Ageniella (Priophanes) rufigaster (Banks, 1946)

Waichert, Cecilia, Colombo, Wesley Dondoni, Von Dohlen, Carol D. & Pitts, James P., 2018, Taxonomic contributions to Ageniella Banks, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Brazil, Zootaxa 4403 (1), pp. 133-153 : 149

Ageniella (Priophanes) rufigaster (Banks, 1946)

( FIg. 13 )

Priophanes rufigaster BaNkS, 1946, MUS. COMp. ZOOL. BULL., vOL. 96, p. 450 [HOLOtypE: ♀, BRAZIL, [RIO dE JaNEIrO], REzENdE ( MCZ #26762 ), ExaMINEd].

Distribution. BRaZIL.

Host. UNkNOWN.

Remarks. Ageniella rufigaster ( FIg. 13 ) IS mORphOLOgIcaLLY RELaTEd TO A. sericosoma (BaNkS) bY haVINg ThE fRONT INVagINaTE LaTERaLLY TO ThE aNTENNaL INSERTION; haS gOLdEN ScaLE-LIkE pUbEScENcE ON ThE INTEgUmENT; aNd ThE fOREWINg WITh TWO WIdE daRk baNdS. WE abSTaIN fROm SYNONYmIZEd ThESE SpEcIES bY ThE Lack Of gOLdEN SETaE ON ThE mETaSOma IN A. rufigaster, WhIch IS pRESENT IN A. sericosoma , aNd ThE LEgS bROWN IN A. rufigaster , WhEREaS IN A. sericosoma ThE LEgS aRE paLE bROWN fROm ThE baSE Of ThE fEmUR. ThIS SpEcIES aLSO RESEmbLES A. pictipennis (BaNkS) bY haVINg ThE bOdY SLENdER, LONg aNd bRISTLY LEgS, aNd SOmEWhaT WEak mETaLLIc INTEgUmENT.

Figures

FIGURES 1–14. Ageniella Spp., ♀. 1. PrOfILE Of A.(Alasagenia)erichsoni. 2. PrOfILE Of hOLOtypE Of A. (Ameragenia) rutila. 3. PrOfILE Of hOLOtypE Of A. (Ameragenia) citricornis. 4. PrOfILE Of hOLOtypE Of A. (Ameragenia) varipes. 5. PrOfILE Of A. (Cyrtagenia) fallax. 6. PrOfILE Of paratypE Of A. (Cyrtagenia) innuba. 7. PrOfILE Of A. (Nemagenia) longula. 8. PrOfILE Of hOLOtypE Of A. (Priophanes) cingulata. 9. HEad, dOrSaL vIEW, hOLOtypE Of A. (Priophanes) cingulata. 10. PrOfILE Of hOLOtypE Of A. (Priophanes) nigerrima. 11. HEad, dOrSaL vIEW, hOLOtypE Of A. (Priophanes) nigerrima. 12. PrOfILE Of hOLOtypE Of A. (Priophanes) rufitarsis. 13. PrOfILE Of hOLOtypE Of A. (Priophanes) rufigaster. 14. PrOfILE Of hOLOtypE Of A. (Priophanes) tegularis. ScaLE bar = 1 MM.