Dissomphalus scopatus Redighieri & Azevedo, 2004

Dissomphalus scopatus Redighieri & Azevedo, 2004: 333 (♂, holotype from Espírito Santo, UFES, figs 14–17).

Diagnosis. Male. Black. Mandible with two apical teeth. Clypeus very long median tooth. Front strongly coriaceous, with shallow, large, dense punctures. Vertex straight, corner somewhat rounded, occipital carina visible in dorsal view. T2 with pair of tiny tufts, submedian, closer to median line than to the lateral margin of tergite, each tuft with few short setaedirected backward. Posterior hypopygeal margin straight. Genitalia: Paramere longer than wide, apical margins biconcave, three sharpened projections; dorsal margin produced basally; aedeagal ventral ramus laminar, surface horizontal, wide base, acute apex, outer margin convex, inner margin nearly straight; aedeagal dorsal body with one pair of vertical laminae, arched apically downward, ventral margin, dense tuft of setae apically.

Remarks. Three specimens of D. scopatus were registered from Espírito Santo (Redighieri & Azevedo, 2004; 2006).

Material examined. Types: Holotype ♂, BRAZIL, Espírito Santo: Santa Teresa, Estação Biológica de Santa Lúcia, 19º58’S 40º32’W, 23.II.2001, varredura C.O. Azevedo & R. Kawada col. (UFES) ; Material revised: 1♂, Santa Teresa, Estação Biológica de Santa Lúcia, 19º58’S 40º32’W, 06–09.IV.2001, armadilha Malaise, 1♂, varredura, C.O. Azevedo e eq[uipe] col. (MZSP) .

Distribution. Brazil (Espírito Santo).