Microstigmus similis Melo, 1993

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scientific name	Microstigmus similis Melo, 1993
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Microstigmus similis Melo, 1993 (in Melo & Evans, 1993): 261 ( Fig. 15 View Figure 15 A-D)

Holotype: ♀ (# MZSP 61883 View Materials ) ‘ Brasil, M[inas] G[erais], Viçosa , 29.xi.1991, G. MELO & M. COSTA [Ninho em orifício em esteio. Mata do Paraíso (Casa do Sr. R. Stanciola)] ’ ‘ HOLOTYPUS ♀, Microstigmus similis, G.A.R. MELO 1992 ’.

Paratype: 1 ♀ (# MZSP 61884) ‘ Brasil, M[inas] G[erais], Viçosa, 29.11.1991, G. Melo & M. Costa’ ‘ Paratype, Microstigmus similis , ♀, G.A. R. Melo 1992 ’.

Comments: The original publication reports 2 females paratypes deposited in the MZSP, but only one was located.

References

Melo, G. A. R. 1992. Duas novas especies de Microstigmus Ducke, 1907 (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 36: 663 - 670.

Melo, G. A. R. & Evans, H. E. 1993. Two new Microstigmus species (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae), with the description of their parasite, Goniozus microstigmi sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 95: 258 - 263.