Dissomphalus balus, 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 : 475-476

Dissomphalus balus n. sp.

Figures 9, 105-106, 199, 308-311

TYPE MATERIAL — Holotype, ♂, Papua New Guinea. Province Madang, Wanang 3 station (-5.22767, 145.0797), 175m, 20-21/11/2012, leg Gewa, Damag, Novotny, Leponce, Plot 4, understorey, Malaise - MAL-WAN-D-05/16-d05, P0536- 9022 ( MNHN). Paratypes. Papua New Guinea. Province Madang, Wanang 3 station (-5.22767, 145.0797), 175m, 1♂ 26-27/11/2012, leg Basset, Plot 1, understorey, Malaise - MAL-WAN01-D09, P4908-9075 ( MNHN); 1♂ 17-18/11/2012, leg Gewa, Damag, Novotny, Leponce, Plot 4, understorey, Malaise - MAL-WAN-D-02/16-d02, P0533-9224 ( MNHN); Mount Wilhelm, understorey, 1♂ (-5.720874, 145.2695), 1200m, 02-04/11/2012, Coll. by Philip, Alois, Novotny, Leponce, FIT-MW1200-C-5/8-d09, P1508-256 ( MNHN); (-5.731961, 145.2522), 700m, Coll. by Sam et al., Malaise, 1♂ 26-27/05/2013, MAL-MW0700’A-14/16-d14, P4714-20600 ( MNHN); 1♂ 21-22/05/2013, MAL-MW0700’D-09/16- d09, P4757-20867 ( MNHN); (-5.741031, 145.3294), 200m, Coll. by Dilu, Ray, Novotny, Leponce, 2♂ 28-30/10/2012, FIT-MW200-L-2/8-d04, P797-846 ( MNHN).

DESCRIPTION — MALE: Body length 1.9-2.8 mm. Head black; mesosoma and metasoma dark castaneous. Head (Figure 9). Mandible with four apical teeth. Clypeus with median lobe subtrapezoidal; median tooth subangulate; median carina complete apically and straight in profile. Frons weakly coriaceous. Mesosoma. Pronotal disc with anterior margin ecarinate, weakly coriaceous. Metapectal-propodeal complex with lateral and posterior areas partly or wholly carinate. Metasoma (Figures 105-106). Tergal process with deep, longitudinally elliptical and sublateral pair of depression, 0.9 x as long as tergite II, diverging posterad, with thick, very small and long setae on both lateral areas, 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, low, entirely laterad, with small pit on top, with small few setae laterad. Hypopygium (Figure 199) with median stalk evenly narrow, 1.0 x as long as hypopygial plate; lateral stalk triangular; posterior margin convex and with median elevation. Genitalia (Figures 308-311). Aedeagal dorsal body with apex lower than parameral apex; wider

medially, narrowing abruptly apicad; apex with long and crenulated projection on ventral region. Aedeagal ventral ramus

with apex as high as aedeagal dorsal body apex; apical region rounded, broad and crenulated. Digitus small. Genital ring produced, each half convex in dorsal view.

FEMALE: Unknown.

ETYMOLOGY — The noun in apposition balus means airplane in Tok Pisin.