Scaphytopius latidens (DeLong, 1944)

(Figs. 11N, 12N, 13N, 14G)

Tumeus latidens DeLong, 1944: 172

Scaphytopius (Scaphytopius) latidens (DeLong, 1944) Linnavuori, 1959:72 .

Scaphytopius latidens (DeLong, 1944) Metcalf, 1967:2255 .

Diagnosis. Length of male 4–4.5 mm. General appearance pale with darker coloration (DeLong, 1944). Crown 1.7 x longer than basal width between eyes, light brown with two pale longitudinal bands in center, separated by a dark line, extending for 2/3 of crown; third pale longitudinal band, discontinuous with previous bands, extends from last third of crown to apex. Forewings white, heavily marked with dark brown, 8 veinlets and few indistinct round pale spots outlined in brown. Face dark brown (DeLong, 1944). Paraphysis undivided through most of length, braces divergent beyond aedeagus, terminating in pair of falcate spines, dorsal spine larger than ventral one; preatrium absent, short and robust, with shaft and dorsal apodeme forming V shaped space (Dmitriev et al., 2022).

Distribution. Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua (DeLong, 1944), Costa Rica.

Biology. Collected from coffee plantations.

Material examined. 16 ♂. Costa Rica, Heredia, Santa Bárbara. 1100 m. 10.XII.98. col: Godoy & Hanson. In: Coffea . (MZUCR) . 7 ♂. Costa Rica, Heredia, Santa Bárbara. 1100 m. 10.XII.98. col: Godoy & Hanson. In: Coffea, MUCR 0001094-MUCR 0001100 (MIUCR) . 2 ♂. Costa Rica, Alajuela, Carrizal, Pavas de Carrizal. 1372 m. 10°04′27.2′′N 84°10′12.4′′W. 30.VII.2024. In Coffea arabica, col: L. Garita, S. Carvajal & K. Valverde, MIUCR 0001092 / MIUCR 0001093 (MIUCR) .