Subgenus Priophanes Banks, 1944

Priophanes BaNkS, 1944: 176. TypE SpEcIES: Priocnemis facetus CrESSON, 1872, by OrIgINaL dESIgNatION. JUNIOr SUbjEctIvE SyNONyM Of Ageniella BaNkS accOrdINg tO TOWNES 1956: 176–177.

Diagnosis. ThIS SUbgENUS caN bE REcOgNIZEd bY haVINg SpEcIES WITh ThE LEgS LONg aNd ThIN; ThE bOdY IS SLENdER (cOmpaREd TO ThE OThER SUbgENERa); aNd ThE pOSTERIOR maRgIN Of pROpOdEUm IN pROfILE VIEW IS SOmEWhaT fLaT—NOT ROUNdEd aS IN Ameragenia— aNd SmOOThLY INcLINEd. ThE fEmaLES haVE ThE hINd LEg WITh a ROW Of ScaLE-LIkE SpINES OR SOmETImES SpINES aRE NOT ScaLE-LIkE.