Dissomphalus mirandae Brito & Azevedo, 2024

De Brito, Chirlei D. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2024, Revision of the punctatus species-group of Dissomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 5536 (3), pp. 389-431 : 423

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.3.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DADA0F2F-C442-4B2F-8C08-D918CFFB8709
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038CCD37-FF91-BA5B-3F8B-70FF7F79FAD7
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Dissomphalus mirandae Brito & Azevedo
status	sp. nov.

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Dissomphalus mirandae Brito & Azevedo , sp. nov.

( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 6C View FIGURE 6 )

Diagnosis. This species is easily recognized by having the ventral margin of harpe with a slight undulation, digitus short, the aedeagal dorsal inner lobes wide, the basal cover plate short and the apodeme extending far beyond the apodeme.

Description. Head. Mandible with two distal teeth. Median clypeal lobe trapezoidal, with one rounded tooth; median clypeal carina low in profile, complete or nearly so, straight in profile or nearly so. Frons coriaceous, punctures small and dense. Vertex crest straight or nearly so. Dorsal pronotal area with anterior margin carinate. Tergal process median, with dense tuft of setae inside of shallow depression. Posterior hypopygeal margin straight or nearly so. Genitalia. Harpe entirely narrow, apical margin rounded abaxial margin not projected; gonostipes shorter than harpe, ventral margin not excavated until outer margin of basivolsella; digitus short, basidorsal corner strongly projected; basivolsella with wide, well-defined protuberance, without spines; aedeagal ventral valve with apex anterior to apex of dorsal one, wide, progressively narrowing apicad; inner margin slightly sinuous; outer margin slightly sinuous, slightly curved laterad; aedeagal dorsal valve bottle-shaped or nearly so, with two pairs of apical lobe; outer lobe long, narrow, apical margin rounded and posterad; apex of inner median filament anterior to apex of lobe, directed posterad; basal cover plate entirely narrow, posterior margin straight or nearly so; apodeme extending beyond genital ring.

Material examined. Holotype, 1♂: Brazil, Pará, Melgaço, Floresta Nacional Caxiuanã , Trilha Est. Cie. Ferreira Pena, 16–22.XI.2003, arm. Malaise 3, A. P. Aguiar & J. Dias, Ponto P 05105a ( MPEG).

Distribution. Brazil (Pará).

Etymology. This species is named after the astrophysicist Vivian Miranda, first transsexual to pursue a postdoctoral degree at the University of Arizona and only Brazilian to be part of a project with NASA.

Remarks. It is not similar to any other of this group.