Dissomphalus deaneae Brito & Azevedo, 2024

De Brito, Chirlei D. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2024, Revision of the punctatus species-group of Dissomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 5536 (3), pp. 389-431 : 408

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.3.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DADA0F2F-C442-4B2F-8C08-D918CFFB8709

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14247961

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038CCD37-FFA0-BA6D-3F8B-72AF7F3FFF7B

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Plazi

scientific name

Dissomphalus deaneae Brito & Azevedo
status

sp. nov.

Dissomphalus deaneae Brito & Azevedo , sp. nov.

( Figs 1E View FIGURE 1 , 3G View FIGURE 3 )

Diagnosis. This species is easily recognized by having the apex of inner median filament aligned with apex of aedeagal lobes, the basal cover plate narrow with a median region incurved, and the abaxial region of harpe projected.

Description. Head. Mandible with three distal teeth. Median clypeal lobe subtrapezoidal, with one angulate large tooth; median clypeal carina low in profile, straight in profile or nearly so. Frons coriaceous, punctures large and sparse. Vertex crest straight or nearly so. Dorsal pronotal area with anterior margin carinate. Tergal process lateral, with tuft of setae inside a tubercle. Posterior hypopygeal margin incurved medially. Genitalia. Harpe wide basally, apical margin rounded, abaxial margin projected; gonostipes shorter than harpe, ventral margin not excavated until outer margin of basivolsella; digitus short, basidorsal corner poorly projected; basivolsella without protuberance, without spines; aedeagal ventral valve with apex aligned with apex of dorsal one, wide, progressively narrowing apicad; inner margin outcurved; outer margin slightly sinuous, slightly curved dorsad; aedeagal dorsal valve narrow, with two pairs of apical lobe; outer lobe short, very narrow, apical margin rounded, and posterad; apex of inner median filament aligned with apex of lobe, directed posterad; basal cover plate entirely narrow, posterior margin slightly incurved medially; apodeme extending beyond genital ring.

Variation. Tergal process of one specimen without tubercle, inner median filament almost aligned with aedeagal dorsal lobes.

Material examined. Holotype, 1♂: BRAZIL, M[inas] G[erais], Alto Caparaó , Parque Nac. do Caparaó, 7– 14.III.2013, Malaise 17, 20°30'05''S, 41°49'16''W, 1.465 m de altitude, Azevedo, C.O. & Fraga, F.B. col. ( UFES) GoogleMaps ; Paratypes: Paraná, S. J. Pinhais, 2♂, Serra do Mar, Br 277 km 54, 23°31'S 49°13'W, 12.X.1987, arm. Malaise, Lev. Ent. Profaupar ( DZUP) GoogleMaps ; Telêmaco Bor [b]a, 1♂, Res. Samuel Klabin, 11.VIII.1986, Lev. Ent. Profaupar, Malaise ( DZUP) ; S[ão] P[aulo], Salesópolis , 1♂, E.B. B[oraceia], 5.VII–6.IX.1997, Malaise —laboratório, C. I. Yamamoto col. ( MZSP) .

Distribution. Brazil (Minas Gerais, Paraná, São Paulo).

Etymology. This species is named after the parasitologist Maria José Deane, whose work helped improve Brazilian public health by eradicating several tropical diseases.

Remarks. It is similar to D. tupinikim by having the harpe elongated with an abaxial region projected, and the aedeagal dorsal valve narrow. However, D. deaneae sp. nov. has the tergal process with tubercles, the apex of inner median filament aligned with apex of outer lobes, and the aedeagal ventral valve with apex laterad, whereas D. tupinikim has the tergal process with tuft of setae, the apex of inner median filament posterior to aedeagal dorsal lobes, and the apex of aedeagal ventral valve directed ventrad.

UFES

Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo

DZUP

Universidade Federal do Parana, Colecao de Entomologia Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure

MZSP

Sao Paulo, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Bethylidae

Genus

Dissomphalus

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