Dissomphalus cuca Colombo & Alencar & Limeira-De-Oliveira & Azevedo 2018, sp. nov.
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 cuca

description: Dissomphalus cuca Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov.
(Figs 34–37)
Description. Male. Head and mesosoma black; metasoma dark castaneous. Mandible with three apical teeth; median clypeal lobe tridentate, median tooth rounded; frons strongly coriaceous, punctate; eyes glabrous. Notauli complete; pronotal disc strongly coriaceous, punctate. Tergal process with non-conspicuous depressions, dense tufts few setae weakly directed backward, tubercle absent. Posterior hypopygeal margin straight. Genitalia: paramere with rounded apex, slightly arched inward, higher than the basiparamere; aedeagal ventral ramus as long as dorsal body, apex very narrow, laminar, constricted; aedeagal dorsal body with two pairs of apical lobes, outer lobe very long, wide, curved ventrally, inner pair membranous, basal process absent; apodeme not extending beyond genital ring. Female unknown.
Remarks. This species belongs to the punctatus species-group by having the tergal process with its tufts of setae weakly directed backward and the tubercles absent. It is important to note, however, that the tergal process is not the standard found in punctatus species-group. Nevertheless, it fits into the definition of the group, even with fewer bristles. This species is not similar to any other species of its species-group, differing mainly by having the tergal process with few bristles, the aedeagal ventral ramus with the apex very narrow, and the aedeagal dorsal body with the outer lobe very long.
Material examined. Holotype ♂, BRAZIL, MA[ranhão], Carolina, PN Chapada das Mesas, Riacho Sucuruiu, 07°07'05.6''S 47°18'31.6''W, 10–20.X.2013, Armadilha Malaise, JA Rafael, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, TTA Silva cols. (CZMA). Paratypes, MA[ranhão], Carolina, PN Chapada das Mesas, 1♂ 31.VIII.2013, Armadilha suspensa, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, DWA Marques cols. (CZMA); 1♂ same data of holotype, except: 01–10.VIII.2013; 2♂ Riacho Cancela, 07°06'44.2''S 47°17'56.8''W, 225m, 15.VII–10.X.2013, Armadilha Malaise, JA Rafael, F Limeirade-Oliveira, TTA Silva cols. (CZMA); Mirador, Parque Estadual do Mirador, 1♂ 25.III.2012, Armadilha Malaise, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, DWA Marques cols. (CZMA); 1♂ Mirador, Parque Estadual Mirador, Base da Geraldina, Armadilha Malaise, 01–10.XII.2013; 1♂ 07.XI.2013, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, LLM Santos, TL Rocha cols. (CZMA); 2♂ 06°37'25''S 45°52'08''W, 13–19.X.2012, Armadilha Malaise, LS Santos, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, LLM Santos cols. (CZMA); 1♂ 06°35'58''S,45°50'49''W, 402m, 02–12.VIII.2013, Armadilha Malaise, LS Santos, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, LLM Santos cols. (CZMA); 1♂ 06°37'06''S 45°51'51''W, 411m, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, LLM Santos, TL Rocha cols. (CZMA); 1♂ Base da Cágados, 06°48'29''S 45°06'34''W, 29.IX–02.X.2011, Armadilha Malaise, DWA Marques, F Limeira-de-Oliveira cols. (CZMA); CE[ará], 1♂ Ubajara, PN Ubajara, Cachoeira do Cafundó, 03°50'13''S 40°54'35''W, 01–14.II.2013, Armadilha Malaise, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, JA Rafael cols. (CZMA); PI[auí], 1♂ Guaribas, PN Serra das Confusões, Andorinha, 09°08'27.8''S 43°33'42.1''W, 515m, 01– 10.XI.2013, Armadilha Malaise, JA Rafael, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, TTA Silva cols. (CZMA).
Etymology. The epithet cuca from Tupi refers to a Brazilian folk tale in which an old woman with an alligator head scares the children on their parents. Treat as a noun in apposition.
Distribution. Brazil (Ceará, Piauí and Maranhão).
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 pages 21-22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1441364