Deuteragenia Sustera , 1912

Loktionov, Valery M., 2021, An extraordinary new species of Deuteragenia Sustera, 1912 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from Indonesia, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84, pp. 127-135 : 127

Genus Deuteragenia Sustera, 1912

Type species.

Deuteragenia variegata (Linnaeus, 1758) [ Sphex ], by automatic designation.

Diagnosis.

The female and the male possess the following characters: fore wings with a basal or apical fascia; ratio of maximum width to maximum length of second radio-medial cell 2.0 times or less; the pterostigma normal-sized, its width similar to width of second submarginal cell (usually narrow); length of hind wing anal lobe more than 0.33 times width of submedial cell; the antenna elongated, F1 length more than 3.5 times (in female) and more than 3.0 times (in male) its width; mandible stout, with three teeth, including apical one.

Species included.

56 species.

Distribution.

World-wide, except Australia ( Lelej and Loktionov 2012). The genus has not been previously known from the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

Remarks.

For detailed information on the genus see Shimizu and Ishikawa (2002a), and Lelej and Loktionov (2012).