Amisega similis Kimsey, 1987

Lucena, Daercio A. A., Almeida, Eduardo A. B. & Zanella, Fernando C. V., 2021, Amiseginae and Cleptinae from northeastern Brazil, with the description of four new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 81, pp. 57-85 : 57

Amisega similis Kimsey, 1987

Amisega similis Kimsey 1987: 70. Holotype ♂ (CNC: examined by photos). Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara, Represa Rio Grande (presently Rio de Janeiro county).

Material examined.

Brazil • 1♂ paratype; Pernambuco, Caruaru; iv.1972; M Alvarenga; USNM .

Distribution.

Brazil, BA: Encruzilhada; MG: Pedra Azul; PE: Caruaru; RJ: Rio de Janeiro and Mangaratiba.

Comments.

This species can be distinguished from other species of the northeastern Brazil by its bicolored legs, blue highlights on dorsum of metasoma, and lack of striation on vertex and dorsum of mesosoma. Kimsey (1987) cited AEI as the repository of the holotype, which is actually housed at CNC. The previous record for Pernambuco is now clarified as it came from Caruaru county (originally misspelled as “Carvary” by Kimsey 1987). Amisega similis is sympatric with A. flavipes in the “Sul-baiano” highlands in southern Bahia, and probably also in northern Minas Gerais state, although A. similis clearly also reaches areas in the Atlantic rainforest in Rio de Janeiro state. Therefore, it is possible that neither species occur in the limits of the Caatinga.

Host.

Unknown.