Dissomphalus connubialis Evans, 1966

Azevedo, Celso O., Colombo, Wesley D., Alencar, Isabel D. C. C., de Brito, Chirlei D. & Waichert, Cecilia, 2016, Couples in phoretic copulation, a tool for male-female association in highly dimorphic insects of the wasp genus Dissomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), Zoologia (e 20160076) 33 (6), pp. 1-7 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1590/S1984-4689zool-20160076
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EDD93DCA-0F64-45D5-AC2F-97B42AF138E7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13174894
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039BF37A-FFBA-4F21-FC68-B8CFFB6C9D7D
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Dissomphalus connubialis Evans, 1966
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Material examined. BRAZIL, Espírito Santo: Alfredo Chaves (S.F. Batatal), 1 male and female in copula, 8.ix.2007, manual, Alencar & Fraga leg. ( UFES) .

Remarks. This species was known from both sexes, from Brazil. It is widely distributed in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. A couple in phoretic copulation was collected by Felipe Fraga at noon, in a house made of wood, and which had galleries built by wood-boring beetles. The house is surrounded by an agroforestry system. Two other couples of the same species were observed flying in copula during the afternoon.