Dissomphalus tupinikim Colombo & Azevedo, 2016

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 : 398

Dissomphalus tupinikim Colombo & Azevedo, 2016

Dissomphalus tupinikim Colombo & Azevedo, 2016: 27 (♂, holotype from Espírito Santo, Brazil, not examined).

Diagnosis. This species is known by the following characteristics: Median clypeal lobe subtrapezoidal; tergal process lateral, consisting of tuft with few setae, without depression; genitalia with harpe entirely wide, apical margin rounded; digitus short, basidorsal corner projected; basivolsella without protuberance, without spines; aedeagal ventral valve with apex anterior to apex of dorsal one; inner margin straight; outer margin straight, parallel; aedeagal dorsal valve narrow, with two pairs of apical lobes; outer lobe short, narrow and apical margin rounded; apex of inner median filament posterior to apex of lobes, directed dorsad; basal cover plate entirely narrow, posterior margin completely incurved.

Material examined. BRAZIL, P[a]R[aná], Jundiaí do Sul , 1♂, Fazenda Monte Verde, 20.VI.1988, Lev. Ent. Profaupar, Malaise ( DZUP) ; Ponta Grossa, Vila Velha, Reserva do IAPAR, 25°05'S 50°09'W, arm. Malaise , Lev. Ent. Profaupar, 1♂, 28.IV.1988, 1♂, 23.V.1988 ( DZUP) ; S. J. Pinhais, Serra do Mar , Br 277 km 54, arm. Malaise, Lev. Ent. Profaupar, Malaise, 25°31'S 49°13'W, 3♂, 17.VIII.1987,1 ♂, 14.IX.1987, 3♂, 12.X.1987, 2♂, 21.X.1987, 1♂, 8.II.1988, 1♂, 22.II.1988, 1♂, 4.VII.1988 ( DZUP) ; Telêmaco Bora {= Telêmaco Borba}, Res [erva] Samuel Klabin, [24°20'03"S 50°37'27"W], 1♂, 11.VIII.1986, 1♂, 6.X.1986 ( DZUP) .

Distribution. Brazil (Espírito Santo). Now, it is recorded for the first time from Paraná. The large gap between Espírito Santo and Paraná suggests that this species is more widely spread along the Atlantic rain forest.