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 ( Alasagenia ) flavipennis (Banks, 1946) , comb. nov. Lissagenia flavipennis BaNkS, 1946, MUS. COMp. ZOOL. BULL ., vOL. 96, p. 457 [ HOLOtypE : ♀ , BRAZIL , SaNta CatarINa ( MCZ #26779 ), ExaMINEd]. Distribution. BRaZIL . Host. Enoploctenus cyclothorax (BERTkaU) ( ARaNEaE : CTENIdaE ) (SaNTOS et al. 2017). Remarks. ThIS IS ThE TYpE SpEcIES fOR Lissagenia . EVaNS (1973) dIffERENTIaTEd A. ( Alasagenia ) fROm A. ( Lissagenia ) bY ThE pRESENcE Of SERRaTE TIbIaE—WhEN VIEWEd IN pROfILE—IN ThE fORmER gROUp. HOWEVER, maLES Of A. ( Alasagenia ) Lack SpINES IN ThE hINd TIbIa aS WELL. WE jUSTIfY ThE NEW cOmbINaTION, aNd cONSEQUENTLY ThE NEW SUbgENUS SYNONYm, bY A. flavipennis haVINg SpEcImENS SETOSE aNd LaRgE, ThE cLYpEUS IS LaRgE aNd TRapEZOIdaL, ThE mESOpLEURUm IS pROjEcTEd LaTERaLLY IN fEmaLES, aNd ThE maLE SpEcImENS Lack STRONg SpINES ON ThE dORSaL facE Of ThE hINd TIbIa. ALL ThESE chaRacTERS aRE dIagNOSTIc fOR SUbgENUS Alasagenia . SaNTOS et al. (2017) REpORTEd fEmaLES Of A. flavipennis NESTINg cOmmUNaLLY IN BRaZIL , SãO PaULO STaTE, bY USINg mUd NESTS. ThIS WaS ThE fIRST REcORd Of a SpEcIES Of Ageniella bOTh NESTINg cOmmUNaLLY aNd USINg pRObabLY pRE-ExISTINg mUd NESTS.