Ageniella (Ameragenia) sanguinolenta (Smith, 1864)

Waichert, Cecilia, Colombo, Wesley Dondoni, Von Dohlen, Carol D. & Pitts, James P., 2018, Taxonomic contributions to Ageniella Banks, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Brazil, Zootaxa 4403 (1), pp. 133-153 : 142

Ageniella (Ameragenia) sanguinolenta (Smith, 1864)

Agenia sanguinolenta SMIth, 1864, J. ENtOMOL., vOL. 2, p. 264 [HOLOtypE: ♀, BRAZIL, [Pará: SaNtaréM] (BMNH), ExaMINEd]. Agenia ruficeps SMIth, 1864 , J. ENtOMOL., vOL. 2, p. 265 [HOLOtypE: ♀, BRAZIL (BMNH), ExaMINEd], syn. nov. Ageniella alternata BaNkS, 1946 , MUS. COMp. ZOOL. BULL., vOL. 96, p. 424 [HOLOtypE: ♀, BRITISH GUIANA, BLaIMONt (MCZ

#26755), ExaMINEd], syn. nov.

Distribution. BRaZIL, COLOmbIa (CaSTRO-HUERTa et al. 2014), GUIaNa, HONdURaS (WaIchERT et al. 2014).

Host. UNkNOWN.

Remarks. ThIS SpEcIES IS EaSILY dISTINgUIShabLE fROm ThE OThER NEOTROpIcaL SpEcIES Of Ageniella . ThE hEad aNd ThE pRONOTUm aRE RUfOUS aNd ThE REmaINdER Of ThE bOdY IS bLack WITh pURpLISh REfLEcTION; ThE cLYpEUS IS LaRgE WITh TWO apIcaL TEETh. Ageniella alternata BaNkS aNd A. ruficeps (SmITh) haVE ThE SamE bOdY aNd cLYpEaL fEaTURES SEEN IN A. sanguinolenta . MOREOVER, ThE aNTENNaE aNd WINg-baNdEd paTTERN aRE SImILaR aNd WE jUSTIfY ThE SYNONYm baSEd ON aLL ThESE chaRacTERS.

ThERE SEEmS TO bE aT LEaST TWO dIffERENT SpEcIES WITh ThIS bOdY cOLORaTION aNd cLYpEaL paTTERN. ThE OThER SpEcIES, WhIch RESEmbLES Priophanes IN bOdY pLaN, IS NOT dEScRIbEd. ThE maIN dIffERENcE bETWEEN ThESE SpEcIES IS ThE WINg VENaTION, WhIch IS LONg, aNd aLmOST REachINg ThE TIp Of ThE fOREWINg IN ThE UNdEScRIbEd SpEcIES, WhEREaS ThE WINg VENaTION IS ShORT aNd NOT QUITE REachINg ThE TIp Of ThE fOREWINg IN A. sanguinolenta .