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 ( Ameragenia ) zeteki (Banks, 1925) Priocnemis zeteki BaNkS, 1925, MUS. COMp. ZOOL. BULL., vOL. 9, p. 336 [ HOLOtypE : ♀ , [ PANAMA ], BarrO COLOradO (MCZ #15350), ExaMINEd]. Priophanes marcida BaNkS, 1946 , MUS. COMp. ZOOL. BULL ., vOL. 96, p. 444 [ HOLOtypE : ♀ , BRAZIL , SaNta CatarINa ( MCZ #26639 ), ExaMINEd], syn. nov. Distribution. BRaZIL , COSTa RIca , EcUadOR , PaNama , TRINIdad aNd TObagO , aNd COLOmbIa (CaSTRO-HUERTaS et al. 2014). Host. UNkNOWN. Remarks. ALThOUgh ThE SYNONYm ImpLIES gREaT ExTENSION Of ThE dISTRIbUTION Of ThIS SpEcIES, WE jUSTIfY SYNONYm Of A. marcida (BaNkS) WITh A. zeteki bY a ShaREd pRESENcE Of bLUE REfLEcTIONS ON INTEgUmENT aNd hINdWINg VENaTION aNd bY ThE daRk-baNd paTTERN Of ThE fOREWINg. MOREOVER, bOTh SpEcIES haVE ThE bOdY SETOSE, aNd ThE mId aNd fORE TIbIa cOVEREd WITh SpINES. ThE hOLOTYpE Of A. zeteki , hOWEVER, IS IN bad cONdITION bEINg cOVEREd WITh fUNgUS. ThIS SpEcIES IS mORphOLOgIcaLLY cLOSELY RELaTEd TO A. dolorosa (BaNkS) . Ageniella dolorosa dIffERS bY haVINg faINT fOREWINg cOLORaTION, dETaILEd: IT IS mORE hYaLINE WITh ThE daRk aREaS faINTER ThaN IN A. zeteki . MOREOVER, ThE pROpOdEUm haS a cONIcaL-ShapE IN A. dolorosa aNd gLObOId-ShapEd IN A. zeteki ; aNd ThE cLYpEUS haS ThE apIcaL maRgIN aLmOST STRaIghT IN A. dolorosa , WhEREaS IS haS a mEdIaN maRgIN pROjEcTEd aNd ROUNdEd A. zeteki ; A. dolorosa haS ThE bOdY-ShapE SImILaR TO maLES Of Priocnemella BaNkS, aS pROpOSEd bY WaIchERT et al. (2015a), RaThER ThaN fEmaLES Of Ameragenia . ThE cLYpEUS Of A. zeteki aLSO haS SOmE gOLdEN-SILVER REfLEcTIONS dUE TO SETaE.