Scaralis inbio is a species of fulgorid planthopper from Guatemala and Costa Rica.[1] It is placed in a new subgenus Alphinoides.[1]

Scaralis inbio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Genus: Scaralis
Species:
S. inbio
Binomial name
Scaralis inbio
Yanega, 2024

Description

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Among the Central American Poiocerini, it can be distinguished by the line which is present at the anterior margin of the vertex. It has, in comparison to other Scaralis, relatively smaller area of its forewing pigmented.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Yanega, Douglas; Goemans, Geert; van Dam, Matthew; Gómez-Marco, Francesc; Hoddle, Mark (2024). "Description of a new genus of North and Central American planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) with fourteen new species". Zootaxa. 5443 (1): 1–53. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5443.1.1.
  2. ^ "Scaralis (Alphinoides) inbio Yanega 2024, sp. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2024-05-05.