Ageniella (Nemagenia) longula (Cresson, 1867)

(FIg. 7)

Pompilus longulus CrESSON, 1867, AMEr. ENt. SOc. TraNS., vOL. 1, p. 129 [HOLOtypE: ♂, U.S.A., DakOta (ANSP), ExaMINEd]. Agenia longa CrESSON, 1872. AMEr. ENt. SOc, TraNS. 4: 205. [HOLOtypE: ♂ " ♀ "= ♂, U.S.A., TExaS (ANSP), NOt ExaMINEd]. Priocnemis directa BaNkS, 1912. CaNad. ENt. 44: 197. [LEctOtypE: ♀, U.S. A, TExaS (MCZ), NOt ExaMINEd].

Distribution. FROm USA TO SOUThERN BRaZIL.

Host. UNkNOWN.

Remarks. ThIS IS ThE WIdEST gEOgRaphIc RaNgE kNOWN fOR a SpEcIES Of Ageniella . DIffERENcES ON ThE LENgTh aNd aNTERIOR maRgIN Of ThE pRONOTUm, fOREWINg VENaTION aNd INTEgUmENT TExTURE ObSERVEd ON SEVERaL SpEcImENS IN cOLLEcTIONS INdIcaTE pROSpEcT Of ThIS SpEcIES cURRENTLY REpRESENT SEVERaL dIffERENT LINEagES. ThE majOR dIagNOSTIc chaRacTER Of A. longula (FIg. 7) IS ThE INTERRUpTEd LINE Of SETaE IN ThE hINd LEg, WhIch IS aLSO chaRacTERISTIc Of ThE SpEcIES Of ThE NEaRcTIc Ageniella accepta SpEcIES-gROUp.