Dissomphalus conicus Azevedo 2003
Creators: name: Colombo, Wesley D.
name: Azevedo, Celso O.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Bethylidae
Dissomphalus
Dissomphalus conicus

description: Dissomphalus conicus Azevedo, 2003
(Figs 45–47)
Dissomphalus conicus Azevedo, 2003: 32 (♂, holotype from Paraná, DZUP, figs 37–40); Redighieri & Azevedo, 2006: 307.
Diagnosis. Male. Black. Mandible bidentate. Median clypeal lobe trapezoidal. Frons strongly coriaceous. Vertex badly convex. T2 small, shallow lateral depression, tubercle wide, pit on top, dense tuft of setae directed backward. Posterior hypopygeal margin straight. Genitalia: paramere longer than basiparamere, apex arched inward, rounded, narrow, dorsal margin badly convex, ventral margin badly concave; basivolsella large, wide, rounded expansion directed upward in inner margin; aedeagal ventral ramus as long as dorsal body, laminar, surface vertical, wide with dorsal median emargination in lateral view; dorsal body with three pairs apical lobes; outer pair parallel, dorsal margin conical and angled medially upward in lateral view, ventral margin with two large and long teeth, apical margin of apical tooth serrated; dorsal and ventral inner pairs stout, membranous, dorsal one smaller, colliculate, dorsal margin serrated; base of aedeagus with long central tooth, slightly inclined upward. Female unknown.
Variations. Outer lobe of the aedeagal dorsal body without division of apical and subapical teeth.
Remarks. Twelve specimens of D. conicus were registered from Espírito Santo (Azevedo 2003; Redighieri & Azevedo 2006), and we add more 52 new ones.
Material examined. Types: Holotype ♂, BRAZIL, Paraná, Ponta Grossa, Vila Velha, Reserve IAPAR, Br 376, 14.XI.1987, Malaise trap, Profaupar survey (DZUP). Paratypes: 6♂, BRAZIL, Espírito Santo: Cariacica, Reserva Biológica de Duas Bocas, 17.IX–10.X.1996, C.O. Azevedo & E.H. Freitas col. (UFES). Material revised: 4♂, Santa Teresa, Estação Biológica de Santa Lúcia, 19º58’S 40º32’W, 06–12.IV.2001, armadilha Malaise, C.O. Azevedo e eq[uipe] col. (MZSP, UFES). New material examined: BRAZIL, Espírito Santo: 1♂, Conceição da Barra, Parque Estadual de Itaúnas, 18º20’S 39º40W, 23–25.XI.2006, [armadilha] Malaise, M.T. Tavares & equipe col. (UFES); 1♂, Conceição da Barra, Reserva Biológica Córrego Grande, Lagoa dos Guaxos, 18º16’S 39º48’W, 13-18. III.2006, Redighieri, ES; Furieri, KS & Van de Koken, AF col. (UFES); 4♂, Pancas, Faz [enda] Juliberto Stur, 19º12’S 40º47’O, 31.I–7.II.2003, armadilha Malaise, M.T. Tavares, C.O. Azevedo e eq[uipe] col. (UFES); 7♂, João Neiva, Alto Bérgamo, 19º44’S 40º26’W, 27.X–3.XI.2008, arm[adilha] Malaise, C.O. Azevedo & equipe col. (UFES); 7♂, Santa Maria de Jetibá, Faz [enda] Clarindo Krüger, 20º04’S 40º44’O, 29.XI–13.XII.2002, armadilha Malaise, M.T. Tavares, C.O. Azevedo e eq[uipe] col. (UFES); 1♂, Santa Maria de Jetibá, Faz [enda] Paulo Seick, 20º02’S 40º41’O, 6–13.XII.2002, armadilha Malaise, M. Tavares, C. Azevedo e eq[uipe] col. (UFES); 6♂, Santa Teresa, Estação Biológica [de] Santa Lúcia, 13–17.X.2008, 1♂, 17–23.X.2011 (UFES); 1♂, S[anta] Leopoldina, Alto Rio das Farinhas, 20º08’S 40º36’W, 14–24.V.2008, arm[adilha] Malaise, [C.] Waichert & [K.] Furieri col. (UFES); 1♂, Cariacica, RE [serva] BIO [lógica de] Duas Bocas, [20º16’S 40º28’W], 27.XI.2005, arm[adilha] Malaise, M.T. Tavares & equipe col. (UFES); 4♂, Domingos Martins, Pico do Eldorado, 20º22’S 40º39’W, 3–10.XII.2004, 8♂, 26.XI–3.XII.2004, [armadilha] Malaise, [M.T.] Tavares & eq[uipe] col. (UFES); 4♂, Alfredo Chaves, Picadão, 20º27’S 40º42’W, 8–15.X.2007, arm[adilha] Malaise, C.O. Azevedo & eq[uipe] col. (UFES); 2♂, Divino de São Lourenço, Parque Nacional Caparaó, 20º24’S 41º47’W, 15– 22.III.2013, [armadilha] Malaise, C.O. Azevedo & F.B. Fraga col. (UFES); 4♂, Ibitirama, Parque Nacional Caparaó, 20º27’S 41º44’W, 06–23.III.2013, [armadilha] Malaise, C.O. Azevedo & F.B. Fraga col. (UFES).
Distribution. Brazil (Ceará, Pernambuco, Distrito Federal, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná).
description: Published as part of Colombo, Wesley D. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2016, Review of Dissomphalus Ashmead, 1893 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Espíri- to Santo, Brazil, with description of twenty-one new species, pp. 1-84 in Zootaxa 4143 (1) on pages 8-9, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4143.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/260759