Synopsis of the Neotropical Sclerodermus Latreille (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) with description of a new species attacking human beings
Author
Azevedo, Celso O.
0000-0002-2423-9388
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Depto Ciências Biológicas, Vitória, ES (Brazil) & bethylidae @ gmail. com; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2423 - 9388
bethylidae@gmail.com
Author
Colombo, Wesley D.
0000-0001-8729-4635
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Depto Ciências Biológicas, Vitória, ES (Brazil) & wesleycolombo @ gmail. com; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8729 - 4635
wesleycolombo@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-04-06
5124
5
501
519
journal article
53625
10.11646/zootaxa.5124.5.1
06814fbf-9458-410e-8a6f-64d0845c8094
1175-5326
6416940
B0DABD41-5DC2-499B-B593-D58192C4D240
Sclerodermus wilsoni
Evans, 1964
Fig. 1G
Diagnosis, female
. Body
2.44 mm
long. Castaneous, metasoma darker. Mandible with two apical teeth, narrow apically. Clypeus very short and slightly concave, apical margin curved upward medially in frontal view. Antenna thick, pedicel long, flagellomeres wider than long, except last. Eye with sparse short setae. Frons weakly coriaceous, nearly polished, punctures sparse and inconspicuous. LH 1.15 WH, WF 0.52 WH, WF 1.47 HE. Vertex barely outcurved. Sides of head subparallel. VOL 1.28 HE. Mesoscutum 1.1 as wide as long. Metapectal-propodeal disc nearly quadrate, side subparallel, base only slightly constricted, without median and posterior carinae. Micropterous, wings much shorter than tegula. Profemur 1.6 as long as wide. Metasoma stout, 0.56 as long as body, apical margin of sternites IV–VI conspicuously bi-emarginated.
Material examined
.
Holotype
♀
,
CUBA
,
Pinar de Rio
, Las Acostas, 16.VI.[19]53,
E. O. Wilson
col. (
MCZH
, #30813).