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Dissomphalus altivolans Evans 1954

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Description

altivolans species­group

Diagnosis. — Male. Metasomal tergite II with median depression, with pair of tufts of hairs, digitus serrated with rounded teeth in the upper margin, ventral ramus wide and short, much shorter than the dorsal body and with median­basal projection upward, the dorsal body of the aedeagus bilobate, being the inner lobe semicircular, the rounded portion downward, which is much produced, laminar with inner surface and wholly ventral margin hairy, the outer lobe with dorsal margin much produced inward basally and nearly reaching.

Comments. — This group is composed by D. altivolans Evans, 1954 D. deformis Evans, 1969, D. megomphalus Evans, 1979, D. subdeformis Azevedo, 1999 and D. lanceolatus Azevedo, 1999. It is broadly distributed, ranging from north of the USA to north of Argentina, including some islands of Caribe.

Notes

Published as part of Azevedo, C. O., 2003, Synopsis of the Neotropical Dissomphalus (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 338 (1) on page 60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.338.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5019741

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Bethylidae
Genus
Dissomphalus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Evans
Species
altivolans
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Dissomphalus altivolans Evans, 1954 sec. Azevedo, 2003

References

  • Evans, H. E. (1954) The North American species of Dissomphalus (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 56, 288 - 309.
  • Evans, H. E. (1979) The genus Dissomphalus in Northwestern South America (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 81, 276 - 284.