Dissomphalus aiskrim, 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 : 468

publication ID

1243-4442

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5493756

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039887BF-DE31-7A44-FF0B-08A338BAF9C3

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Felipe

scientific name

Dissomphalus aiskrim
status

sp. nov.

Dissomphalus aiskrim n. sp.

Figures 4, 100, 194, 295-296

TYPE MATERIAL — Holotype, ♂, Papua New Guinea. Province Madang, Wanang 3 station (-5.22767, 145.0797), 175m, 03-04/12/2012, leg Basset, Plot 1, understorey, Malaise - MAL-WAN01-D16, P4915-11066 ( MNHN). Paratypes. Indonesia. 1♂ New Guinea, Neth., Waris, S of Hollandia, 450-500m, 1-18.VIII.1959, sweeping, T. C. Maa Coll., Bishop Museum ( BPBM); Papua New Guinea. Province Madang, (-5.22767, 145.0797), 175m, coll. by Basset, understorey, 1♂ 20-21/09/2012, FIT-WAN01-D14, P0077-1897 ( MNHN); Wanang 3 station, 01-02/12/2012, Malaise, 1♂ Plot 2, MAL-WAN02-D14, P4929-15365 ( MNHN); 1♂ Plot 1, MAL-WAN01-D14, P4913-15396 ( MNHN); Mount Wilhelm (-5.731961, 145.2522), 700m, Coll. by Sam et al., understorey, Malaise, 1♂ 15-16/05/2013, MAL-MW0700’D-03/16-d03, P4751-20819 ( MNHN); 1♂ 22-23/05/2013, - MAL-MW0700’D-10/16-d10, P4758-20624 ( MNHN); 2♂ 23-24/05/2013, - MAL-MW0700’D-11/16-d11, P4759-20620 ( MNHN); (-5.739897, 145.3297), 200m, leg Dilu, Ray, Novotny, Leponce, Plot 1, understorey, Malaise, 1♂ 25-26/10/2012, MAL-MW0200A-01/16-d01, P0998-11946 ( MNHN); 1♂ 30- 31/10/2012, MAL-MW0200D-06/16-d06, P1051-11965 ( MNHN); (-5.741031, 145.3294), 200m, understorey, 1♂ 13/ 09- 28/10/2012, Coll. by Dilu, Ray, Novotny, Leponce, FIT-MW200-K-2/8-d04, P0789-576, ( MNHN); 1♂ 25-26/05/2013, Coll. by Sam et al., Malaise, MAL-MW0200’B-13/16-d13, P4984 ( MNHN).

DESCRIPTION — MALE: Body length 1.6-2.7 mm. Head dark castaneous; mesosoma and metasoma castaneous or dark castaneous. Head (Figure 4). Mandible with four apical teeth. Clypeus with median lobe subtrapezoidal; median tooth subangulate; median carina complete apically and straight in profile. Frons weakly or strongly coriaceous. Mesosoma. Pronotal disc with anterior margin ecarinate, weakly or strongly coriaceous. Metapectal-propodeal complex with lateral and posterior areas partly carinate. Metasoma (Figure 100). Tergal process with shallow, circular and sublateral pair of depression, 0.32 x as long as tergite II, parallel, with setae long and thin on lateral area; each depression with small tubercle on its center, evenly wide in longitudinal section, low, entirely dorsad, with broad pit on top, with small seta dorsad. Hypopygium (Figure 194) with median stalk evenly narrow, 1.5 x as long as hypopygial plate; lateral stalk quadrate; posterior margin strongly concave, surface of the posterior margin excavated medially. Genitalia (Figures 295-296). Aedeagal dorsal body with apex lower than parameral apex, wider medially, narrowing abruptly apicad. Aedeagal ventral ramus with apex lower than aedeagal dorsal body apex, slightly bifurcated on apical region; apical region subangled and smooth. Genital ring produced, each half straight in dorsal view.

FEMALE: Unknown.

ETYMOLOGY — The noun in apposition aiskrim means ice-cream in Tok Pisin.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

BPBM

Bishop Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Bethylidae

Genus

Dissomphalus

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