description |
A dark species with a short, bluntly angled vertex. Males are entirely blackish, ranging in color from jet black to a glossy bluish black; the face is black, a key characteristic. Females are a dark brown overall, with a dark brown to black face that can have some small light dots and markings; the scutellum is orange. In both sexes, the vertex is marked with a pair of white elongated spots on either side of the midline; the margin of the vertex is also pale. Additionally, the wings in both sexes are largely unicolorous and lack most white markings; the white areolar spots are typically confined to two columns on either side of the apical crossveins, and there can be spots along the inner edge of the wings (down the back). The male subgenital plates are quite large, gradually narrowing and becoming rather blunt at the apexes. The female pregnital sternite is roundedly produced on the posterior margin. Adult males are 4.0 mm long, females are 4.6 mm. (DeLong 1948), (Hepner 1947)
For diagrams of this species, see: Zahniser. |
Species Photo Gallery for Scaphytopius nigrifrons No Common Name |
| Photo by: R Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: moth lights - unid_leafhopper | | Photo by: R Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: tiny, 3-4 mm at best. - unid_leafhopper |
| Photo by: R Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: tentative | | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: NCSU specimen; female |
| Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: NCSU specimen; female | | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: NCSU specimen; female |
| Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: NCSU specimen; female | | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: NCSU specimen; females |
| Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: NCSU specimen; females | | Photo by: John Rosenfeld Out Of State Co. Comment: male |
| Photo by: John Rosenfeld Out Of State Co. Comment: male | | Photo by: John Rosenfeld Out Of State Co. Comment: male |
| Photo by: Randy Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: been seeing this, but difficult to get a decent photo. - unid_leafhopper | | Photo by: Randy Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: uv light - unid_leafhopper |
| Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in a grassy field. | | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment: |
| Photo by: Scott Bolick Guilford Co. Comment: | | Photo by: Scott Bolick Guilford Co. Comment: |
| Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119471753 | | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119471753 |
| Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119471753 | | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper |
| Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper | | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper |
| Photo by: Erin Price-Erwin Guilford Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper |