The genus Phanagenia Banks, 1933 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from China with descriptions of two new species and a key to the world species Author He, Yi 0000-0001-7197-7722 Author Li, Qiang 0000-0001-5950-8843 Author Ma, Li 0000-0002-3436-1387 maliwasps@aliyun.com text Zootaxa 2024 2024-05-02 5446 4 542 552 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5446.4.6 journal article 295726 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.4.6 5e7024ad-2066-4e2c-8ec3-71c2d4f92ad6 1175-5326 11102272 B3C06B1B-4E3A-487B-9514-CC4A4A397604 Key to the species of the genus Phanagenia Banks in the world FEMALE 1. Body bright metallic blue or purplish reflections............................................................. 2 - Body black or orange-yellow or yellow to rufous, without metallic reflections..................................... 3 2. Body bright metallic blue; dense silvery pubescence on lower mesopleura; hind femora reddish. The Philippines , Sri Lanka ....................................................................................... Ph. guerini Banks - Body purplish reflections; fine and short setae on lower mesopleura; hind femora black. The United States .............................................................................................. Ph. bombycina (Cresson) 3. POD equal to OOD (ocelli in right triangle; propodeum with plainly striations wholly across). Singapore ...................................................................................................... Ph. tincta (Smith) - POD shorter than OOD................................................................................ 4 4. Body orange yellow or yellow to rufous................................................................... 5 - Body black.......................................................................................... 6 5. Propodeum without striations; cross vein 1m-cu ending at middle of SMC2; relative length of SMC2 and SMC3 = 1: 1. Madagascar ........................................................................... Ph. hovana Banks - Propodeum with transverse striations; cross vein 1m-cu ending at base of SMC2 ; relative length of SMC2 and SMC3 = 5: 4. China ( Yunnan, Taiwan) , Indonesia , the Philippine.................................. Ph. frauenfeldiana (Saussure) 6. Frontal line inconspicuous or very short................................................................... 7 - Frontal line conspicuous............................................................................... 8 7. Propodeum scarcely striate; body with golden pubescence; SMC2 2.0× as high as long; SMC3 on vein Rs shorter, as long as 1/3 length of SMC 3 in middle. Singapore ................................................. Ph. hippolyte (Smith) - Propodeum with irregular and transverse rugae; body with silvery pubescence; SMC2 1.8× as high as long; SMC3 on vein Rs longer, as long as 2/3 length of SMC 3 in middle. China ( Yunnan ).................. Ph. bidenticulata He & Ma , sp. nov. 8. Clypeus apical margin truncate medially. Madagascar ...................................... Ph. macula (Saussure) - Clypeus apical margin arcuate or angulate................................................................. 9 9. G1–3 reddish. China ( Yunnan , Taiwan) ................................................. Ph. rufiventris Tsuneki - G1–3 black......................................................................................... 10 10. Fore wing without fasciae............................................................................. 11 - Fore wing with one or two fasciae...................................................................... 12 11. Clypeus apical margin broadly rounded, almost coming to point in middle; propodeum with weakly transverse wrinkles; body length 13.5 mm . The Philippine............................................................ Ph. comes Banks - Clypeus apical margin sub-arcuately convex and very slightly angulate at middle; propodeum with transverse rugae, its apical part stronger than basal part; body length 7.5–9.5 mm . China ( Hebei , Inner-Mongolia)..... Ph. cornuta He & Ma , sp. nov. 12. Fore wing with one fascia at subapical area; frontal line reaching to anterior ocellus. China ( Guangdong , Yunnan , Taiwan) ..................................................................................... Ph. taiwana Tsuneki - Fore wing with two fasciae at basal and subapical areas; frontal line short and not reaching to anterior ocellus. Japan , China ( Beijing , Yunnan , Taiwan) ............................................................. Ph. takasago Tsuneki MALE (unknown for Ph. bidenticulata , Ph. comes , Ph. cornuta , Ph. frauenfeldiana , Ph. guerini , Ph. rufiventris , Ph. takasago , Ph. taiwana , Ph. tincta , Ph. hippolyte , and Ph. hovana ) 1. Clypeus apical margin deeply and broadly emarginated; body small, 4.5 mm . USA .............. P. bombycina (Cresson) - Clypeus apical margin slightly angulate at middle; body large, 15 mm . Madagascar ................ P. macula (Saussure)