Taxonomic contributions to Ageniella Banks, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Brazil
Author
Waichert, Cecilia
Author
Colombo, Wesley Dondoni
Author
Von Dohlen, Carol D.
Author
Pitts, James P.
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-03
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journal article
30352
10.11646/zootaxa.4403.1.8
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1175-5326
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Ageniella
(
Ameragenia
)
agitata
(Smith, 1873)
,
comb. nov.
Agenia agitata
SMIth, 1873, ANN. Mag. Nat. HISt., vOL. (4)11, p. 445 [
HOLOtypE
:
♀
,
BRAZIL
,
Pará
: SaNtaréM (
BMNH
), ExaMINEd].
Salius
(
Priocnemis
)
setaceicornis
FOx, 1897
, Acad. Nat. ScI. PhILa. PrOc., vOL. 49, p. 269 [
HOLOtypE
:
♀
,
BRAZIL
, [
Pará
], SaNtaréM (
CMNH
), ExaMINEd],
syn. nov.
Distribution.
BRaZIL
.
Host.
UNkNOWN.
Remarks.
Ageniella agitata
IS RELaTEd TO
A. plagosa
(BaNkS) baSEd ON SImILaRITIES IN mORphOLOgY. ThEY dIffER IN fOREWINg VENaTION aNd cLYpEaL ShapE.
Ageniella agitata
haS ThE 2RS cELL aLmOST aS LONg aS WIdE aNd WITh ThE EdgES aNgULaTE, WhEREaS
A. plagosa
haS 2RS LONgER ThaN WIdE WITh ThE RS VEIN cURVEd. ThE cLYpEUS IN
A. agitata
IS SOmEWhaT aRchEd, WITh ThE apIcaL maRgIN ROUNdEd aNd cOVEREd WITh SILVER ScaLE-LIkE SETaE;
A. plagosa
haS ThE cLYpEUS TRapEZOIdaL WITh ThE apIcaL maRgIN STRaIghT aNd LackINg SILVER SETaE ON IT. WE jUSTIfY SYNONYmIZINg
Salius setaceicornis
FOx WITh
A. agitata
baSEd ON ThE fOREWINg VENaTION dEScRIbEd abOVE. MOREOVER, ThE fOREWINg haS INfUScaTE SpOTS paRTIaLLY cOVERINg ThE cELL 2M aNd fULLY cOVERINg ThE cELL 2RS; ThE hEad aNd ThE cLYpEUS Of
S. setaceicornis
IS aRchEd WITh ThE apIcaL maRgIN ROUNdEd; ThE cLYpEUS aNd ThE pORTION RIghT abOVE IT aRE cOVEREd bY SILVER ScaLE-LIkE SETaE, aS IN
A. agitata
.