Dissomphalus sartus Azevedo 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Azevedo, Celso O.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Bethylidae
Dissomphalus
Dissomphalus sartus

description: Dissomphalus sartus Brito & Azevedo, sp. nov.
(Figs 22, 53, 84, 184–185)
Description. Male. Body length 1.85 mm. Color: head and mesosoma dark castaneous; metasoma castaneous. Head (Fig. 22). Mandible with two distal teeth. Median clypeal lobe subtrapezoidal, with one angulate tooth; median clypeal carina low in profile, incomplete apically, straight in profile or nearly so. Frons weakly coriaceous and punctures small. Vertex crest straight. Pronotal disc coriaceous; anterior margin ecarinate. Metasoma (Fig. 53). Tergal process with lateral, shallow, subcircular and small depression, with small, high and dorsad tubercle placed on center of depression, pit small, with short and dense tuft of setae. Posterior hypopygeal margin straight or nearly so (Fig. 84). Genitalia (Figs 184–185): paramere with dorsal margin wide basally; apical margin truncate. Aedeagal ventral ramus as long as dorsal body, wide, progressively narrowing apicad; cross section laminar; surface subhorizontal; inner margin straight; outer margin slightly sinuous; apex long, simple, slightly curved inward; additional inner ramus absent; basal stub short and very narrow. Aedeagal dorsal body with pair of apical lobe; outer lobe short, horizontal and very narrow, with apical margin abruptly acute and ventrad; inner pair stout, membranous and setose. Apodeme extending beyond genital ring.
Variations. Depression of tergal process very shallow, tubercle low; apical lobe of aedeagal dorsal body longer and narrower.
Remarks. This species is similar to D. areius sp. nov. by having the paramere excavated apically and expanded basally and the aedeagal dorsal body with three narrow and long filaments which connect the apical lobes of the aedeagal dorsal body to the basal portion of the aedeagal dorsal body. However, this species has the apex of apical lobes of the aedeagal dorsal body abruptly acute and the aedeagal ventral ramus with the apex toothed, whereas D. areius sp. nov. has the apex of the apical lobes of the aedeagal dorsal body with a small laterad projection and the aedeagal ventral ramus with the apex translucent and smooth.
Material examined. Holotype, ♂, PANAMA, Darién Pr [rovincia]: P[arque] N[acional] Darién, Pirre, Est [ación] Rancho Frio, 80 m, [08°00'N, 77°45'W], 16 nov 00 – 17 ene 2001, Malaise, R. Cambra, A. Santos [col.] (MIUP). Paratypes: Bocas del Toro: 3♂, Wekso, Teribe, P[arque] I[nternacional] L[a] A[mistad], 50 msnm, [09º24'25"N, 82º56'20"W], 17–24 oct. 1999, Tr [ampa] Malaise, A. Santos [col.] (MIUP); Coclé Pr [ovincia]: 1♂, El Copé, Par [que] Nac [ional General de División] Omar Torrijos H [errera], 570–670 m.s.n.m., [08º41'56"N, 80º39'17"W], 26–30 sep. 1999, Tr [ampa] Malaise, A. Santos, P. González [col.] (MIUP); Panama Pr [ovincia]: 1♂, P[arque] Nac [ional] Altos de Campana, [08º43'15"W, 80º01'43"W], 10–14 ago 1999, Tr [ampa] Malaise, A. Santos, P. González [col.] (MIUP); 3♂ same data as holotype; 1♂, same of holotype except 1000 m, 21 mar–4 ab 2000 (MIUP).
Distribution (Fig. 245). Panama (Bocas del Toro, Coclé, Panama and Darién).
description: Published as part of Azevedo, Celso O., 2017, Review of Dissomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Panama, with key to the Central American species, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 4335 (1) on pages 50-52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4335.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010014