Dissomphalus guttus Azevedo, 2003

(Fig 167–168)

Dissomphalus guttus Azevedo, 2003: 48 –50 (♂, holotype from Costa Rica, CNCI, figs 91–93).

Diagnosis. Mandible tridentate. Clypeus subtrapezoidal. Tergal process with pair of droped-shaped pits with outer rim, sharpened anteriorly and rounded posteriorly, with tuft of setae backward and very shallow depression.

Hypopygium with posterior margin straight. Genitalia: paramere wide, apex rounded; aedeagal ventral ramus shorter than aedeagal dorsal body; apical half narrow and strongly curved downward; aedeagal dorsal body with two pairs of apical lobes; outer pair laminar; surface vertical, wide with rounded apex in lateral view; apex tridentate, directed downward; ventral margin with anterior elongate basal tooth; inner pair membranous, stout and setose; base of aedeagus strongly dilated upward. Apodeme extending beyond genital ring.

Remarks. This species is known to Costa Rica and Panama (Azevedo 2003) and here more specimens are added. Some variations are worth to mention: median clypeal tooth angulate; median clypeal carina incomplete apically; anterior margin of pronotal disc coarse.

Material examined. Holotype, ♂, COSTA RICA, Sant Vito de Coto Brus: Las Cruces, 1200m, 9. VII.1982, Malaise trap, B. Gill col. (CNCI) . PANAMA, Bocas del Toro: 4♂, Wekso, Teribe, P[arque] I[nternacional] L[a] A[mistad], 50 msnm, [09º24'25"N, 82º56'20"W], 17–24 oct. 1999, Tr [ampa] Malaise, A. Santos [col.] (MIUP) ; Chiriqui: 6♂, Finca La Suiza near Hornitos, [08°40'N, 82°14'W], 25–6.VI.2000, F[light] I[nterception] T[rap], H. & A. Howden [col.] (CNCI) ; 1♂, 15 km NW Hato del Volcano, 1200 m, [08°46'N, 82°38'W], 24–31.V.1997, Peck & Howden [col.] (CNCI) ; Veraguas Pr [ovincia]: 1♂, Calovebora, Guazarito, 15–18 feb. 2000, Malaise, Col. S. Bermudez (MIUP); Darién Pr [ovincia]: 7♂, P[arque] N[acional] Darién, Pirre, Est [ación] Rancho Frio, 80 m, [08°00'N, 77°45'W], 16 nov 00 – 17 ene 2001, Malaise, R. Cambra, A. Santos [col.] (MIUP); 1♂, Est [ación] I[nstituto] N[acional de] Re [cusos] Na [turales] Re [novables], [07°51'26.3"N, 77°28'12.7"W], 5–28 feb 1993, R. Cambra [col.] (MIUP).

Distribution (Fig. 236). Costa Rica and Panama.