Ageniella (Priophanes) sericosoma (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 : 150

Ageniella (Priophanes) sericosoma (Banks, 1946)

Priophanes sericosoma BaNkS, 1946, MUS. COMp. ZOOL. BULL., vOL. 96, p. 448 [HOLOtypE: ♀, BRAZIL, SãO PaULO ( MCZ #26761 ), ExaMINEd].

Distribution. BRaZIL.

Host. UNkNOWN.

Remarks. ThE SpEcIES IS pEcULIaR amONg ThE gENUS. Ageniella sericosoma dISTINgUIShES fROm ThE OThER SpEcIES Of Ageniella bY haVINg ThE hEad aNd ThE bOdY cOVEREd bY gOLdEN SETaE, aNd bY haVINg ThE fRONS WITh INVagINaTIONS LaTERaLLY TO ThE aNTENNaL INSERTION. ThE OVERaLL bOdY ShapE IS SImILaR TO ThE SpEcIES Of A. ( Ameragenia ) bY haVINg ThE pRONOTUm aNd pROpOdEUm ROUNdEd IN LaTERaL VIEW; WhEREaS ThE ScaLE-LIkE ON ThE facE aNd ThE fOREWINg cOLOR paTTERN RESEmbLES ThOSE SEEN IN A. ( Neotumagenia ). Ageniella sericosoma IS cLaSSIfIEd aS A. ( Priophanes ) dUE TO ThE pRESENcE Of ScaLE-LIkE SpINES IN ThE hINd LEg. ThE ORIgINaL dEScRIpTION IS ThE ONLY REcORd Of ThIS SpEcIES, WhIch aLSO dEScRIbES maLES fROm ThE SamE LOcaLITY. BaSEd ON ThE dEScRIpTION, maLES cOULd bE IN facT A. fragilis . If fURThER STUdIES cONfIRm ThE SEx aSSOcIaTION aNd ThE SYNONYm WITh A. fragilis , A. sericosoma WILL bE jUNIOR SYNONYm Of A. fragilis .