Dissomphalus ubracus Brito & Azevedo, 2017

Azevedo, Celso O., 2017, Review of Dissomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Panama, with key to the Central American species, Zootaxa 4335 (1), pp. 1-72 : 65-66

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4335.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3429592D-23A8-4EBF-8412-BD57B3BC4314

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5020538

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3B3687C0-7C33-9B65-FF67-F6239E38FC5F

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Plazi

scientific name

Dissomphalus ubracus Brito & Azevedo
status

sp. nov.

Dissomphalus ubracus Brito & Azevedo sp. nov.

( Figs 32 View FIGURES 25 – 32 , 63 View FIGURES 57 – 63 , 94 View FIGURES 88 – 94 , 221–222 View FIGURES 211 – 222 )

Description. Male. Body length 1.61 mm. Color: body castaneous. Head ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 25 – 32 ). Mandible with three distal teeth. Median clypeal lobe ill-defined, with one angulate tooth; median clypeal carina high in profile, incomplete apically, straight in profile or nearly so. Frons weakly coriaceous and punctures small. Vertex crest weakly concave. Pronotal disc weakly coriaceous; anterior margin ecarinate. Metasoma ( Fig. 63 View FIGURES 57 – 63 ). Tergal process lateral, with deeply excaveted, subcircular and large depression covered by a membrane, without tubercle, pit absent. Posterior hypopygeal margin strongly concave ( Fig. 94 View FIGURES 88 – 94 ). Genitalia ( Figs 221–222 View FIGURES 211 – 222 ): paramere with dorsal margin wide basally; apical margin truncate. Aedeagal ventral ramus shorter than dorsal body, wide, abruptly narrowing apicad; cross section laminar; surface horizontal; inner margin straight; outer margin slightly sinuous; apex short, simple, slightly curved outward; additional inner ramus absent; basal stub absent. Aedeagal dorsal body with two pairs of apical lobes; outer lobe short, horizontal and wide, with apical margin abruptly acute and dorsad; inner pair stout, membranous and setose. Apodeme not extending beyond genital ring.

Variations. Mesosoma light castaneous; metasoma castaneous; tergal process more laterad and longer.

Remarks. This species is easily recognized by having the median clypeal carina with angled elevation, the paramere very excavated and the tergal process with deeply excaveted, subcircular and large depression covered by a membrane. This kind tergal process has been never found in Dissomphalus and it is easily recognized in the genus. This species is similar to the D. gilvipes by having the paramere wide basally and the aedeagal ventral ramus short with acute apex. However, this species has the apical margin of the paramere crenulate, the apical lobes of the aedeagal dorsal body wide and horizontal and the tergal process with very excavated depression covered by a membrane, whereas D. gilvipes has the paramere smooth, the apical lobes of the aedeagal dorsal body vertical and narrow and the tergal process with a tuft of setae with distinct long lateral setae.

Material examined. Holotype, ♂, PANAMA, Darién Pr [ovincia]: P[arque] N[acional] Darién, Pirre, Est[ación] Rancho Frio , 80 m, [08°00'N, 77°45'W], 16 nov–17 ene 2001, Malaise, R. Cambra, A. Santos [col.] ( MIUP) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: Bocas del Toro: 1♂, Wekso, Teribe , P[arque] I[nternacional] L[a] A[mistad], 50 msnm, [09º24'25"N, 82º56'20"W], 17–24 oct. 1999, Tr [ampa] Malaise, A. Santos [col.] ( MIUP) GoogleMaps ; [Chiriquí]: 2♂, Fortuna, Div. Cont. Chiriqui-B[ocas del] Toro , 1070–1090 m, [08°46'16.5"N, 82°11'27.3"W], 8–11.abr.1999, R. Cambra, A. Santos [col.] ( MIUP) GoogleMaps ; Veraguas Pr [ovincia]: 1♂, Calovebora, Guazarito, 15–18 feb. 2000, malaise, Col. S. Bermudez ( MIUP) ; 1♂, Santa Fé, Altos de Piedra , 770 m, [08°31'5.5"N, 81°06'30.4"W], 22–26 marzo 1999, Col. A. Santos, L. D. ( MIUP) GoogleMaps ; Colón: 5♂, 14 km N J[un]ct[ion] Escobal r[oa]d and Piña r[oa]d on Piña r[oa]d, ± 20 m, [09°20'N', 79°54'W], 2–3.VI.1995, F[light] I[nterception] T[rap], J. Ashe & R. Brooks [col.] ( CNCI) GoogleMaps ; Coche {= Coclé}: 1♂, El Cope {= El Copé }, [08°37'11"N, 80°35'03"W], 19.XI.1994, Windson & Edwards [col.] ( CNCI) GoogleMaps ; 6♂, Par [que] Nac [ional General de División ] Omar Torrijos H[errera], 570– 670 m.s.n.m., [08º41'56"N, 80º39'17"W], 26–30 sep. 1999, Tr [ampa] Malaise, A. Santos, P. González [col.] ( MIUP) GoogleMaps ; Panama Pr [ovincia]: 14♂, P[arque] Nac [ional] Sob [eranía], Camino, Plantación, [09º09'N, 79º43'W], 24 ago.–2 sep.1999, Malaise, A. Santos, P. González [col.] ( MIUP) GoogleMaps ; 5♂, P[arque] Nac [ional] Altos de Campana , [08º43'15"N, 80º01'43"W], 10–14 ago. 1999 ( MIUP) GoogleMaps ; 1♂, P[arque] N[atural] Metropolitano , [08º59'33"N, 79º32'41"W], 24 ago.–3 sep.1999 ( MIUP) GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Cerro Azul, Las Nubes, [09º10'N, 79º25'W], 9–15.oct.1999, R. Cambra, A. Santos [col.] (MIUP); 7♂, C[anal] Z[one], B[arro] Colorado Is[land], [09°09'N, 79°51'W], 15–31.VII.1994 (5♂) GoogleMaps , 1–14.VII.1994 (1♂) and 16– 24.VIII.1994 (1♂) F[light] I[nterception] T[rap], D. Banks [col.] (CNCI); Comarca Kuna Yala: 1♂, Ustupu, Rio Abudi , [09º07'57"N, 77º55'36"W], 6–12 dic. 1999, Malaise, P. González [col.] ( MIUP) GoogleMaps ; 12♂, same data as holotype GoogleMaps ; 1♂, same as holotype except 1000 m, 21 mar–4 ab 2000, Cambra, Santos, Bermudez [col.] (MIUP); 1♂, same as holotype except 450m, 24–26 marzo 2001, col. A. Santos (MIUP); 19♂, Darién, Cruce de Mono, Est [ación] I[nstituto] N[acional de] Re [cusos] Na [turales] Re [novables], P[arque] Nac [ional] Darién, [07°51'26.3"N, 77°28'12.7"W], 5–28 feb 1993, R. Cambra [col.] ( MIUP) GoogleMaps ;

Distribution ( Fig. 248 View FIGURES 244 – 249 ). Panama (Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, Veraguas, Coclé, Colón, Panama, Comarca Kuna Yala and Darién).

CNCI

Canadian National Collection Insects

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Bethylidae

Genus

Dissomphalus

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