Dissomphalus laticephalus, Azevedo, 2003

Azevedo, C. O., 2003, Synopsis of the Neotropical Dissomphalus (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 338 (1), pp. 1-74 : 14

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.338.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7146D5AC-DE68-4CB7-B004-3B85A46C69B4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5101935

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CF0539-AA47-FF98-FEF4-FADAFC88F913

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Dissomphalus laticephalus
status

 

laticephalus species­group

Description. — Male. Mandibles unusually long, at least 0.75 X as long as the distance between their bases; head with vertex strongly angled or unusually wide, WH about 1.2 X LH. Sides of head parallel or slightly divergent below. Metasoma with tergal processes absent or very small in size.

Comments. — Members of this group are recognized by their wide head and long mandible. The width of head in Dissomphalus is usually about 1.0 X LH, but here WH is about 0.8 X LH. The group contains four species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Bethylidae

Genus

Dissomphalus

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