Genus Scaphoideus Uhler, 1889

Description. Body slender. Crown 1.5 times as long as pronotum, 1.3 times longer than wide, medially almost 2 times as long as next to eye; its anterior margin acuteangled, posterior margin straight. Crown-face transition carinate; acrometope distinct, with remnants of the original anterior carina on dorsum of head. Face about as long as wide; anteclypeus expanded towards apex; 1.7 times as long as wide; lorum as wide as anteclypeus, 2/5 of its inner margin bordered by postclypeus; postclypeus about 2 times as long as wide. Gena evenly convex, slightly incised below eye. Antennae long, extending beyond apices of wing pads. Pronotum 3 times as wide as long, without lateral carina. Forewing pads 1.4 times as long as pterothorax medially. Fore tibia with 4 macrochaetae in dorsal rows and numerous setae in ventral rows. Middle tibia with 4 macrochaetae in all longitudinal rows. Setal formula of hind femur 2+2+1; hind tibia with 8 macrochaetae in dorsal rows and shorter intercalary setae among them: 4–5 in anterodorsal row and 1 in posterodorsal row. Abdomen with 4 longitudinal rows of macrochaetae; tergites VII and VIII with 6 macrochaetae; macrochaetae longer than length of tergites. Pygofer about 2 times as long as preceding tergites. Male gonapophyses triangular, almost 2 times longer than wide, with pointed apices.