Dissomphalus politus Ashmead, 1894

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 : 53

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4335.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5020481
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scientific name	Dissomphalus politus Ashmead, 1894
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Dissomphalus politus Ashmead, 1894: 193 , 195 (♂ holotype from Saint Vicent). Dalla Torre 1898: 558, Kieffer 1908: 36, 1914b: 496, 501, Evans, 1964: 46, Gordh & Móczár 1990: 225, Azevedo 1999b: 54, 1999b: 927; Azevedo, 2003: 20 View Cited Treatment , 71.

Diagnosis. Mandible tetradentate. Clypeus tridentate. Tergal process with pair of very shallow depressions, with minute tubercle with setae on top, outer margin of depression with group of thick setae. Hypopygium with posterior margin concave. Genitalia: paramere wide basally, narrowing to the rounded apex in lateral view, with strong setae above; aedeagal ventral ramus higher than aedeagal dorsal body, with three long and conspicuous apical horns; aedeagal dorsal body wide, with two pairs of apical lobes; outer pair stout and membranous; inner pair laminar, vertical with apex bidentate and directed downward.

Remarks. This species is known to Saint Vicent ( Azevedo 2003). Now it is recorded for the first time from Panama. Some variations are worth to mention: head, mesosoma and metasoma light castaneous; median clypeal carina inconspicuous; median clypeal tooth angulate; anterior margin of pronotal disc slightly coarse; tergal process with tubercle, thick setae on pit and in outer margin of depression; aedeagal ventral ramus shorter than aedeagal dorsal body.

Material examined. Lectotype male: S[AIN]T VICENT, W[est] I[ndies]: 1000 feet, H. H. Smith col ( USNM, #2497). PANAMA, Veraguas : 10♂, P[arque] N[acional] Coiba, Isla Coibita, [07º28'09"N, 81º45'24"W], 6–11 mar 1998 (1♂), 29 jul. 4 ag 1998, (3♂), Cerro la Equis , 120 m (1♂), Playa Blanca-Cativales 31 jul–6 ago 1998 (3♂), Est [ación] Biologica Coiba, 5–6 ag 1998 (2♂), Malaise, R. Cambra, A. Santos [col.] ( MIUP); Darién GoogleMaps : 1♂, 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, Malaise, R. Cambra [col.] ( MIUP) GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Cana 7º45' N, 77º 41 W, 3– 7.vi. 96, 550m, J. Ashe, R. Brooks. (UFES).

Distribution ( Fig. 240 View FIGURES 234 – 243 ). Panama and Saint Vicent.

USNM	Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Bethylidae
Genus	Dissomphalus