Dissomphalus saci 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 saci

description: Dissomphalus saci Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov.
(Figs 21–24)
Description. Male. Head and mesosoma black; metasoma light castaneous. Mandible with three apical teeth; median clypeal lobe tridentate, median tooth pointed; frons strongly coriaceous; eyes glabrous. Notauli complete; pronotal disc strongly coriaceous. Metasomal tergite II with tergal process with non-conspicuous lateral depressions, tubercle present, pit on top, tuft of setae present. Posterior hypopygeal margin straight. Genitalia: paramere with serrated apex, slightly arched inward, wide, higher than the basiparamere; aedeagal ventral ramus as long as dorsal body, apex inverted, laminar, medium constriction; aedeagal dorsal body with two pairs of apical lobes, dorsal margin wide, apical and ventral margins weakly serrated, inner pair membranous, weakly setose, apex rounded in ventral view, basal process present, tooth-shaped; apodeme not extending beyond genital ring. Female unknown.
Remarks. This species belongs to conicus species-group by having metasomal tergite II with one pair of lateral depressions, with tubercle, with pit on top and tuft of setae. It is similar to D. umbilicus Azevedo by having the posterior hypopygeal margin straight and metasomal tergite II with tubercle pit-topped, tuft of setae. However, D. saci sp. nov. has the mandible tridentate, the median clypeal lobe tridentate, and the aedeagal ventral ramus as long as the dorsal body, whereas D. umbilicus has the mandible bidentate, the median clypeal lobe trapezoidal, and the aedeagal ventral ramus longer than the dorsal body.
Material examined. Holotype ♂, BRAZIL, MA[ranhão], Mirador, Parq[ue] Estadual Mirador, Base da Geraldina, 06°37'25''S 45°52'08''W, 14–18.VIII.2012, Armadilha Malaise, DWA Marques, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, JSP Junior cols. (CZMA). Paratypes, 1♂ Carolina, PN Chapada das Mesas, Riacho Sucuruiu, 01–10.IX.2013, Arm [adilha] Malaise (CZMA); 1♂ 07°07'05.6''S 47°18'31.6''W, 10–20.X.2013, Arm[adilha] Malaise, JA Rafael, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, TTA Silva cols. (CZMA); 1♂ Riacho Cancela, 07°06'44.2''S 47°17'56.8''W, 225m, 20– 31.VIII.2013, Armadilha Malaise, JA Rafael, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, TTA Silva cols. (CZMA).
Etymology. The epithet saci from Tupi refers to a young black man of the Brazilian folklore with a single leg, who carries a carapace over his head that gives him magical powers. Treat as a noun in apposition.
Distribution. Brazil (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 15-16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1441364