Dissomphalus kas, Mugrabi & Azevedo, 2016

Mugrabi, Daniele F. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2016, Description of 91 new species of DIssomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from New Guinea Island and surrounded areas, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 209, pp. 451-564 : 500-503

Dissomphalus kas n. sp.

Figures 33, 127-128, 220, 374-377

TYPE MATERIAL — Holotype, ♂, Papua New Guinea. Province Madang, Mount Wilhelm (-5.759910, 145.2347), 1700m, 26-27/10/2012, leg Valeba, Tulei, Novotny, Leponce, Plot 2, understorey, Malaise - MAL-MW1700B-02/16-d02, P2185- 11356 ( MNHN). Paratypes. Papua New Guinea. Province Madang, Mount Wilhelm (-5.759269, 145.2356), 1700m, Coll.

FIGURES 215-226

Hypopygium plate in dorsal view. 215, D. graun n. sp. 216, D. hama n. sp. 217, D. han n. sp. 218, D.kiau n. sp. 219, D. kakaruk n. sp. 220, D.kas n. sp. 221, D.kasang n. sp. 222, D.kina n. sp. 223, D.klok n. sp. 224, D.koki n. sp. 225, D.kuka n. sp. 226, D.kukamba n. sp. Scale bars 125 µm.

FIGURES 227-238

227-237, hypopygium plate in dorsal view. 238, hypopygium plate in posterior view. 227, D. lang n. sp. 228, D.lewa n. sp. 229, D. loliwara n. sp. 230, D. maleo n. sp. 231, D. mama n. sp. 232, D. mambu n. sp. 233, D. mami n. sp. 234, D. mausgras n. sp. 235, D. muli n. sp. 236, D. mwalo n. sp. 237-238, D. natnat n. sp. Scale bars 125 µm.

by Valeba, Tulei, Novotny, Leponce understorey, 1♂ 07-09/11/2012, FIT-MW1700-Q-6/8-d12, P2011-2244 ( MNHN); 2♂ 08-10/11/2012, FIT-MW1700-J-1/8-d01, P1950-18140 ( MNHN), 1♂ (-5.759910, 145.2347), 26-27/10/2012, Plot 2, Malaise - MAL-MW1700B-02/16-d02, P2185-11356 ( MNHN); New Guinea, 1♂ NE 22km SE Okapa, 2100m, 28.VIII.’64, J. & M. L. Sedlacek Collectors, Bishop ( BPBM); NE, Morobe District, Mt. Kaindi, N. Peak, 2350m, A. Samuelson Collector, Bishop Museum, 1♂ 14-20.X.66 ( BPBM); 1♂ 15-30.IX.1966 ( BPBM).

DESCRIPTION — MALE: Body length 2.4-2.9 mm. Head and mesosoma castaneous or black; metasoma castaneous or dark castaneous. Head (Figure 33). Mandible with four apical teeth. Clypeus with median lobe subtrapezoidal; median tooth subangulate; median carina complete apically and straight in profile. Frons strongly coriaceous. Mesosoma. Pronotal disc with anterior margin ecarinate, strongly coriaceous. Metapectal-propodeal complex with lateral and posterior areas partly carinate. Metasoma (Figures 127-128). Tergal process with shallow, subcircular and sublateral pair of depression, 0.38 x as long as tergite II, diverging posterad, with thin, small and long setae on all margins, inner margin of depression strongly higher than median region of tergite II; each depression with small tubercle on its inner area, conical in longitudinal section, high, entirely laterad, with small pit on top, with small few setae posterad. Hypopygium (Figure 220) with median stalk evenly narrow, 1.0 x as long as hypopygial plate; lateral stalk triangular; posterior margin weakly concave and with median elevation. Genitalia (Figures 374-377). Aedeagal dorsal body with apex lower than parameral apex, wider medially, narrowing abruptly apicad. Aedeagal ventral ramus with apex as high as aedeagal dorsal body apex; apical region subangled and smooth. Digitus small. Genital ring produced, each half convex in dorsal view.

FEMALE: Unknown.

ETYMOLOGY — The noun in apposition kas means luck in Tok Pisin.