Taxonomic contributions to Ageniella Banks, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Brazil
Waichert, Cecilia
Colombo, Wesley Dondoni
Von Dohlen, Carol D.
Pitts, James P.
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-03
4403
1
133
153
65RTV
(Banks, 1946)
Banks
1946
BaNkS
1946
[151,689,1279,1306]
Insecta
Pompilidae
Ageniella
GBIF
Animalia
Hymenoptera
15
148
Arthropoda
species
otiosa
Priophanes
Distribution. BOLIVIa, BRaZIL(NEW REcORd).
Examinedmaterial. BRAZIL: RIO GRaNdE dO SUL, 2 ♀, MORROREdONdO, 31°40’22’’S 52°35’30’’W, 101 m, MaLaISE, 5.III.2004, R. F. KRügER cOLL. ( UFES); CapãO dO LEãO, 31°48’16’’S 52°35’30’’W, 7m, MaLaISE, R.F. KügER cOLL., 1 ♀ 7.II.2003, 1 ♀ 19.II.2004(UFES).
Host.UNkNOWN.
Remarks.TOWNES (1957) SYNONYmIZEd Priophanes otiosaBaNkS WITh Ageniella( Nemagenia) longula(CRESSON). ThE hOLOTYpEOf A. longulaIS a maLE SpEcImEN WhILE A. otiosaIS REpRESENTEd bY a fEmaLE hOLOTYpE. DESpITE ThE SExUaL dImORphISm ExpEcTEd, WE ExamINEd bOTh TYpESaNd REINSTaTE ThE NamE Ageniella otiosabaSEd ON ThE dIffERENcES ObSERVEd: A. otiosahaS cUpRUm SETaE cOVERINg ThE VERTEx, pOSTERIOR maRgIN Of pRONOTUm, aNd mESOScUTUm, WhIch aRE abSENT IN A. longula;ThE pRONOTUm IS NOT aS LONg aS SEEm IN A. longula; ThE SpINES IN ThE mId aNd hINd TIbIaS IN fEmaLE SpEcImENS aRE LaRgER aNd mORE cONSpIcUOUS IN A. otiosaThaN IN A. longula; ThE fOREWINg haS ThE VEIN 2TCU2 STRaIghT, ShapINg cELL 3RS SOmEWhaT TRapEZOIdaL WhEREaS A. longulahaS ThE VEIN 2TCU2 cURVEd WITh 3RS cELL ROUNdEd; aNd ThE LaST ThREE mETaSOmaL SEgmENTS aRE bLack (aNd fOURTh TERgITE). MOREOVER, ThE cLYpEUS IS LaRgE aNd TRapEZOIdaL IN A. longulaWhEREaS IT IS SLIghTLY aRchEd aNd ROUNdEd IN A. otiosa.ThIS SpEcIES IS mORphOLOgIcaLLY SImILaR TO A. arcuata(BaNkS), dIffERINg bY LackINg ThE abUNdaNT ShORT-WhITE pUbEScENcE ON ThE INTEgUmENT pRESENT ON A. arcuata.ThE WINgS aRE daRkER IN A. otiosaThaN IN A. arcuata.FINaLLY, A. arcuatadISTRIbUTION IS LImITEd TO ThE NEaRcTIc REgION.
1837220118
2004-03-05
MORRO, UFES
Brazil
101
-31.672777
Examined
20
-52.591667
15
148
2
2
RIO GRaNdE dO SUL