Sclerodermus spilonotum Evans, 1968

Azevedo, Celso O. & Colombo, Wesley D., 2022, Synopsis of the Neotropical Sclerodermus Latreille (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) with description of a new species attacking human beings, Zootaxa 5124 (5), pp. 501-519 : 508

Sclerodermus spilonotum Evans, 1968

Fig. 1E

Diagnosis, female. Body 3.0 mm long. Head, mesosoma, metasoma, legs dark castaneous, antenna, mandible, clypeus, and anterior area of pronotum and mesoscutum light castaneous. Mandible with two apical teeth, base wide, apex very narrow. Medial clypeal lobe short and subangulate. Flagellomeres I–X wider than long. Ocelli absent. Frons nearly polished, punctures very sparse and inconspicuous. LH 1.22 WH, WF 0.55 WH, WF 1.8 HE. Vertex slightly outcurved. Sides of head slightly outcurved, head wider posteriorly eye. VOL 2.43 HE. Metapectalpropodeal disc as long as wide, without metapostnotal median and posterior carinae. Tegula apparently present, but small as scale. Micropterous, forewing 0.14 mm long, hind wing 0.14 mm long. Profemur 2.0 as long as wide. Metasoma stout, 0.61 as long as body, apical margin of sternites IV–VI bi-emarginated, last not deeply.

Material examined. Holotype, ♀, BRAZIL, São Paulo, São Paulo, 1–15.XI.1967, K. Lenko col. ( MZSP).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Neotropical Sclerodermus, holotype females, habitus in dorsal view. A. S. domesticus; B. S. galapagensis; C. S. iridomyrmicicola; D. S. macrogaster; E. S. spilonotum; F. S. soror; G. S. wilsoni.; H. S. chicomendesi sp. nov. Scale-bars: 100µm.