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. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-04-03 4403 1 133 153 journal article 30352 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.1.8 a49771bc-fc80-41c8-bc78-c4b525ecc201 1175-5326 1212065 92C69AD0-B1B6-45DE-ACAC-FF13DD6F8114 Ageniella ( Priophanes ) sericosoma (Banks, 1946) Priophanes sericosoma BaNkS, 1946, MUS. COMp. ZOOL. BULL ., vOL. 96, p. 448 [ HOLOtypE : ♀ , BRAZIL , SãO PaULO ( MCZ #26761 ), ExaMINEd]. Distribution. BRaZIL . Host. UNkNOWN. Remarks. ThE SpEcIES IS pEcULIaR amONg ThE gENUS. Ageniella sericosoma dISTINgUIShES fROm ThE OThER SpEcIES Of Ageniella bY haVINg ThE hEad aNd ThE bOdY cOVEREd bY gOLdEN SETaE, aNd bY haVINg ThE fRONS WITh INVagINaTIONS LaTERaLLY TO ThE aNTENNaL INSERTION. ThE OVERaLL bOdY ShapE IS SImILaR TO ThE SpEcIES Of A. ( Ameragenia ) bY haVINg ThE pRONOTUm aNd pROpOdEUm ROUNdEd IN LaTERaL VIEW; WhEREaS ThE ScaLE-LIkE ON ThE facE aNd ThE fOREWINg cOLOR paTTERN RESEmbLES ThOSE SEEN IN A. ( Neotumagenia ). Ageniella sericosoma IS cLaSSIfIEd aS A. ( Priophanes ) dUE TO ThE pRESENcE Of ScaLE-LIkE SpINES IN ThE hINd LEg. ThE ORIgINaL dEScRIpTION IS ThE ONLY REcORd Of ThIS SpEcIES, WhIch aLSO dEScRIbES maLES fROm ThE SamE LOcaLITY. BaSEd ON ThE dEScRIpTION, maLES cOULd bE IN facT A. fragilis . If fURThER STUdIES cONfIRm ThE SEx aSSOcIaTION aNd ThE SYNONYm WITh A. fragilis , A. sericosoma WILL bE jUNIOR SYNONYm Of A. fragilis .