punctatus species-group

Diagnosis. Male. Tergal process with circular depression, margins not angulate, dense tufts of setae directed backward, tubercle absent.

Remarks. This species-group contains four species: D. napo Evans, 1979, D. punctatus Kieffer, D. bahiensis Redighieri & Azevedo and Dissomphalus tupinikim sp. nov., the latter three recorded from Espírito Santo.

Distribution. Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil (Amazonas, Acre, Sergipe, Alagoas, Pernambuco, Paraíba, Mato Grosso, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Paraná) and Paraguay.