Dissomphalus brasiliensis Kieffer, 1910

Colombo, Wesley D. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2016, Review of Dissomphalus Ashmead, 1893 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Espíri- to Santo, Brazil, with description of twenty-one new species, Zootaxa 4143 (1), pp. 1-84 : 7-8

Dissomphalus brasiliensis Kieffer, 1910

( Figs 43, 44 )

Dissomphalus brasiliensis Kieffer, 1910b: 295 (Ƌ, holotype from Pará, CASC); Redighieri & Azevedo, 2006: 319 –320. Dissomphalus bispinulatus Evans, 1969: 13 , 19–20. Synonymized by Redighieri & Azevedo 2006.

Dissomphalus hastatus Evans, 1979: 276 –277, 281–283. Synonymized by Azevedo 1999b.

Diagnosis. Male. Body castaneous. Mandible tridentate. Median clypeal lobe broadly projected, with large sharp median tooth. Eye glabrous. Frons weakly coriaceous, punctures large, shallow. Vertex straight. Pronotal disc depressed forward. Notaulus and parapsidal furrow well impressed, former complete. Metapectal-propodeal complex with median carina failed anteriorly. T2 with shallow depression, touching posterior margin of T1, close to another, occupying median half of width of tergite, small tubercle with short setae, placed within median third of width of tergite. Genitalia: paramere with apex slightly concave; digitus with large basal projection; aedeagal ventral ramus much longer than dorsal body, wide, tubular, parallel, apex rounded; dorsal very short, produced upward, two pairs apical lobes; ventral pair small and arched upward, dorsal pair stout, tubular with small digitiform projection; basal ring subquadrate. Female unknown.

Remarks. This is the first record of this species (one specimen) from Espírito Santo.

Material examined. Types: Holotype Ƌ, BRAZIL, Pará, Baker col. ( CASC, #17054). New material examined: BRAZIL, E[spírito] S[anto]: 1Ƌ, Vila Velha, Res[erva] Jacaranema, 30.X.2002, arm[adilha] Malaise, [C.O.] Azevedo & eq[uipe] col.

Distribution. Panama, Venezuela, Guiana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil (Pará, Rondônia, Acre, Espírito Santo and São Paulo) and Argentina.

Figures

FIGURES 43 – 52. Dissomphalus spp., Ƌ, genitalia. 43, 44. D. brasiliensis. 43. Aedeagus, dorsal view. 44. Aedeagus, ventral view. 45 – 47. D. conicus. 45. Aedeagus, dorsal view. 46. Outer lobe of aedeagal dorsal body, lateral view. 47. Aedeagus, ventral view. 48 – 52. D. manus. 48. Aedeagus, dorsal view. 49. Aedeagus, ventral view. 50. Outer lobe of aedeagal dorsal body, lateral view. 51. External lobe of aedeagal dorsal body, dorsal view. 52. Inner lobe of aedeagal dorsal body, dorsal view.