Ageniella (Ameragenia) rustica (Fabricius, 1804)

Pompilus rusticus FabrIcIUS, 1804, Systema Piezatorum, p. 199 [HOLOtypE: ♀, [SOUth AMErIca] (ZMUC #00241249), ExaMINEd].

Priophanes insolens BaNkS, 1946, MUS. COMp. ZOOL. BULL., vOL. 96, p. 442 [HOLOtypE: ♀, BRAZIL, SaNta CatarINa (MCZ #26637), ExaMINEd]. SyNOMIzEd by EvaNS (1973).

Pseudageniella HaUpt, 1959, NOva Acta LEOpOLdINa, v. 21, p. 23 (typE SpEcIES: Pompilus rusticus FabrIcIUS, MONOtypIc aNd by dESIgNatION, NOt ExaMINEd). SyNOMIzEd by EvaNS (1973).

Distribution. BRaZIL.

Host. UNkNOWN.

Remarks. EVaNS (1973) SYNONYmIZEd Priophanes insolens WITh Ageniella rustica aNd kEpT ThIS SpEcIES IN ThE SUbgENUS Ageniella (Ameragenia), WhIch WaS a cLaSSIfIcaTION pROpOSEd bY TOWNES (1957) fOR A. insolens . Ageniella rustica haS ThE pROpOdEaL dISc cOVEREd bY EREcT-LONg SETaE aNd ThE hINd TIbIa WITh SpINES, WhIch OVERLap chaRacTERISTIcS Of Alasagenia SpEcImENS, bUT ThE WINgS aRE hYaLINE WITh TWO daRk baNdS. PhOTOS Of ThE hOLOTYpE Of Pompilus rusticus aRE aVaILabLE aT hTTp://daIm.SNm.kU.dk/dIgITIZEd-TYpE-cOLLEcTION-dETaILS-SImpLE?caTNO=ZmUc00241249.