Sclerodermus wilsoni Evans, 1964

Azevedo, Celso O. & Colombo, Wesley D., 2022, Synopsis of the Neotropical Sclerodermus Latreille (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) with description of a new species attacking human beings, Zootaxa 5124 (5), pp. 501-519 : 509

Sclerodermus wilsoni Evans, 1964

Fig. 1G

Diagnosis, female. Body 2.44 mm long. Castaneous, metasoma darker. Mandible with two apical teeth, narrow apically. Clypeus very short and slightly concave, apical margin curved upward medially in frontal view. Antenna thick, pedicel long, flagellomeres wider than long, except last. Eye with sparse short setae. Frons weakly coriaceous, nearly polished, punctures sparse and inconspicuous. LH 1.15 WH, WF 0.52 WH, WF 1.47 HE. Vertex barely outcurved. Sides of head subparallel. VOL 1.28 HE. Mesoscutum 1.1 as wide as long. Metapectal-propodeal disc nearly quadrate, side subparallel, base only slightly constricted, without median and posterior carinae. Micropterous, wings much shorter than tegula. Profemur 1.6 as long as wide. Metasoma stout, 0.56 as long as body, apical margin of sternites IV–VI conspicuously bi-emarginated.

Material examined. Holotype ♀, CUBA, Pinar de Rio , Las Acostas, 16.VI.[19]53, E. O. Wilson col. ( MCZH, #30813).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Neotropical Sclerodermus, holotype females, habitus in dorsal view. A. S. domesticus; B. S. galapagensis; C. S. iridomyrmicicola; D. S. macrogaster; E. S. spilonotum; F. S. soror; G. S. wilsoni.; H. S. chicomendesi sp. nov. Scale-bars: 100µm.