Agama Blake, 1871 . Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 3: 218, 258.

Type species. Agama imperialis Blake, 1871 (male), by automatic designation (see Photopsis Blake, 1886). The supposed designation of Agama imperialis Blake, 1871 by Mickel, 1928: 29 is invalid.

Taxonomic history. Objectively invalid name: junior homonym of Agama Daudin, 1802 (Reptilia); replaced by Photopsis Blake, 1886: 179 . (Reduced to subgeneric status (in Mutilla Linnaeus, 1758) by Dalla Torre, 1897: 5 as senior synonym of Photopsis Blake, 1886 and Tricholabiodes Radoszkowski, 1885 . Junior subjective synonym of Ephuta Say, 1836 according to André, 1902c: 51.)