Dissomphalus Ashmead, 1893

Fadeev, Kirill I., 2022, First record of Dissomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from Russia with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5099 (3), pp. 382-390 : 384

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5099.3.6

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scientific name

Dissomphalus Ashmead, 1893
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Genus Dissomphalus Ashmead, 1893

Type-species: Dissomphalus xanthopus Ashmead, 1893 .

Synonyms. Ecitopria Wasmann, 1899: 55 . Type species: Ecitopria crassicornis Wasmann, 1899 . Synonymized by Evans 1955.

Psilobethylus Kieffer, 1906: 461–462 . Type species: Psilobethylus luteus Kieffer, 1906 in Kieffer & Marshall 1904–1906. Synonymized by Terayama 1995.

For the complete list see Azevedo et al. (2018b)

Diagnosis. Body robust. Clypeus with median lobe usually unidentate or tridentate. Metasomal tergum II longer than I. Metasomal tergum II with pair of process, tubercles or pits, in most cases. Metasomal tergum III without modification. Hypopygium usually with three stalks, median stalk longer than lateral. Genitalia short and wide. Harpe curved inward. Aedeagus complex with dorsal valve and paired ventral valve. Volsella G-like shape. For the complete diagnosis of the genus see Azevedo et al. (2018b).

Biology. Nothing is known about the lifestyle and biology of the vast majority of species. In accordance with Evans (1955, 1978), females of various species were taken in soil, logs, leaf litter, ant nests, packrat nests, males were taken in traps or by sweeping, and North American species D. apertus Kieffer, 1914 was associated with Bruchus brachialis Fahraeus ( Coleoptera : Bruchidae ), and D. xanthopus Ashmead, 1893 was associated with Micromalthidae (Coleoptera) and Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) .

Distribution. Worldwide (Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions) ( Azevedo et al. 2018b).

Ashmead, W. H. (1893) A monograph of the North American Proctotrypidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 45, 1 - 472. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.45.1

Azevedo, C. O., Alencar, I. D. C. C., Ramos, M. S., Barbosa, D. N., Colombo, W. D., Vargas, J. M. R. & Lim, J. (2018 b) Global guide of the flat wasps (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae). Zootaxa, 4489 (1), 1 - 294. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4489.1.1

Evans, H. E. (1955 [1954]) The North American species of Dissomphalus (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 56, 287 - 309.

Evans, H. E. (1978) The Bethylidae of America North of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 27, 1 - 332.

Kieffer, J. J. (1906) in: Kieffer, J. J. & Marshall, T. A. (1904 - 1906) Proctotrypides. In: Andre, E. (Ed.), Species des Hymenopteres d'Europe & d'Algerie. Tome IX. Librairie Scientifique A. Hermann, Paris, pp. 1 - 551, 21 pls. [publication date of the part: 1 October 1906]

Kieffer, J. J. (1914) Bethylidae. Das Tierreich, 41, 228 - 595. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 1095

Terayama, M. (1995) Caloapenesia and Neoapenesia, new genera of the family Bethylidae (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea) from the Oriental region, with proposals of two new synonymies of genera. Japanese Journal of Entomology, 63, 881 - 891.

Wasmann, E. (1899) Die Psychischen Fahigkeiten der Ameisen. Zoologica, 11, 1 - 133.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Bethylidae