Dissomphalus lewa, Mugrabi & Azevedo, 2016

Mugrabi, Daniele F. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2016, Description of 91 new species of DIssomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from New Guinea Island and surrounded areas, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 209, pp. 451-564 : 511

publication ID	1243-4442
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5493784
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039887BF-DE1C-7A69-FF2C-0B3B38CCFAD1
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Dissomphalus lewa
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Dissomphalus lewa n. sp.

Figures 41, 136, 228, 402-406

TYPE MATERIAL — Holotype, ♂, Papua New Guinea. Province Madang, Mount Wilhelm (-5.731961, 145.2522), 700m, 26- 27/05/2013, Coll. by Sam et al., understorey, Malaise - MAL-MW0700’D-14/16-d14, P4762-20553 ( MNHN). Paratypes. Papua New Guinea. Province Madang, Mount Wilhelm, 1♂ 200m, 21-22/05/2013, MAL-MW0200’B-11/16-d11, P4982; (-5.731961, 145.2522), Coll. by Sam et al., understorey, Malaise, 700m, 1♂ 15-16/05/2013, MAL-MW0700’C-03/16-d03, P4735-20824 ( MNHN); 1♂ 16-17/05/2013, MAL-MW0700’C-04/16-d04, P4736-20830 ( MNHN); 1♂ 26-27/05/2013, MAL-MW0700’D-14/16-d14, P4762-20553 ( MNHN).

DESCRIPTION — MALE: Body length 2.4-2.6 mm. Head black; mesosoma dark castaneous; metasoma castaneous. Head (Figure 41). Mandible with three apical teeth. Clypeus with median lobe subtrapezoidal; median tooth subangulate; median carina complete apically and straight in profile. Frons strongly coriaceous. Mesosoma. Pronotal disc with anterior margin ecarinate, strongly coriaceous. Metapectal-propodeal complex with lateral and posterior areas partly carinate. Metasoma (Figure 136). Tergal process absent. Hypopygium (Figure 228) with median stalk evenly narrow, 1.3 x as long as hypopygial plate; lateral stalk triangular; posterior margin weakly concave. Genitalia (Figures 402-406). Aedeagal dorsal body with apex lower than parameral apex, evenly narrow, narrowing progressively apicad; apex with small and crenulated projection on ventral region. Aedeagal ventral ramus with apex as high as aedeagal dorsal body apex; apical region subangled and crenulated. Digitus small. Genital ring slightly produced, each half straight in dorsal view.

FEMALE: Unknown.

ETYMOLOGY — The noun in apposition lewa means liver in Tok Pisin.