Biology:Dissomphalus
Dissomphalus is a genus of flat wasps in the family Bethylidae.[1][2] The genus is the most species-rich within the family Bethylidae,[3] having 424 species in its genus in 2018.[4]
Characteristics and taxonomy
The genus' species are diurnal and bilaterally symmetric. Its developmental mode is holometabolous.[5] The body is robust and has a clypeus with the median lobe often unidentate or tridentate. The genitalia are short and wide. The harpe is curved inward.[4]
The genus is primarily distinguished in males by a tergal process (metasomal tergal modifications/depressions/tubercles) on the second metasomal segment and a divided aedeagus in the male genitalia consisting of dorsal and ventral valvae.[6][3]
Distribution
The genus is found worldwide, including Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ (in en) Zoological Record. Zoological Society of London. 1894. https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=9vMFppnTN8MC&pg=RA17-PA5&dq=Dissomphalus&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj9rfLM0ZWXAxW4ZvUHHZksIwMQ6AF6BAgPEAI#v=onepage&q=Dissomphalus&f=false.
- ↑ "Dissomphalus". https://www.dutchcaribbeanspecies.org/linnaeus_ng/app/views/species/nsr_taxon.php?id=188253&cat=CTAB_LITERATURE.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nunes, João Lorenzo M.; Azevedo, Celso O.; Colombo, Welsey D. (July 30, 2025). "Taxonomy of Dissomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Fiji and Solomon Islands, with Description of Twenty-Seven New Species †". https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6500/5/3/39.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Fadeev, Kirkill I.. "First record of Dissomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from Russia, with description of a new species". https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kirill-Fadeev-4/publication/358592491_First_record_of_Dissomphalus_Ashmead_Hymenoptera_Bethylidae_from_Russia_with_description_of_a_new_species/links/6425834e66f8522c38e41a6d/First-record-of-Dissomphalus-Ashmead-Hymenoptera-Bethylidae-from-Russia-with-description-of-a-new-species.pdf?origin=publication_detail&_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6InB1YmxpY2F0aW9uIiwicGFnZSI6InB1YmxpY2F0aW9uRG93bmxvYWQiLCJwcmV2aW91c1BhZ2UiOiJwdWJsaWNhdGlvbiJ9fQ.
- ↑ "Dissomphalus". https://www.eol.org/pages/3766663.
- ↑ Pereira, Leonardo R.; Brito, Chirlei D. DE; Azevedo, Celso O. (2026-03-31). "Revision of the Neotropical vallensis species-group (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae, Dissomphalus), with the discovery of fifteen new species". Zootaxa 5785 (3): 401–444. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5785.3.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 42408253. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42408253.
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