Dissomphalus sueliae 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 : 427-428

Dissomphalus sueliae Brito & Azevedo , sp. nov.

( Figs 1C , 7A )

Diagnosis. This species is easily recognized by having the aedeagal dorsal lobes short, the apex of inner median filament higher than aedeagal dorsal lobes and slightly curved ventrad, the basivolsella without protuberance, and the digitus wide with dorsal corner well projected.

Description. Head. Mandible with two distal teeth. Median clypeal lobe subtrapezoidal, with one angulate tooth; median clypeal carina low in profile, incomplete apically, straight in profile or nearly so. Frons coriaceous, punctures small and sparse. Vertex crest straight or nearly so. Dorsal pronotal area with anterior margin coarse. Tergal process submedian, with tuft of setae without depression. Posterior hypopygeal margin straight or nearly so. Genitalia. Harpe slightly wide basally, apical margin truncate, abaxial margin not projected; gonostipes shorter than harpe, ventral margin not excavated until outer margin of basivolsella; digitus short, basidorsal corner strongly projected; basivolsella without protuberance, without spines; aedeagal ventral valve with apex anterior to apex of dorsal one, wide, progressively narrowing apicad; inner margin outcurved; outer margin sinuous, slightly curved laterad, aedeagal dorsal valve narrow, with two pairs of apical lobe; outer lobe short, narrow, apical margin abruptly acute and posterad; apex of inner median filament posterior to apex of lobe, directed ventrad or nearly so; basal cover plate narrow in lateral part, posterior margin rounded; apodeme extending beyond genital ring.

Material examined. Holotype, 1♂: COSTA RICA, San Jose, P.N. Braulio Carrillo, 8 km NE túnel, 1100 m, 15.V.[19]88, Col. Hanson ( MUCR) . Paratype: PANAMA, Darién, 1♂, Cana , 7°45'N 77°41'W, 3–7.VI.[19] 96, 550 m, J.Ashe, R.Brooks FIT ( CNCI) .

Distribution. Costa Rica, Panama.

Etymology. This species is named after the philosopher Sueli Carneiro, one of the most relevant thinkers of black feminism in Brazil.

Remarks. It is not similar to any other of this group.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Dissomphalus sp. males. Patterns of metasomal tergal process in dorsal view. A. D. maryae sp. nov., paratype. B. D. punctatus. C. D. carolinae sp. nov., paratype. D. D. johannae sp. nov., paratype. E. D. deaneae sp. nov., paratype. F. D. margarethae sp. nov., paratype. Scale bars: 200 µm.

FIGURE 7. Genitalia of Dissomphalus sp. males in ventral (in the left) and dorsal view (in the right). A. D. sueliae sp. nov., holotype. B. D. vivianeae sp. nov., holotype. Scale bar: 20 µm.