Dissomphalus punctatus (Kieffer, 1910)

De Brito, Chirlei D. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2024, Revision of the punctatus species-group of Dissomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 5536 (3), pp. 389-431 : 393

The punctatus species-group

Diagnosis. MALE. Head. Mandible with two or three teeth; clypeus trapezoidal and subtrapezoidal. Metassoma. Tergal process with dense or little tuft of setae, inside or not in a shallow depression; tubercles with tuft of setae located lateral, submedian and in median area of the tergite. Genitalia. Harpe longer or the same size as than gonostipes; digitus short or very long, dorsal corner poorly or strongly projected; basivolsellar protuberance with spines or not; aedeagal ventral valve posterior or anterior to apex aedeagal dorsal valve, slender or straight, but never with additional structures; aedeagal dorsal valve narrow, robust or with two pairs of short or long lobe; presence of inner median filament between the lobes of the different sizes; basal cover plate with variable shape. FEMALE. Unknown.

Remarks. This group was known from six valid species: D. acutipupu Colombo & Azevedo , D. bahiensis Redighieri & Azevedo , D. cuca Colombo & Azevedo , D. jurupari Colombo & Azevedo , D. punctatus (Kieffer) , and D. tupinikim Colombo & Azevedo. Dissomphalus napo Evans , was placed in the napo species-group by Azevedo (2021), however, it has many similarities with the punctatus species-group, such as apex of inner median filament tergal process with a tuft of setae and shape of the apical lobes of the aedeagal dorsal valve. Because of this, we transfer D. napo to the punctatus species-group.