Sclerodermus soror Westwood, 1881

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 : 508

Sclerodermus soror Westwood, 1881

Fig. 1F

Diagnosis, female. Body 2.0 mm long. Light castaneous. Antenna thick, pedicel long, flagellomeres wider than long, except last. Eye glabrous. Ocelli absent. Frons weakly coriaceous, punctures very sparse and inconspicuous. LH 1.35 WH, WF 0.52 WH, WF 1.56 HE. Vertex apparently straight. Sides of head parallel, slightly outcurved. VOL 2.4 HE. Mesoscutum 1.32 as wide as long. Metapectal-propodeal disc nearly quadrate, side subparallel, base only slightly constricted, without metapostnotal median carina and posterior transverse carina. Apterous. Profemur 2.2 as long as wide.

Material examined. Holotype ♀, MEXICO, D. Coffin col. ( OXUM).

Remarks. This specimen is in fragile condition and mounted on a card, so we did not analyze posterior margin of the sterna.

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.