Scaphytopius sulphureus (Osborn, 1923)

(Figs. 11X, 12X, 13X)

Platymetopius sulphureus Osborn, 1923: 35 .

Scaphytopius sulphureus (Osborn, 1923) Oman, 1938: 368.

Scaphytopius (Cloanthanus) sulphureus (Osborn, 1923) Linnavuori, 1959: 80

Diagnosis. Length of male 4 mm. General appearance black and sulphur-yellow. Crown 1.6 x longer than basal width between eyes. Crown yellow from base to 2/3 of its length. Scutellum, mesonotum, and pronotum sulphur-yellow. Forewings dark brown with most of clavus yellow with whitish border (Osborn, 1923), with 7–8 costal veins. Face brown, becoming blacker toward margin; base of frontoclypeus with alternating brown and yellow lines (Linnavuori, 1959). Paraphyses in ventral view fused at base, diverging slightly at about midlength. Aedeagus in lateral view with shaft and dorsal apodeme C-shaped; dorsal apodeme of similar length to shaft; apex of shaft with two small spines that in lateral aspect are curved downward apically.

Distribution. Bolivia (Osborn, 1923), Perú (Lozada & Arellano, 2008); Costa Rica.

Biology. Unknown.

Material examined. 1 ♂. Costa Rica (MIUCR 0001083)