Subgenus Alasagenia Banks, 1944

Alasagenia BaNkS, 1944: 106. TypE SpEcIES: Alasagenia erichsoni BaNkS, 1944, by OrIgINaL dESIgNatION. JUNIOr SUbjEctIvE SyNONyM Of Ageniella BaNkS accOrdINg tO EvaNS 1973: 226.

Lissagenia BaNkS, 1946: 456, syn. nov. TypE SpEcIES: Lissagenia flavipennis BaNkS, 1946, by OrIgINaL dESIgNatION.

Diagnosis. ThIS SUbgENUS caN bE REcOgNIZEd bY haVINg SpEcIES WITh ThE bOdY SIZE LaRgE; ThE INTEgUmENT cOVEREd WITh LONg SETaE; ThE pROpOdEUm haS LONg SETaE; ThE dORSaL facE Of ThE hINd TIbIa IS SpINOSE; ThE LEgS USUaLLY haVE SOmE pURpLISh REfLEcTIONS; ThE SpINES ON ThE hINd TIbIa aRE USUaLLY ScaLE-LIkE—SOmETImES ScaLE-LIkE aRE apIcaLLY ONLY; ThE cLYpEUS IS LaRgE; ThE maNdIbLES haVE TWO OR ThREE TEETh; aNd ThE fOREWINg IS fULLY OR paRTIaLLY daRkENEd, WITh LONg 2RS aNd 3RS cELLS. AddITIONaLLY, ThE mESOSOma IN ThE fEmaLE IS STOUT aNd ExpaNdEd IN LaTERaL VIEW.