Effectiveness of multigene analysis for associating dimorphic partners in flat wasps (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae, Dissomphalus)
Author
Fagundes, Valéria
0000-0001-9501-0751
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari 514, Goiabeiras, 29.075 - 910, Vitória ES, Brazil.
valeria.fagundes@ufes.br
Author
Monjardim, Marina
0000-0002-2993-1795
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari 514, Goiabeiras, 29.075 - 910, Vitória ES, Brazil.
Author
Martinelli, Arturo B.
0000-0002-9622-1400
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari 514, Goiabeiras, 29.075 - 910, Vitória ES, Brazil.
Author
Mugrabi, Daniele F.
0000-0001-5863-5963
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari 514, Goiabeiras, 29.075 - 910, Vitória ES, Brazil.
Author
Azevedo, Celso O.
0000-0002-2423-9388
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari 514, Goiabeiras, 29.075 - 910, Vitória ES, Brazil.
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-04-04
5433
1
96
106
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5433.1.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5433.1.3
1175-5326
10953594
5C404F78-6DD0-409B-9B31-A5FC43342778
Dissomphalus verus
Mugrabi & Azevedo, 2013
(
Fig. 3
)
Description of female.
Body
1.94 mm
long; head
0.49 mm
long. Color. Body castaneous.
Head.
1.4 × as long as wide, side profile slightly out curved, almost parallel. Frons coriaceous, with minute punctures. Mandible with four apical teeth, ventral larger than others. Clypeus with median lobe rounded, its lateral margin crenulate, median carina complete, high, and angled in profile. Antenna with scape 2.0 × as long as wide, flagellomeres about 0.5 × as long as wide. Eye very small, with six facets, distant from mandible 1.60 × its length. Occipital carina visible on dorsal view. Vertex slightly incurved medially; corner rounded.
Mesosoma.
Strongly coriaceous. Dorsal pronotal area narrow, 1.0 × as long as wide, anterior margin incurved, anterior corner rounded, punctures sparse. Mesoscutum 1.0 × as wide as long; median area higher than both anterior and posterior areas. Metapectal-propodeal disc flat, 1.0 × as long as posterior width, anterior third slightly constricted, lateral carina strong and well-defined; spiracle placed at lateral surface of metapectal-propodeal complex, attached to lateral carina. Legs not spinose. Claws simple.
Metasoma.
Polished, 0.7 × as long as mesosoma. Petiole wide, 0.6 × as long as wide, transversally waved in dorsal view.
Material examined.
1 ♀
,
THAILAND
,
Ubon Ratchathani
,
Pha Taem NP
,
First
level-Huay
Sa-nhom
waterfall,
15°27.407’N
105°34.867’E
,
230 m
,
Malaise trap
,
2–9.v.2007
,
Sorawit Mingman
leg.
T2185
. (
QSBG
)
.
Remark.
Facets of eyes hardly distinguishable.
Distribution.
Thailand
(
Chiang Mai
,
Chanthaburi
,
Kanchanaburi
,
Ubon Ratchathani
and
Surat Thani
).