Dissomphalus carolinae De Brito & Azevedo 2024, sp. nov.
Creators: name: De Brito, Chirlei D.
name: Azevedo, Celso O.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Bethylidae
Dissomphalus
Dissomphalus carolinae

description: Dissomphalus carolinae Brito & Azevedo, sp. nov.
(Figs 1C, 3E)
Diagnosis. This species is easily recognized by having the aedeagal dorsal outer lobe well defined, inner lobes with apex rounded, the basal cover plate entirely wide, the aedeagal ventral valve slender and curved laterad and digitus short.
Description. Head. Mandible with two distal teeth. Median clypeal lobe subtrapezoidal, with one angulate tooth; median clypeal carina high in profile, complete or nearly so, straight in profile or nearly so. Frons coriaceous, punctures large and dense. Vertex crest straight or nearly so. Dorsal pronotal area with anterior margin coarse. Tergal process submedian, with tuft of setae without depression. Posterior hypopygeal margin straight or nearly so. Genitalia. Harpe entirely wide, apical margin truncate, abaxial margin not projected; gonostipes shorter than harpe, ventral margin not excavated until outer margin of basivolsella; digitus short, basidorsal corner poorly projected; basivolsella well delimited with wide protuberance, without spines; aedeagal ventral valve with apex aligned with apex of dorsal one, wide, progressively narrowing apicad; inner margin sinuous; outer margin slightly sinuous, curved laterad; aedeagal dorsal valve robust, with two pairs of apical lobe; outer lobe long, narrow, apical margin rounded and posterad; apex of inner median filament anterior to apex of lobe, directed posterad; basal cover plate entirely wide, posterior margin rounded; apodeme extending beyond genital ring.
Material examined. Holotype 1♂: ECUADOR, Sucumbios, Rio Napo, Sacha Lodge, 0°30'S 76°30'W, 225m, 12–22.VI.1995, MT, P.Hibbs (CNCI). Paratypes: BOLIVIA: Cochabamba, 1♂, 117 km E. Cochabamba at Lagunitas, 1000m, 17°6'22''S 65°0'57''W, 8–12.II.1999, FIT Mountain evergreen Forest, F.Génier, col. (CNCI); 67.5 km E. Villa Tunari, Est. Biol. Valle del Saita, rain forest, F.Génier, col. (CNCI); 1♂, 300m, 17°6'19''S 64°46'57''W, 7–9.II.1999, FIT (CNCI); 2♂, Univ. San Simón, 9–13.II.1999, FIT low land (CNCI); BRAZIL: Amazonas, 1♂, Estiro do Equador, Rio Javari, X–1979, M.Alvarenga (PMAE); ECUADOR: Pastaza Prov., 1♂, Coca on Rio Napo, Napo, V.1965, L.E.Pena, Collector (AMNH); Napo, Sucumbios, 0.5°S 76.5°W, 290m, Sacha Lodge, Malaise Trap, P. Hibbs, 1♂, 13–25.VII.1994, 1♂, 21.XI–1.XII.1994 (LACM); Sucumbios River, 1♂, Sacha Lodge, 270m, 0°5'S 76°5'W, 13–23.VI.1994, MT, P. Hibbs (CNCI); Sucumbios, Rio Napo, Sacha Lodge, 0°30'S 76°30'W, 225m, MT, P. Hibbs, 1♂, 14–24.V.1994, 1♂, 26.VII–3.VIII.1994, 1♂, 21–31.X.1994, 1♂ 12–22.VI.1995 (CNCI); Rio Napo, 3♂, Yuturi Lodge, 270m, 0°32'54''S 76°2'18''W, 20–21.III.1999, FIT, R.Brooks, D.Brzoska (CNCI); PERU: Loreto Dept., 1♂, Iquitos, Quistococha, 5.II.1984, L.Huggert (PMAE); VENEZUELA: Aragua, 2♂, P.N.H. Pittier, 200m, La trílla, 11–14.IV.1994, s.s, L.Masner (CNCI).
Distribution. Brazil (Amazonas), Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.
Etymology. This species is named after Carolina Maria de Jesus, one of the first black writers in Brazil.
Remarks. It is not similar to any other species of this group.
description: Published as part of De Brito, Chirlei D. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2024, Revision of the punctatus species-group of Dissomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), pp. 389-431 in Zootaxa 5536 (3) on page 407, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/14239039