Dissomphalus conicus Azevedo, 2003

Colombo, Wesley D., Alencar, Isabel D. C. C., Limeira-De-Oliveira, Francisco & Azevedo, Celso O., 2018, New species and records of Dissomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Cerrado, Caatinga and relicts of the Atlantic Forest from northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 4462 (1), pp. 1-40 : 13

Dissomphalus conicus Azevedo, 2003

Dissomphalus conicus Azevedo, 2003: 32 (♂, holotype from Brazil).

Diagnosis. Male. Black. Mandible with two apical teeth. Median clypeal lobe trapezoidal. Frons strongly coriaceous. Vertex badly convex. T2 small, shallow lateral depression, tubercle wide pit on top, dense tuft setae directed backward. Posterior hypopygeal margin straight. Genitalia: basivolsella with large, wide, rounded expansion directed upward in inner margin; aedeagal ventral ramus as long as dorsal body, laminar, surface vertical, wide, dorsal median emargination in lateral view; aedeagal dorsal body with three pairs apical lobes; outer pair parallel, dorsal margin conical, angled medially upward in lateral view, ventral margin with two large, long teeth, apical margin apical tooth serrated; dorsal and ventral inner pairs stout, membranous, dorsal one smaller, colliculate, dorsal margin serrated; aedeagal base long central tooth, slightly inclined upward.

Variations. In this series the specimens are quite similar to those previously studied.

Remarks. This species was previously known from Brazil (Ceará, Pernambuco, Distrito Federal, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná) ( Azevedo 2003), Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia) ( Redighieri & Azevedo 2006). Now some more males have been found in Ceará.

Material examined. BRAZIL, CE[ará], 1♂ Ubajara, PN Ubajara, Cachoeira do Cafundó, 03°50'13''S 40°54'35''W, 13–17.XI.2013, Armadilha Malaise, DWA Marques, F Limeira-de-Oliveira cols. ( CZMA) ; 1♂ 01– 15.I.2013, JS Pinto Junior, F Limeira-de-Oliveira cols. (CZMA).