Genus Ageniella Banks, 1912

TypE SpEcIES: Pompilus acceptus CrESSON, 1867, AMEr. ENt. SOc. TraNS., vOL. 1, p. 130. [HOLOtypE: ♀, U.S.A., GEOrgIa (ANSP), ExaMINEd], by OrIgINaL dESIgNatION.

Diagnosis. ThIS gENUS caN bE REcOgNIZEd bY haVINg SpEcIES WITh ThE bOdY SIZE RaNgINg fROm SmaLL TO LaRgE; ThE cLYpEUS IS USUaLLY ROUNdEd OR TRUNcaTE; aNd ThE pROpOdEUm IS ROUNdEd IN pROfILE VIEW. AddITIONaLLY, fEmaLES haVE ThE apIcaL TERgITE cOVEREd WITh SETaE aNd mENTUm WITh OR WIThOUT ThIN SETaE; aNd maLES haVE ThE gENITaLIa WITh paRamERES aLmOST aS LONg aS ThE EdEagUS, cOVEREd WITh LONg EREcT SETaE.

A TOTaL Of SIx SUbgENERa aNd 40 SpEcIES Of Ageniella OccUR IN BRaZIL, Of ThESE, 25 SpEcIES aRE ENdEmIc (TabLE 1).

MaLE SpEcImENS aRE VERY SImILaR TO Each OThER, dOUbTfULLY aSSIgNEd TO fEmaLE SpEcImENS aNd TaxONOmIcaLLY dIffIcULT TO IdENTIfY. A kEY fOR maLES IS NOT RELIabLE aNd WILL NOT bE pRESENTEd hEREIN.