Dissomphalus firmus Redighieri & Azevedo, 2006

Colombo, Wesley D. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2016, Review of Dissomphalus Ashmead, 1893 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Espíri- to Santo, Brazil, with description of twenty-one new species, Zootaxa 4143 (1), pp. 1-84 : 31

Dissomphalus firmus Redighieri & Azevedo, 2006

( Figs 111, 112 )

Dissomphalus firmus Redighieri & Azevedo, 2006: 318 –319 (Ƌ, holotype from São Paulo, MZSP, figs 17, 18).

Diagnosis. Male. Black. Mandible with four apical teeth. Clypeus broadly projected forward, median lobe ill defined. Frons coriaceous, punctures small, sparse. Vertex slightly convex. T2 with pair of lateral depressions, almost reaching lateral margin tergite; lateral margin setose, pitted tubercle with tuft of setae. Posterior hypopygeal margin narrowly concave medially. Genitalia: paramere with some conspicuous setae on ventral margin; aedeagal ventral ramus as long as dorsal body, laminar, surface horizontal, base broad, apical third narrow; dorsal body with two pairs apical lobes; outer pair laminar, surface vertical, apex rounded in lateral view; inner pair stout, membranous and setay. Female unknown.

Remarks. Two specimens of D. firmus were registered from Espírito Santo ( Redighieri & Azevedo, 2006).

Material examined. Types: Holotype Ƌ, BRAZIL, São Paulo, Ribeirão Grande , Parque Estadual de Intervales , 24º18’16’’S 48º21’53’’W, 10-13.XII.2000, armadilha Malaise, M.T. Tavares e eq. col. ( MZSP) . Paratypes: 2Ƌ, BRAZIL, Espírito Santo: Santa Teresa, Estação Biológica de Santa Lúcia , 19º58’S 40º32’W, 07.IV.2001, varredura, C.O. Azevedo e eq[uipe] col. ( MZSP, UFES) .

Distribution. Brazil (Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Paraná and Santa Catarina).

Figures

FIGURES 111 – 116. Dissomphalus spp., Ƌ, genitalia. 111, 112. D. firmus. 111. Dorsal body, ventral view. 112. Aedeagus, ventral view. 113, 114. D. setosus. 113. Dorsal body, ventral view. 114. Aedeagus, ventral view. 115, 116. D. spissus. 115. Dorsal body, ventral view. 116. Aedeagus, ventral view.