Dissomphalus rufipalpis Kieffer, 1910

Azevedo, Celso O., 2017, Review of Dissomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Panama, with key to the Central American species, Zootaxa 4335 (1), pp. 1-72 : 48

Dissomphalus rufipalpis Kieffer, 1910

( Figs 175–177 )

Dissomphalus rufipalpis Kieffer, 1910b: 44 –45, 1914b: 496, 500, Evans, 1962: 69, 74–75, 1964: 46, Gordh & Móczár, 1990: 225, Azevedo, 1999c: 944 –945; Azevedo, 2003: 28 , Redighieri & Azevedo, 2006: 311. Dissomphalus obliquos Evans, 1979: 277 , 278, 279–280; Gordh & Móczár, 1990: 224, Azevedo, 1999c: 9944 (designation of synonymy).

Diagnosis. Mandible bidentate. Clypeus trapezoidal. Tergal process with elliptical and and inclined depressions and linear and oblique tuft of small setae. Hypopygium with posterior margin nearly straight. Genitalia: paramere with dorsal margin developed with base projected downward and small tooth; aedeagal ventral ramus as long as aedeagal dorsal body, laminar; surfaces vertical; basal half wide, narrowing at sinuous apex; aedeagal dorsal body with two pairs of apical lobes; outer pair laminar; surface vertical and setose; inner pair slightly inclined upward with setose surface. Apodeme extending beyond genital ring.

Remarks. This species is known to Mexico (Vera Cruz, Chiapas), Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador ( Azevedo 1999b) and here more specimens are added. In this series the specimens are quite similar to those previously studied, without any variation that worths to mention.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, BELIZE, #4 ( CASC, #17055) ; PANAMA, Chiriqui: 3♂, Finca La Suiza near Hornitos , [08°40'N, 82°14'W], 25–6.VI.2000, F[light] I[nterception] T[rap], H. & A. Howden [col.] ( CNCI) ; 1♂, 15 km NW Hato del Volcano , 1200 m, [08°46'N, 82°38'W], 24–31.V.1997, Peck & Howden [col.] ( CNCI) ; Veraguas Pr [ovincia]: 1♂, P[arque] N[acional] Coiba, Isla Coita {= Coiba }, [07º28'09"N, 81º45'24"W], 27nov– 4dic 1998, Malaise, R. Cambra, S. Ber [mudez col.] ( MIUP) ; 1♂, Santa Fé D[is]tr[ict], [08°31'N, 81°06'W], 24–26 marzo 1999, B. Amarillas, col: A. Santos, L. D. ( MIUP) ; Comarca Kuna Yala: 1♂, Ustupu, Rio Abudi , [09º07'57"N, 77º55'36"W], 6–12 dic. 1999, Malaise, P. González [col.] ( MIUP) ; Darién Pr [ovincia]: 12♂, P[arque] N[acional] Darién, Pirre, Est [ación] Rancho Frio , 450m, [08°00'N, 77°45'W], 24–26 marzo 2001, Malaise, col. A. Santos (2♂) , 230m, 21 mar–4 ab 2000, Cambra, Santos, Bermudez [col.] (1♂), 80m, 16 nov 00 – 17 ene 2001 R. Cambra, A. Santos [col.] (9♂) (MIUP);

Distribution ( Fig. 244 ). Mexico (Vera Cruz, Chiapas), Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.

Figures

FIGURES 174 – 183. Dissomphalus spp., ♂, genitalia, except fig. 177 paramere. 174. D. bilobatus. Lateral view. 175 – 177. D. rufipalpis 175. Dorsal view. 176. Ventral view. 177. Dorsal view. 178 – 179. D. areius sp. nov. 178. Dorsal view. 179. Ventral view. 180 – 181. D. aretisus sp. nov. 180. Dorsal view. 181. Ventral view. 182 – 183. D. citus sp. nov. 182. Dorsal view. 183. Ventral view. Scale bars = 250 µm.

FIGURES 244 – 249. Known distribution of Dissomphalus in Panama. 244. D. rufipalpis, D. teraus sp. nov. and D. vallensis. 245. D. sartus sp. nov. and D. trisus sp. nov.. 246. D. teobus sp. nov. and D. urazius sp. nov.. 247. D. terbius sp. nov. and D. unitus. 248. D. ubracus sp. nov.. 249. D. rettenmeyeri.