Dissomphalus scamatus Azevedo, 1999

Colombo, Wesley D., Alencar, Isabel D. C. C., Limeira-De-Oliveira, Francisco & Azevedo, Celso O., 2018, New species and records of Dissomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Cerrado, Caatinga and relicts of the Atlantic Forest from northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 4462 (1), pp. 1-40 : 18-19

Dissomphalus scamatus Azevedo, 1999

Dissomphalus scamatus Azevedo, 1999a: 343 (♂, holotype from Brazil).

Diagnosis. Male. Black. Mandible forming oblique cutting-edge, angulate medially. Median clypeal lobe very large, as long as half-length clypeus medially. Front strongly coriaceous. Vertex straight. T2 with shallow, elliptical median depression, posterior margin concave medially, pair of conspicuous, elliptical and inclined tubercles, far from each other their smallest diameters, densely covered by setae. Genitalia: paramere wide; aedeagal ventral ramus as long as dorsal body, apical area laminar, surface vertical, ventral margin with row of 5–6 small ventral teeth, median area of ventral surface micro-scaled; dorsal body of aedeagus narrowing apically, apex denticulate in lateral view; inner surface densely setose. Female unknown.

Variations. In this series the specimens are quite similar to those previously studied.

Remarks. This species was previously known from Brazil (Paraná) ( Azevedo 1999a) and Brazil (Espírito Santo and São Paulo) ( Redighieri & Azevedo 2006). Now it is recorded for the first time from Ceará and Maranhão.

Material examined. BRAZIL, CE[ará], 3♂ Ubajara, PN Ubajara, Cachoeira do Cafundó, 03°50'13''S 40°54'35''W, 16–31.XII.2012, Armadilha Malaise, JS Pinto Junior, F Limeira-de-Oliveira cols. ( CZMA) ; MA[ranhão], 1♂ Mirador , Parq [ue] Estadual Mirador, Base da Geraldina, 06°37'25''S 45°52'08''W, 13–19.X.2012, Armadilha Malaise, LS Santos, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, LLM Santos cols. ( CZMA) ; 1♂ 08–14.III.2013, LS Santos, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, LLM Santos cols. (CZMA).