Dissomphalus archboldi Evans, 1969

Azevedo, C. O., 2003, Synopsis of the Neotropical Dissomphalus (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 338 (1), pp. 1-74 : 64

Dissomphalus archboldi Evans, 1969 ( Figs. 106–109 )

Dissomphalus archboldi Evans 1969c: 3–4 , 14, Gordh & Moczar 1990: 218.

Diagnosis. — Male. Length 2.04 mm. Mandible quadridentate. Clypeus broadly expanded, with small median tooth, median carina arched in profile. Antennae short. Frons coriaceous, with inconspicuous punctures. Head high (not flattened). Vertex straight, with rounded corners. Metasomal tergite II with pair of small lateral tubercles, with tuft of few hairs, distant each other 1.5 X their diameters, tubercle lies in a very inconspicuous depression ( Fig. 106 ). Genitalia ( Figs. 107–108 ): paramere with apical half thin, basal half wide, with dorsal margin convex; aedeagus with ventral ramus slightly shorter than dorsal body, basal half with horizontal surface and apical half vertical, base very wide, narrowing up to the acute apex; dorsal body with two pairs of apical lobes ( Fig. 109 ), outer pair laminar, surface vertical, thin in lateral view, apical directed downward, inner pair fully attached to outer pair, stout, membranous, short, surface hairy; apodeme extending beyond the subtriangular genital ring.

Material examined. — HOLOTYPE: male, DOMINICA, Dleau Gommier , 1400 feet, 1.II.1965, H. E. Evans col. ( USNM #70031 ).

Figures

FIGURES 100–117. 110–103, Dissomphalus strabus sp. nov. 100, metasoma, dorsal view; 101, genitalia, ventral view; 102, genitalia, dorsal view; 103, dorsal body of aedeagus, lateral view; 104– 105, Dissomphalus falcatus 104, head, dorsal view; 105, metasoma, dorsal view; 106–109, Dissomphalus archboldi 106, metasoma, latero­dorsal view; 107, genitalia, ventral view; 108, genitalia, dorsal view; 109, aedeagus, lateral view; 110–112, Dissomphalus chiapanus 110, head, dorsal view; 111, metasoma, latero­dorsal view; 112, tubercle, lateral view; 113–117, Dissomphalus clypeatus 113, head, dorsal view; 114, mandible, frontal view; 115, metasoma, dorsal view; 116, genitalia, ventral view; 117, genitalia, dorsal view. (Scale bars = 0.5 mm, except for figure 112 = 0.1 mm).