Dissomphalus tapiok, 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 : 551-552

publication ID

1243-4442

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Dissomphalus tapiok
status

sp. nov.

Dissomphalus tapiok n. sp.

Figures 82, 176, 267, 523-524

TYPE MATERIAL — Holotype, ♂, Papua New Guinea. New Guinea, NE, Morobe District, Mt. Missim, 1300 m, 7-14. XII.1966, G. A. Samuelson Collector, Bishop Museum ( BPBM). Paratypes. Papua New Guinea. New Guinea, NE, Morobe District, Mt. Kaindi, N. Peak, 2350m, G. A. Samuelson Collector, Bishop Museum, 2♂ 1-14.IX.66 ( BPBM); 1♂ 14- 20.X.66 ( BPBM); Bishop Museum, 1♂ NE, Mt. Missim, 1300m, 15-21.XII.1966, G. A. Samuelson Collector, ( BPBM); 1♂ Mt. Suckling, 500m, 11-16.VII.1972, J. L. Gressitt Collector ( BPBM).

DESCRIPTION — MALE: Body length 2.9 mm. Head and mesosoma dark castaneous; metasoma castaneous. Head (Fi-

gure 82). Mandible with two apical teeth. Clypeus with median lobe subtrapezoidal; median tooth angled; 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 (Figure 176). Tergal process absent. Hypopygium (Figure 267) with median stalk 0.68 x as long as hypopygial plate; lateral stalk triangular; posterior margin median straight with higher corners. Genitalia (Figures 523-524). Basal margin of paramere with rounded projection. Aedeagal dorsal body with apex lower than parameral apex, wider basally, narrowing progressively apicad; apical lobe very long. Aedeagal ventral ramus with apex as high as aedeagal dorsal body apex; apical region subangled and smooth. Cuspis large. Genital ring slightly produced, each half straight in dorsal view.

FEMALE: Unknown.

ETYMOLOGY — The noun in apposition tapiok means tapioca in Tok Pisin.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Bethylidae

Genus

Dissomphalus

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