Dissomphalus krombeini 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 : 16-17

Dissomphalus krombeini Azevedo, 1999

Dissomphalus krombeini Azevedo, 1999b: 52 –54 (♂, holotype from U.S.A.).

Diagnosis. Male. Dark castaneous; wings hyaline. Mandible with four apical teeth. Clypeus broadly projected forward, median tooth minute, median carina slightly high, angled in profile, lateral lobes undefined. Frons weakly coriaceous. Vertex slightly convex. Notaulus short, very weak. Parapsidal furrow incomplete anteriorly. T2 with pair of shallow subcircular lateral depressions, small tubercle present, giving rise to linear tuft of setae, lateral one distinctly longer than others. Hypopygium short, wide, posterior margin slightly broadly concave. Genitalia: paramere with wide apex, truncate, arched inward, corners somewhat sharp, base dorsal margin much projected in- and downward; cuspis long and much arched; aedeagal ventral ramus nearly as long as dorsal body, basal three fourths wide with inner margin parallel and straight and outer margin slightly convex, apical fourth narrow with apex truncate and inclined, outer corner sharp; dorsal body with pair of apical lobe, outer margin bulging, inner margin weakly setose, apex narrow, basal process with median spine. Female unknown.

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

Remarks. This species was previously known from U.S.A. ( Azevedo 1999b), Dominican Republic, Saint Vincent, Dominica, Costa Rica, Ecuador ( Azevedo 2003), Brazil (Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Paraná) ( Azevedo 2003), Brazil (Santa Catarina) ( Redighieri & Azevedo 2006) and Argentina ( Azevedo 2003). Now it is recorded for the first time from Maranhão.

Material examined. BRAZIL, MA[ranhão], 1♂, Carolina, PN Chapada das Mesas, Riacho Sucuruiu, 08.V.2014, Arm [adilha] Malaise, ( CZMA).