Sclerodermus iridomyrmicicola Bruch, 1917

Azevedo, Celso O. & Colombo, Wesley D., 2022, Synopsis of the Neotropical Sclerodermus Latreille (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) with description of a new species attacking human beings, Zootaxa 5124 (5), pp. 501-519 : 506

Sclerodermus iridomyrmicicola Bruch, 1917

Fig. 1C

Diagnosis, female. Body 2.73 mm long. Head and mesosoma castaneous, metasoma dark castaneous. Mandible with two small apical teeth, and one on upper margin. Clypeus with short, rectangular median lobe, apical margin curved upward medially in frontal view, median carina complete. Pedicel longer than flagellomeres, flagellomeres wider than long, except last. Distance between toruli less than their own diameters. Eye with few setae. Frons weakly coriaceous, with very sparse small punctures, with weak and short anterior median line. LH 1.1 WH, WF 0.52 WH, WF 1.63 HE. Vertex outcurved. Sides of head mostly straight, subparallel, weakly converging anterad. VOL 2.0 HE. Mesoscutum 1.36 as wide as long. Metapectal-propodeal disc trapezoidal, side diverging posteriorly, median, lateral and posterior transverse carinae absent. Propodeal spiracle round placed at lateral of metapectal-propodeal complex. Tegula very small as scale. Micropterous, wing slightly longer than tegula, veins absent. Profemur 2.1 as long as wide. Metasomal sternites IV–VI with bi-emarginated apical margins.

Material examined. Holotype ♀, [ ARGENTINA, Martín García , Rio de la Plata, ex. nest of Iridomyrmex humilis Mayr , 9.XII.1915, C. Bruch col.] ( MLPA, # 2065). Remark. This specimen has no data label.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Neotropical Sclerodermus, holotype females, habitus in dorsal view. A. S. domesticus; B. S. galapagensis; C. S. iridomyrmicicola; D. S. macrogaster; E. S. spilonotum; F. S. soror; G. S. wilsoni.; H. S. chicomendesi sp. nov. Scale-bars: 100µm.