution. Belize, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico (Osborn, 1926; DeLong, 1944), Costa Rica.

Biology. Unknown.

Material examined. 1 ♂. Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Reserva Biológica Carara. 200 m. III.1990. col: R. Zuñiga, INBIO CRI000 170848 (MNCR) . 1 ♂ Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Nandayure. 619 m. 9°55′45.00′′N 85°18′8.99′′W. 24.II.2023. col: A. Arias-Paco, L. Garita, S. Carvajal & K. Valverde, MUCR 0001085 (MIUCR) . 1 ♂ Costa Rica, Alajuela, Tambor. 935 m. 10°2’37.345”N 84°14’14.744.”W. 31.X.2023. col: A. Arias-Paco, L. Garita, S. Carvajal & K. Valverde, MUCR 0001086 (MIUCR)