Occurrence of Aglae caerulea Lepeletier & Serville, 1825 (Apidae, Hymenoptera) in the Cerrado biome: new records from Minas Gerais state, Brazil

Aglae caerulea Lepeletier & Serville, 1825 (Apidae, Hymenoptera) is a rare cleptoparasitic species primarily associated with the Amazon rainforest and gallery forest in the Cerrado Biome. Here, we report two new records of A. caerulea from surveys conducted in seasonal semideciduous forest remnants of Cerrado, extending its home range to Minas Gerais state, Brazil. During these surveys, five A. caerulea males were attracted to methyl cinnamate. These findings highlight the importance of forested habitat in the Cerrado for supporting rare euglossine species and contribute to a better understanding of the distributional range and habitat use of A. caerulea.