microstictus species-group

Diagnosis. Male. Median clypeal lobe trapezoidal. Apex of aedeagal ventral ramus with latero-apical filament. Female: mandible tetradentate with subupper tooth smaller than uppermost one. Median clypeal lobe rounded, mid part elevated and thick in frontal view.

Remarks. This species-group contains 14 species: D. balteus, D. divaricatus, D. forceps, D. incurvatus, D. osseus, D. paululus, D. perparvus, D. perventriosus, D. pilus, D. signatus, D. uncus D. perturbatus, D. refertus, described by Alencar & Azevedo (2008) and D. microstictus Evans, 1969, the latter three species are recorded from Espírito Santo.

Distribution. Panama, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina.