Dissomphalus excellens 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 : 48

Dissomphalus excellens Redighieri & Azevedo, 2006

( Figs 177–180 )

Dissomphalus excellens Redighieri & Azevedo, 2006: 327 –328 (Ƌ, holotype from São Paulo, MZSP, figs 45, 46).

Diagnosis. Male. Black. Mandible with three apical teeth. Clypeus broadly projected forward, median lobe ill defined. Frons somewhat weakly coriaceous, punctures shallow, sparse. Vertex slightly convex. T2 with pair of lateral depressions, almost reaching lateral margin of tergite; lateral margin weakly setose, pitted setay tubercle. Posterior hypopygeal margin straight. Genitalia: paramere wide, apex spine-shaped projection; aedeagal ventral ramus shorter than dorsal body, laminar, surface subhorizontal, apex dilated into triangular expansion; aedeagal dorsal body with two pairs apical lobes; outer pair laminar, surface vertical, progressively narrowing apicad; inner pair membranous, stout and setay, inner margin with basal excavation and median denticulation. Female unknown.

Remarks. Two specimens of D. excellens were registered from Espírito Santo ( Redighieri & Azevedo, 2006). Material examined. Types : Holotype Ƌ, BRAZIL, São Paulo, Salesópolis, Estação Biológica da Boracéia, 23º39’06.5’’S 45º53’48’’W, 02–05.IV.2001, armadilha Malaise, S.T.P. Amarante e eq. col. ( MZSP) . Paratypes: 2Ƌ, BRAZIL, Espírito Santo: Santa Teresa , Estação Biológica de Santa Lúcia, 19º58’S 40º32’W, 09–12.IV.2001, armadilha Malaise, C.O. Azevedo e eq[uipe] col. ( MZSP, UFES) .

Distribution. Brazil (Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo).

Figures

FIGURES 172 – 182. Dissomphalus spp., Ƌ, genitalia. 172 – 176. D. differens. 172. Aedeagus, dorsal view. 173. Aedeagus, ventral view. 174. External lobe of aedeagal dorsal body, dorsal view. 175. Median lobe of aedeagal dorsal body, dorsal view. 176. Inner lobe of aedeagal dorsal body, dorsal view. 177 – 180. D. excellens. 177. Aedeagus, dorsal view. 178. Inner lobe of aedeagal dorsal body, dorsal view. 179. External lobe of aedeagal dorsal body, dorsal view. 180. Aedeagus, ventral view. 181, 182. D. fimbriatus. 181. Aedeagus, dorsal view. 182. Aedeagus, ventral view.