Synopsis of the Neotropical Dissomphalus (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)
Author
Azevedo, C. O.
text
Zootaxa
2003
2003-10-24
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.338.1.1
journal article
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Dissomphalus falcatus
Evans, 1962
(
Fig. 104–105
)
Dissomphalus falcatus
Evans 1962: 67
, 69, 72–73, 1964: 45,
Sarazin 1986: 295
,
Gordh & Moczar 1990: 222
.
Diagnosis.
— Head as figure 104. Mandible bidentate. Clypeus subtrapezoidal. Frons somewhat strongly coriaceous, punctures large, shallow. Vertex badly convex, corners rounded. Metasomal tergite II with pair of large, deep, and subtriangular lateral depressions, distant each other 1.5 X their diameter, nearly touching the posterior margin of tergite I, with inner and outer margins hairy, with an inner large pit, with tuft of hairs (
Fig. 105
).
Material examined.
—
HOLOTYPE
: male,
MEXICO
,
Mexico
,
Ixtapan la Sal
,
5,500 feet
,
9.VIII.1954
,
J. G. Chillcott
col. (
CNCI
, type nº 7,550).
Comments.
— This species is known only from the
type
, and its genitalia is missing, but
Evans (1962)
draw it, which is peculiar by having aedeagus with elongate ventral ramus and apical lobes of dorsal body. This species belongs to
bicavatus
speciesgroup, but here the tergal processes are subtriangular, not elliptical.
bisulcus
speciesgroup
Diagnosis.
— Male. Metasomal tergite II with two median horizontal and linear hairy tufts and nearly touching each other placed in a shallow depression.
Comments.
— There are two species here,
D. horizontalis
Azevedo, 1999
from South America and
D. bisulcus
Ashmead, 1893
from Caribe.