Dissomphalus latimerus Azevedo, 2003

Dissomphalus latimerus Azevedo, 2003: 48 –49 (♂, holotype from Brazil).

Diagnosis. Male. Black. Forewing subhyaline. Mandible with three apical teeth. Median clypeal lobe trapezoidal. Frons somewhat strongly coriaceous. Vertex nearly straight. T2 with lateral drop-shaped tubercle, sharpened anteriorly, rounded behind, pit-topped, tuft of setae directed backward, surrounded by rounded depression. Posterior hypopygeal margin straight. Genitalia: paramere very wide, digitus with large basal projection; aedeagal ventral ramus smaller than dorsal body, laminar, surface subhorizontal, apex sharp, outer margin convex, inner margin straight, base apparently raising at middle of aedeagus; aedeagal dorsal body with two pairs apical lobes, outer pair laminar, surface convex, apex rounded, inner pair membranous, stout, setose; aedeagal base with many warts. Female unknown.

Variations. The main variations found in this series are the aedeagal dorsal body with wide and small warts.

Remarks. This species was previously known from Brazil (Amazonas) (Azevedo 2003). Now it is recorded for the first time from Maranhão.

Material examined. BRAZIL, MA[ranhão], 1♂ Mirador, Parq [ue] Estadual Mirador, Base da Geraldina, 06°37'06''S 45°51'51''W, 411m, 20–31.XII.2013, Armadilha suspensa, TL Rocha, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, LLM Santos cols. (CZMA) ; 1♂ 01–12.VIII.2013, Armadilha Malaise, LS Santos, F Limeira-de-Oliveira, LLM Santos cols. (CZMA).