(Homoptera: Cicadellidae)
Issue No. 204
Carol A. Musgrave
July, 1979
Introduction
The leafhopper genus Scaphytopius contains the majority of the 150 species described thus far in the tribe Scaphytopiini. With one exception, the Scaphytopiini are known from only the New World; the exception, Japananus hyalinus (Osborn), may owe its general distribution in the Orient, southern Canada, and the U.S. to importation of ornamental Japanese maples (Osborn 1900).
The purposes of this circular are to provide a general description of these leafhoppers for preliminary identification in the field and an annotated list of the 17 species found in Florida. Supplementary notes are provided for the 2 Florida species with potential economic significance: S. acutus acutus (Say) and S. magdalensis (Provancher).