Phanagenia Banks, 1933

He, Yi, Li, Qiang & Ma, Li, 2024, The genus Phanagenia Banks, 1933 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from China with descriptions of two new species and a key to the world species, Zootaxa 5446 (4), pp. 542-552 : 550

Key to the species of the genus Phanagenia Banks in the world

FEMALE

1. Body bright metallic blue or purplish reflections............................................................. 2

- Body black or orange-yellow or yellow to rufous, without metallic reflections..................................... 3

2. Body bright metallic blue; dense silvery pubescence on lower mesopleura; hind femora reddish. The Philippines, Sri Lanka....................................................................................... Ph. guerini Banks

- Body purplish reflections; fine and short setae on lower mesopleura; hind femora black. The United States.............................................................................................. Ph. bombycina (Cresson)

3. POD equal to OOD (ocelli in right triangle; propodeum with plainly striations wholly across). Singapore...................................................................................................... Ph. tincta (Smith)

- POD shorter than OOD................................................................................ 4

4. Body orange yellow or yellow to rufous................................................................... 5

- Body black.......................................................................................... 6

5. Propodeum without striations; cross vein 1m-cu ending at middle of SMC2; relative length of SMC2 and SMC3 = 1: 1. Madagascar........................................................................... Ph. hovana Banks

- Propodeum with transverse striations; cross vein 1m-cu ending at base of SMC2 ; relative length of SMC2 and SMC3 = 5: 4. China (Yunnan, Taiwan), Indonesia, the Philippine.................................. Ph. frauenfeldiana (Saussure)

6. Frontal line inconspicuous or very short................................................................... 7

- Frontal line conspicuous............................................................................... 8

7. Propodeum scarcely striate; body with golden pubescence; SMC2 2.0× as high as long; SMC3 on vein Rs shorter, as long as 1/3 length of SMC 3 in middle. Singapore................................................. Ph. hippolyte (Smith)

- Propodeum with irregular and transverse rugae; body with silvery pubescence; SMC2 1.8× as high as long; SMC3 on vein Rs longer, as long as 2/3 length of SMC 3 in middle. China (Yunnan).................. Ph. bidenticulata He & Ma , sp. nov.

8. Clypeus apical margin truncate medially. Madagascar...................................... Ph. macula (Saussure)

- Clypeus apical margin arcuate or angulate................................................................. 9

9. G1–3 reddish. China (Yunnan, Taiwan) ................................................. Ph. rufiventris Tsuneki

- G1–3 black......................................................................................... 10

10. Fore wing without fasciae............................................................................. 11

- Fore wing with one or two fasciae...................................................................... 12

11. Clypeus apical margin broadly rounded, almost coming to point in middle; propodeum with weakly transverse wrinkles; body length 13.5 mm. The Philippine............................................................ Ph. comes Banks

- Clypeus apical margin sub-arcuately convex and very slightly angulate at middle; propodeum with transverse rugae, its apical part stronger than basal part; body length 7.5–9.5 mm. China (Hebei, Inner-Mongolia)..... Ph. cornuta He & Ma , sp. nov.

12. Fore wing with one fascia at subapical area; frontal line reaching to anterior ocellus. China (Guangdong, Yunnan, Taiwan) ..................................................................................... Ph. taiwana Tsuneki

- Fore wing with two fasciae at basal and subapical areas; frontal line short and not reaching to anterior ocellus. Japan, China (Beijing, Yunnan, Taiwan) ............................................................. Ph. takasago Tsuneki

MALE (unknown for Ph. bidenticulata , Ph. comes , Ph. cornuta , Ph. frauenfeldiana , Ph. guerini , Ph. rufiventris , Ph. takasago , Ph. taiwana , Ph. tincta , Ph. hippolyte , and Ph. hovana )

1. Clypeus apical margin deeply and broadly emarginated; body small, 4.5 mm. USA.............. P. bombycina (Cresson)

- Clypeus apical margin slightly angulate at middle; body large, 15 mm. Madagascar................ P. macula (Saussure)