Taxonomic Review of the Genus Aepycysta Drake and Bondar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae), with the Description of Two New Species from Guatemala and Mexico

The genus Aepycysta Drake and Bondar is reviewed. Two new species, Aepycysta maya Knudson and Torres Miller, n. sp. and Aepycysta schaffneri Knudson and Torres Miller, n. sp. from Mexico, Guatemala, and Nicaragua are described. Diagnoses for Aepycysta decorata Monte, Aepycysta schwarzi (Drake), and Aepycysta undosa Drake and Bondar; a key for the identification of Aepycysta, and a distribution map for the North American species are provided.