Agelaia, LEPELETIER, 1836

Andena, Sergio R., Noll, Fernando B., Daza, Mario N. & Carpenter, James M., 2024, The phylogeny of the species of the genus Agelaia Lepeletier, 1836, one of the basalmost groups of Epiponini, with notes on male genitalia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae), American Museum Novitates 2024 (4009), pp. 1-48 : 30

KEY TO THE SPECIES Of AGELAIA LEPELETIER

Modified from Cooper (2000, 2001) and Garcete-Barrett (personal commun.).

This key does not identify subspecies, for which see Richards (1978).

1. Dorsal pronotal carina obsolete or very weak ( fig. 7A, B ); pterostigma about 1.5–2× as long as wide ( fig. 7E ). Malar space of female with slightly concave, hairless, reticulate-coriarious area ( fig. 8A ). Male with aedeagus broader, pointed and not widened at apex and clypeus with inconspicuous pubescence. Terga without a posterior, yellowish band............................2

Figures

FIGURE 7. A. Dorsal pronotal carina obselete in Agelaia cajennensis; B. lateral view, pronotal carina obselete in Agelaia cajennensis; C. dorsal pronotal carina developed in Agelaia. flavipennis; D. lateral view pronotal carina developed in Agelaia. flavipennis; E. pterostigma about 1.5–2× as long as wide in Agelaia lobipleura; F. pterostigma about as long as wide in Agelaia angulata. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURE 8. A. Malar space with slightly concave and reticulate-coriarious area in Agelaia cajennensis; B. malar space without a concave area, wholly dull due to fine sculpturation in Agelaia angulata; C. anterior margin of pronotum markedly sinuate below fovea in Agelaia lobipleura; D. malar space about as long as height of antennal socket in Agelaia lobipleura; E. dorsal pronotal carina, very weak; almost entirely yellow in Agelaia acreana; F. mesoscutum without distinct dark stripes in Agelaia acreana. Scale bars = 1 mm.