Dichragenia assimilis ( Smith, 1861 ) Decker & Pitts & Yuan & Rodriguez, 2020

Decker, Brenna L., Pitts, James P., Yuan, David & Rodriguez, Juanita, 2020, Re-examination of Australian and Oriental species of Minagenia Banks, 1934 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with a new record for the genus in Australia and a new species description, Zootaxa 4768 (3), pp. 383-394 : 391

Dichragenia assimilis ( Smith, 1861) , comb. nov.

Pseudagenia (Minagenia) assimilis ( Smith, 1861) . Proc. Amer. Acad. Art Sci. v. 69, pg. 65–66.

Agenia assimilis Smith, 1861 . J. Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 4, pg. 80.

Remarks. Minagenia assimilis ( Smith, 1861) was first described as a species in the genus Agenia from Celebes, Philippines and moved to Pseudagenia by Kohl (1884). Banks (1934) then included it as Pseudagenia (Minagenia) along with his described species M. brevicornis . The holotype specimen is now located at the Hope Entomological Collections, Oxford University Museum of Natural History. An image was sent to us curtesy of the collections manager (Dr. James Hogan) in order to examine the specimen and the labels.

Wahis (University of Liege, Gembloux, Belgium) examined this holotype in 1979, and identified it as a species of Dichragenia Haupt, 1950 , specifically Dichragenia assimilis ( Smith, 1861) . Dichragenia is widespread throughout the Old World, but much work needs to be done on this genus. We agree with Wahis that the holotype specimen is a member of Dichragenia ( Pepsinae : Ageniellini ), and not a member of Minagenia , considering that the T1 is petiolate and the 2rs-m vein straight and angled basally. No publication has previously indicated this new identification; therefore, we create a new combination for this species.