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 ) otiosa (Banks, 1946) Priophanes otiosa BaNkS, 1946, MUS. COMp. ZOOL. BULL., vOL. 96, p. 442 [HOLOtypE: ♀, BOLIVIA, SaNta CrUz (MCZ #26641), ExaMINEd]. JUNIOr SyNONyM Of Ageniella longula (CrESSON) accOrdINg tO TOWNES 1957: 175. WE rEINStatE hErE thE NaME aNd SpEcIfIc StatUS Of Ageniella otiosa (BaNkS), stat. resurr. Distribution. BOLIVIa , BRaZIL (NEW REcORd). Examined material. BRAZIL : RIO GRaNdE dO SUL , 2 ♀ , MORRO REdONdO, 31°40’22’’S 52°35’30’’W , 101 m , MaLaISE, 5.III.2004 , R. F. KRügER cOLL. ( UFES ) ; CapãO dO LEãO, 31°48’16’’S 52°35’30’’W, 7m , MaLaISE, R.F. KügER cOLL., 1 ♀ 7.II.2003 , 1 ♀ 19.II.2004 (UFES). Host. UNkNOWN. Remarks. TOWNES (1957) SYNONYmIZEd Priophanes otiosa BaNkS WITh Ageniella ( Nemagenia ) longula (CRESSON). ThE hOLOTYpE Of A. longula IS a maLE SpEcImEN WhILE A. otiosa IS REpRESENTEd bY a fEmaLE hOLOTYpE . DESpITE ThE SExUaL dImORphISm ExpEcTEd, WE ExamINEd bOTh TYpES aNd REINSTaTE ThE NamE Ageniella otiosa baSEd ON ThE dIffERENcES ObSERVEd: A. otiosa haS cUpRUm SETaE cOVERINg ThE VERTEx, pOSTERIOR maRgIN Of pRONOTUm, aNd mESOScUTUm, WhIch aRE abSENT IN A. longula ; ThE pRONOTUm IS NOT aS LONg aS SEEm IN A. longula ; ThE SpINES IN ThE mId aNd hINd TIbIaS IN fEmaLE SpEcImENS aRE LaRgER aNd mORE cONSpIcUOUS IN A. otiosa ThaN IN A. longula ; ThE fOREWINg haS ThE VEIN 2TCU2 STRaIghT, ShapINg cELL 3RS SOmEWhaT TRapEZOIdaL WhEREaS A. longula haS ThE VEIN 2TCU2 cURVEd WITh 3RS cELL ROUNdEd; aNd ThE LaST ThREE mETaSOmaL SEgmENTS aRE bLack (aNd fOURTh TERgITE). MOREOVER, ThE cLYpEUS IS LaRgE aNd TRapEZOIdaL IN A. longula WhEREaS IT IS SLIghTLY aRchEd aNd ROUNdEd IN A. otiosa . ThIS SpEcIES IS mORphOLOgIcaLLY SImILaR TO A. arcuata (BaNkS), dIffERINg bY LackINg ThE abUNdaNT ShORT-WhITE pUbEScENcE ON ThE INTEgUmENT pRESENT ON A. arcuata . ThE WINgS aRE daRkER IN A. otiosa ThaN IN A. arcuata . FINaLLY, A. arcuata dISTRIbUTION IS LImITEd TO ThE NEaRcTIc REgION.