Ageniella (Ameragenia) ursula (Banks, 1944)

Waichert, Cecilia, Rodriguez, Juanita, Von Dohlen, Carol D. & Pitts, James P., 2012, Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic, Zootaxa 3353 (1), pp. 1-47 : 10

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3353.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253379

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scientific name

Ageniella (Ameragenia) ursula (Banks, 1944)
status

 

Ageniella (Ameragenia) ursula (Banks, 1944) View in CoL

( Figs 1G View FIGURE 1 , 4J View FIGURE 4 )

Priocnemis ursula Banks, 1944 , Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, vol. 94, p. 184–185 [Holotype: ♀, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Villa Altagracia (MCZC)].

Diagnosis. This species can be separated from other Ageniella species in the Dominican Republic by having the integument black; the antenna is brown, orange beneath; the pubescence on the body is long and golden, longer and more abundant on the propodeum ( Fig. 4J View FIGURE 4 ); the clypeus is trapezoidal and orange ( Fig. 1G View FIGURE 1 ); the pronotum has the collar differentiated from the disc; the first metasomal segment is not carinate; the dorsal face of hind tibia has small and thin spines; the mid tibia has spines; and the fore and hind wings are subtranslucent. The male of this species remains unknown.

Material examined. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Pedernales, Sierra de Baoruco, Aceitillar , 25.2 km ENE Pedernales, 18–05–29N, 71–31–16W, 1271 m, dense broadleaf forest, pine, yellow pan trap, sample 42262, C. Young et al., 2 ♀ , CMNH –370,104/ 370,144; 1 ♀ , La Altagracia, Parque del Este, Caseta Guaraguao , 4.4 km SE Bayahibe, 18–19–59N, 68–48–42W, 3 m, semihumid forest near sea, limestone, malaise trap, sample 51184, CMNH –369,811; 1 ♀ , La Vega Pro [vincia], 10 km NE Jara Bacoa, Hotel Montana Forest , 550 m FIT, 95–30, S and J Peek [col], 18. VII–4.VIII.1995, ( EMUS) .

Distribution. Dominican Republic.

Host. Unknown.

Remarks. This species is morphologically similar to A. salti (Banks) ; A. salti also is found in the Caribbean ( Cuba). Ageniella ursula differs from A. salti in having the face black, contrasting with clypeus and mandibles, which are reddish-orange. Individuals of A. salti from Cuba and USA are blackish, with the face, clypeus, and mouthparts reddish-black, as noted by Alayo (1969) and Townes (1957). Ageniella salti has the metasoma as reddish-black as the face ( Alayo 1969), while A. ursula has legs and metasoma black, with almost inconspicuous reddish-black reflections. Males of A. salti are known and A. ursula males may prove to be similar to this species. Ageniella ursula is endemic to the Dominican Republic ( Perez-Gelabert 2008).

CMNH

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae

Genus

Ageniella

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