Dissomphalus microstictus Evans 1969
Creators: name: Colombo, Wesley D.
name: Alencar, Isabel D. C. C.
name: Limeira-De-Oliveira, Francisco
name: Azevedo, Celso O.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Bethylidae
Dissomphalus
Dissomphalus microstictus

description: Dissomphalus microstictus Evans, 1969
Dissomphalus microstictus Evans, 1969: 17 (♂, holotype from Argentina).
Diagnosis. Male. Mandible with two apical teeth. Median clypeal lobe trapezoidal. Frons strongly coriaceous, densely punctate, punctures shallow, large. Vertex straight, corner somewhat rounded. Ocelli large. Head developed posteriorly eye. Metapectal-propodeal complex with only median carina. T2 with two depressions shallow, large, subcircular, nearly reaching posterior margin of T1, each one with minute setae median tubercle, lateral area of depression with setae. Hypopygeal slender stalk, posterior margin straight, corner rounded. Genitalia: paramere very wide, dorsal margin very evenly developed, apex produced and sharpened; volsella setae, digitus smooth in upper margin; aedeagal ventral ramus extremely short, slightly higher than base of paramere, laminar, wide, surfaces horizontal, inner margin parallel, outer margin convergent, apex narrow and rounded, outer margin with an apical filament very long, nearly with same size of ramus, slightly arched, dorsal body large, laminar, surfaces vertical, base wider in dorsal view, body is very wide in lateral view, with rounded apex directed downward, ventral margin complex, serrated with rounded teeth, inner surface setae. Female unknown.
Variations. The main variations found in this series are the metasomal tergal process with the depression having various shapes, such as circular, oval, or semicircular.
Remarks. This species was previously known from Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Pernambuco, Distrito Federal, São Paulo, Paraná and Santa Catarina) (Azevedo 1999c), Brazil (Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro) (Redighieri & Azevedo 2006), Argentina (Evans 1969) and Bolivia (Azevedo 1999c). Now it is recorded for the first time from Piauí and Maranhão.
Material examined. BRAZIL, 3♂ [locality missing], JA Rafael, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, TTA Silva cols. (CZMA); PI[auí], 29♂ Piracuruca, PN de Sete Cidades, Posto do ICMBio, 04°05'57''S 41°42'34''W, 12– 27.III.2013, Armadilha Malaise, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, TTA Silva cols. (CZMA); 1♂ 15–30.VI.2013; 17♂ 01– 10.III.2013, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, JS Pinto Júnior cols. (CZMA); 9♂ 15–28.II.2013; 1♂ 01–15.XII.2012, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, JS Pinto Júnior cols. (CZMA); 2♂ 01–14.II.2013, JA Rafael, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, TTA Silva cols. (CZMA); 3♂ 19–28.II.2013; 2♂ 01–10.III.2013, Armadilha Suspensa (CZMA); 3♂ 13–26.IV.2013; 3♂ Caracol, PN Serra das Confusões, 15–31.VII.2013, Armadilha Malaise, JA Rafael, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, TTA Silva cols. (CZMA); 1♂ Saco das Cachorras, 09°12'42.7''S 43°30'04.2''W, 522m, Armadilha de Malaise, 01– 10.IX.2013, JA Rafael, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, TTA Silva cols. (CZMA); 2♂ 10–30.XI.2013, JA Rafael, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, TTA Silva cols. (CMZA); 7♂ 01–31.I.2014, JA Rafael, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, TL Rocha, S Pereira cols. (CZMA); 1♂ Riacho dos Bois, 09°13'11.9''S 43°29'26.2''W, 575m, 10–20.X.2013, Armadilha Malaise, JA Rafael, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, TTA Silva cols. (CZMA); 1♂ 20–31.X.2013; 1♂ 09°13'11.9''S 43°29'26.2''W, 01–11.VIII.2013 (CZMA); 1♂ Guaribas, PN Serra das Confusões, 11–20.VIII.2013, Armadilha Malaise, JA Rafael, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, TTA Silva cols. (CZMA); 2♂ 09°08'27.8''S 43°33'42.1''W, 515m, 20– 31.X.2013, Armadilha Malaise, JA Rafael, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, TTA Silva cols. (CZMA); 1♂ 01–10.XI.2013; MA[ranhão], 1♂ Mirador, Parque Estadual Mirador, 18–25.III.2012, Armadilha Malaise, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, DWA Marques cols. (CZMA); 1♂ Mirador, Parq[ue] Estadual Mirador, Base da Geraldina, 22.II–01.III.2009, Armadilha luminosa, MB Aguiar-Neto, MJA Holanda cols. (CZMA); 2♂ 06°35'58''S 45°50'49''W, 402m, 10– 20.X.2013; 5♂ 06°48'25''S 45°52'08''W, 10–16.V.2013, Armadilha Malaise, LS Santos, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, LLM Santos cols. (CZMA); 1♂ 01–10.I.2014; 1♂ 13–19.X.2012; 2♂ 08–14.III.2013; 1♂ 06°37'06''S 45°51'51''W, 411m, 02–12.VIII.2013, LS Santos, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, LLM Santos cols. (CZMA); 1♂ 06°37'48''S 45°52'49''W, 416m, 20–31.VIII.2013 {date probably mistranscribed}, Armadilha Malaise, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, LLM Santos cols. (CZMA); 1♂ 10–20.XI.2013; 3♂ Base da Cágados, 06°48'29''S 45°06'34''W, 27.IX–02.X.2011, Armadilha Malaise, DWA Marques, F Limeira-de-Oliveira cols. (CZMA); 1♂ 06°48'29''S 45°06'28''W, 26.XI– 03.XII.2001, (CZMA); 2♂ Carolina, PN Chapada das Mesas, Riacho Sucuruiu, 07°07'05.6''S 47°18'31.6''W, 240m, 10–20.X.2013, Armadilha Malaise, JA Rafael, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, TTA Silva cols. (CZMA); 2♂ 01.IX– 10.X.2013; 1♂ 14–30.VI.2013; 1♂ 20–30.IX.2013; 1♂ 20–31.VIII.2013 (CZMA); 1♂ Riacho Corrente, 07°04'24.2''S 47°05'25.2''W, 288m, 01–10.I.2014, Armadilha Malaise, JA Rafael, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, TTA Silva cols. (CZMA); 4♂ 20–31.VIII.2013; 1♂ 07°06'44.2''S 47°17'56.8''W, 225m, 2 0– 31.VIII.2013; 2♂ 07°04'24.2''S 47°05'42.2''W, 298m, 01–10.VIII.2013 (CZMA); 1♂ Riacho Cancela, 07°06'44.2''S 47°17'56.8''W, 225m, 01–10.X.2013, Suspensa lâmina d´agua, JA Rafael, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, TTA Silva cols. (CZMA); 3♂ [data missing] (CZMA); 1♂ Riachão, Fazenda Altos, 18–22.VIII.2009, Armadilha Malaise, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, MB Aguiar Neto cols. (CZMA).
description: Published as part of Colombo, Wesley D., Alencar, Isabel D. C. C., Limeira-De-Oliveira, Francisco & Azevedo, Celso O., 2018, New species and records of Dissomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Cerrado, Caatinga and relicts of the Atlantic Forest from northeastern Brazil, pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 4462 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1441364