Dissomphalus ramosus Alencar & Azevedo, 2006

Dissomphalus ramosus Alencar & Azevedo, 2006: 20 –21, 28 (♂ holotype from Ecuador, PMAE, figs 28–30).

Diagnosis. Mandible tridentate. Clypeus trapezoidal. Tergal process with pair of circular, inclined and deep lateral depressions with tuft of setae directed backward. Hypopygium with posterior margin convex. Genitalia: paramere dorsal margin straight; aedeagal ventral ramus shorter than aedeagal dorsal body, laminar; surface horizontal; basal half wide; inner margin irregular; apical half narrowing to apex; aedeagal dorsal body wide; surface vertical; apical part narrow and mesad; apex with three arms; crown-process with long lateral prolongation in middle of aedeagal dorsal body. Apodeme not extending beyond genital ring.

Remarks. No additional material of this species was not found in this study.

Material examined. Holotype, ♂, ECUADOR, Pichincha: 47km S. S[an]to Domingo, Rio Palenque Res [erve] Sta [tion], 160–180m, rainforest, [0º30’S 79º9’W], 29.IV–5.V.1987, 2MT, B.V, Brown and L. D Coote col. (PMAE).

Distribution (Fig. 241). Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela and Ecuador.