Amiseginae and Cleptinae from northeastern Brazil, with the description of four new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae)

By

Lucena, Daercio
Almeida, Eduardo A. B. (Eduardo Andrade Botelho)
Zanella, Fernando

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

81

Pages

57--85

Subjects

Chrysidoidea , deciduous forest , diversity , rain forest , semiarid , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.81.60048

 

Abstract

The diversity of two subfamilies of cuckoo wasps in northeastern Brazil is reviewed. Four new species are described and illustrated:Amisega boyiLucena,sp. nov.,A. sertanejaLucena,sp. nov., andDuckeia duduiLucena,sp. nov.(Amiseginae), andCleptidea nordestinaLucena,sp. nov.(Cleptinae). These new species ofAmisegaandDuckeiarepresent the first records of both genera in the core zone of the Caatinga dry region, and they seem to be endemic to this portion of the region. The other twoAmisegaspecies previously recorded in northeastern Brazil are restricted to ecotone habitats between Caatinga and Atlantic forest.Cleptidea nordestinaLucena,sp. nov.(Cleptinae) is the most septentrional record for thefasciataspecies group in South America. With the present contribution, the total recorded diversity of Amiseginae and Cleptinae in northeastern Brazil is represented by the following species:A. boyiLucena,sp. nov.,A. flavipesKimsey, 1987,A. sertanejaLucena,sp. nov.,A. similisKimsey, 1987, andD. duduiLucena,sp. nov.(Amiseginae), andC. nordestinaLucena,sp. nov.(Cleptinae).