Genus

Scaphytopius Ball, 1931

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n.sp.MX2: INHS. (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n.sp.MX3: INHS. (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931: Scaphytopius acutus, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE3: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE4: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE5: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE7: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE25: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE27: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE28: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE29: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE30: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE31: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE32: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE33: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE34: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE35: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE11: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE12: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE13: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE14: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE15: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE16: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE21: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. 18: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE19: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE1: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. PE2: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. 5: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. 7: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. 9: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. 8: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. EC2: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. EC3: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. EC4: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. EC5: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. EC6: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. EC7: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. EC8: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. EC9: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. EC10: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. EC11: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. EC14: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. EC16: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. EC17: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. EC18: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. EC19: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. EC20: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 Scaphytopius n. sp. EC21: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (48)

Scaphytopius Ball, 1931d: 218.
type species by original designation Platymetopius elegans Van Duzee, 1890
Cloanthanus Ball, 1931d: 219.
type species by original designation Platymetopius angustatus Osborn, 1905

Convelinus Ball, 1931d: 220.
type species by original designation Platymetopius nigricollis Ball, 1916
Deltopinus Ball, 1931d: 218.
type species by original designation Platymetopius nigriviridis Ball, 1909
Nasutoideus Ball, 1931d: 219.
type species by original designation Platymetopius nasutus Van Duzee, 1907
Platymoideus Ball, 1931d: 219.
type species by original designation Platymetopius trilineatus Ball, 1916
Platymetopius (Convelinus) Ball, 1931 in Van Duzee, 1937a: 124.
Nasutoides [sic] Ball, 1931 in Fletcher, 1937a: 863.
Cloanthus [sic] Ball, 1931 in DeLong & Caldwell, 1937c: 90.
Nasutoides [sic] Ball, 1931 (misspelling of Nasutoideus Ball, 1931) in Fletcher, 1937a: 863.
Cloanthus [sic] Ball, 1931 (misspelling of Cloanthanus Ball, 1931) in DeLong & Caldwell, 1937c: 90.
Scaphytopius (Deltopinus) Ball, 1931 in Oman, 1938b: 367.
Scaphytopius (Nasutoideus) Ball, 1931 in Oman, 1938b: 368.
Scaphytopius (Cloanthus [sic]) Ball, 1931 in Oman, 1938b: 367.
Scaphytopius (Platymoideus) Ball, 1931 in Oman, 1938b: 368.
Scaphytopius (Convelinus) Ball, 1931 in Oman, 1938b: 368.
Nastoides [sic] Ball, 1931 in Wene & Dominick, 1941a: 123.
Nastoides [sic] Ball, 1931 (misspelling of Nasutoideus Ball, 1931) in Wene & Dominick, 1941a: 123.
Cloanthauus [sic] Ball, 1931 in DeLong, 1943d: 182.
Cloanthauus [sic] Ball, 1931 (misspelling of Cloanthanus Ball, 1931) in DeLong, 1943d: 182.
Timeus [sic] DeLong, 1944a: 173.
Tumeus DeLong, 1944a: 168.
type species by original designation Tumeus serrellus DeLong, 1944
Timeus [sic] DeLong, 1944 (misspelling of Tumeus DeLong, 1944) in DeLong, 1944a: 173.
Hebenarus DeLong, 1944c: 41.
type species by original designation Hebenarus pallidus DeLong, 1944
Scaphytopius (Scaphytopius) Ball, 1931 in Hepner, 1947a: 432.
Scaphytopius (Cloanthanus) Ball, 1931 in Hepner, 1947a: 439.
Deltopinus Ball, 1931 (subjective synonym of Cloanthanus Ball, 1931) in Oman, 1949a: 103.
Hebenarus DeLong, 1944 (subjective synonym of Scaphytopius Ball, 1931) in Oman, 1949a: 101.
Nasutoideus Ball, 1931 (subjective synonym of Cloanthanus Ball, 1931) in Oman, 1949a: 103.
Platymoideus Ball, 1931 (subjective synonym of Cloanthanus Ball, 1931) in Oman, 1949a: 103.
Tumeus DeLong, 1944 (subjective synonym of Scaphytopius Ball, 1931) in Oman, 1949a: 101.
Scaphitopius [sic] Ball, 1931 in Suehiro, 1961a: 326.
Scaphitopius [sic] Ball, 1931 (misspelling of Scaphytopius Ball, 1931) in Suehiro, 1961a
Scaphytopius Ball, 1931 (classified as Platymetopiina Haupt, 1929) in Hamilton, 1975b: 496.
Cloanthanus Ball, 1931 (classified as Platymetopiina Haupt, 1929) in Hamilton, 1975b: 494.
Convelinus Ball, 1931 (classified as Platymetopiina Haupt, 1929) in Hamilton, 1975b: 494.
Deltopinus Ball, 1931 (classified as Platymetopiina Haupt, 1929) in Hamilton, 1975b: 494.
Hebenarus DeLong, 1944 (classified as Platymetopiina Haupt, 1929) in Hamilton, 1975b: 494.
Nasutoideus Ball, 1931 (classified as Platymetopiina Haupt, 1929) in Hamilton, 1975b: 495.
Platymoideus Ball, 1931 (classified as Platymetopiina Haupt, 1929) in Hamilton, 1975b: 495.
Tumeus DeLong, 1944 (classified as Platymetopiina Haupt, 1929) in Hamilton, 1975b: 496.
Scaphytopius (Fundarus) Linnavuori & DeLong, 1978f: 55.
type species by original designation Scaphytopius (Fundarus) vinculatus Linnavuori & DeLong, 1978
Cloanthanus Ball, 1931 (classified as Scaphytopiini Oman, 1943) in Webb & Godoy, 1993a: 426.
Convelinus Ball, 1931 (classified as Scaphytopiini Oman, 1943) in Webb & Godoy, 1993a: 426.
Scaphytopius (Fundarus) Linnavuori & DeLong, 1978 (classified as Scaphytopiini Oman, 1943) in Webb & Godoy, 1993a: 426.
Cloanthanus Ball, 1931 (subjective synonym of Scaphytopius Ball, 1931) in Dietrich, 2024

Convelinus Ball, 1931 (subjective synonym of Scaphytopius Ball, 1931) in Dietrich, 2024
Scaphytopius (Fundarus) Linnavuori & DeLong, 1978 (subjective synonym of Scaphytopius Ball, 1931) in Dietrich, 2024

Nomenclature references (18)

Ball, E.D. (1931d) Some new North American genera and species in the group formerly called Platymetopius (Rhynchota, Homoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, 63, 216–222.
Van Duzee, E.P. (1937a) The Hemiptera of the Templeton Crocker Expedition to Polynesia in 1934-1935. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 22(4), 111–126.

DeLong, D.M. & Caldwell, J.S. (1937c) Check list of the Cicadellidae (Homoptera) of America, north of Mexico. Ohio State University, Columbus, IV + 93 pp.

Fletcher, R.K. (1937a) Leafhoppers found on cotton. Journal of Economic Entomology, 30, 863–864.

Oman, P.W. (1938b) A generic revision of American Bythoscopinae and South American Jassinae. The Kansas University Science Bulletin, 24(16), 343–420. [1936]

Wene, G.P. & Dominick, C.B. (1941a) A checklist of the Cicadellidae at Chatham, Virginia, with thirteen new records for the State. Virginia Journal of Science, 2, 122–123.

DeLong, D.M. (1943d) The Mexican leafhoppers of the genera Cloanthanus and Scaphytopius (Homoptera-Cicadellidae). Lloydia., 6, 157–195.

Oman, P.W. (1943c) A generic revision of the Nearctic Cicadellidae (Homoptera). Bulletin of the George Washington University, 1943, 15–17.

DeLong, D.M. (1944a) A new genus (Tumeus) and six new species of leafhoppers closely related to Cloanthanus (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 38, 168–174. [1943]

DeLong, D.M. (1944c) A new genus - Hebenarus - and thirteen new species of leafhoppers closely related to Cloanthanus (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 20, 41–53.

Hepner, L.W. (1947a) A revision of the tribe Scaphytopini (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) in America north of Mexico. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 31, 413–541.

Oman, P.W. (1949a) The Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). A generic classification and check list. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington, 3, 1–253.

Suehiro, A. (1961a) Notes and exhibitions — Oct. 10,1960. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 17(3), 326.

Hamilton, K.G.A. (1975b) Review of the tribal classification of the leafhopper subfamily Aphrodinae (Deltocephalinae of authors) of the Holarctic region (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 107, 477–498.

Linnavuori, R.E. & DeLong, D.M. (1978f) Two new species of South American leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Annales Entomologici Fennici, 44(2), 54–55.

Webb, M.D. & Godoy, C. (1993a) Review of the leafhopper tribe Scaphytopiini (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with a key to genera. Journal of Natural History, 27, 423–427.

Dmitriev, D.A. (2006b) Larvae of leafhoppers of the subfamily Deltocephalinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) of European Russia and adjacent territories. IV. Tribe Athysanini. [Личинки цикадовых подсем. Deltocephalinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) Европейской части России и сопредельных территорий. IV. Триба Athysanini]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 85(1), 75–121. [in Russian; translated into English in Entomological Review, Washington, 86(1), 11–48]
Dietrich, C.H. (2024) Personal communication.

Type

type species by original designation of Scaphytopius Ball, 1931

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

concatenation of Scaphoideus + Platymetopius

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Genus	1	0	22	23
Species	184	0	332	516
Subspecies	18	0	69	87