Dissomphalus is a genus of flat wasps in the family Bethylidae. The genus is the most species-rich within the family Bethylidae, having 424 species in its genus in 2018.
Characteristics and taxonomy The genus' species are diurnal and bilaterally symmetric. Its developmental mode is holometabolous. 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.
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.
Distribution The genus is found worldwide, including Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions.
See also
Holepyris Sierola List of Dissomphalus species
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