Universidade Federal do Esprito Santo, Depto Cincias Biolgicas, Vitria, ES (Brazil).
Zootaxa. 2022 Apr 6;5124(5):501-519. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.5.1.
We provide a Neotropical synopsis of the genus Sclerodermus Latreille. The genus is recognized by having the antenna with 11 flagellomeres, the head globoid or nearly so, the eyes present and flat, and the clypeal median lobe strongly angled and deeply separated from the lateral lobes. The strong polymorphism of having wings is an intra- and intergeneric feature and the macropterous specimens are diagnosed by having forewings with the pterostigma slender and only the R cell closed. In this synopsis we recognized seven previously known species: S. formicarius Kieffer, S. galapagensis Brues, S. iridomyrmicicola Bruch, S. macrogaster (Ashmead), S. soror Westwood, S. spilonotum Evans, and S. wilsoni Evans. The type-species, S. domesticus Latreille is also included, but their occurrence in the Neotropical Region is in doubt. Additionally, we discovered one more species, S. chicomendesi n. sp., which is described and illustrated, based on both sexes with molecular support. This species was found attacking a woman in her office in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where there was wood furniture with holes bored by beetles of the Ptinidae genus TricorynusWaterhouse. We also provide a key to the Neotropical species of this genus and a discussion about species attacking human beings.
我们提供了一个新热带地区 Sclerodermus Latreille 属的概述。该属的特征是触角有 11 节鞭节，头部球形或近球形，眼睛存在且扁平，唇基中叶强烈成角，与侧叶分开。翅膀强烈多态性是种内和种间的特征，并且大翅型标本的特征是前翅具细长的翅痣，只有 R 细胞封闭。在这个概述中，我们认识到了七个以前已知的物种：S. formicarius Kieffer、S. galapagensis Brues、S. iridomyrmicicola Bruch、S. macrogaster (Ashmead)、S. soror Westwood、S. spilonotum Evans 和 S. wilsoni Evans。模式种 S. domesticus Latreille 也包括在内，但它们在新热带地区的存在存在疑问。此外，我们还发现了一个新物种，S. chicomendesi n. sp.，该物种基于两性标本进行了描述和说明，并提供了分子支持。该物种在巴西阿雷格里港的一名妇女的办公室里被发现，当时办公室里有木制家具，上面有甲虫科 TrichorynusWaterhouse 属的甲虫钻的洞。我们还提供了该属新热带地区物种的关键特征和关于攻击人类的物种的讨论。
