Ageniella (Ameragenia) banksii Waichert, 2018

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 : 139

Ageniella (Ameragenia) banksii Waichert , nom. nov.

Ameragenia festina BaNkS, 1946 , MUS. COMp. ZOOL. BULL., vOL. 96, p. 427 [HOLOtypE: ♀, BRAZIL, SaNta CatarINa ( MCZ #26612 ), ExaMINEd], NOM. praEOcc., NEc Ageniella festina BaNkS, 1917 .

Distribution. BRaZIL.

Host. UNkNOWN.

Remarks. ThE cURRENT NamE A. festina maY caUSE cONfUSION dUE TO ThE TaxONOmIc hISTORY Of ThE TaxON. ThE SpEcIfIc EpIThET festina WaS pREVIOUSLY USEd IN ThE gENUS. Ageniella festina WaS pROpOSEd bY BaNkS (1917) TO NamE a SpEcIES fROm VIRgINIa, USA aNd LaTER SYNONYmIZEd WITh A. semitincta BaNkS (SEE TOWNES 1957). ThE bINOmIaL Ameragenia festina BaNkS WaS pROpOSEd bY BaNkS (1946) TO NamE a NEOTROpIcaL SpEcIES Of Ameragenia, WhIch IS cURRENTLY INcLUdEd aS a SUbgENUS IN Ageniella . AS SUch, A. (Ameragenia) festina IS SEcONdaRY hOmONYm. WE pROpOSE ThE NEW NamE, Ageniella banksii fOR ThIS SpEcIES. ThE NamE IS afTER NaThaN BaNkS, WhO gREaTLY cONTRIbUTEd TO OUR kNOWLEdgE ON Ageniella . Ageniella banksii nom. nov. IS mORphOLOgIcaLLY cLOSE RELaTEd TO A. anconis (BaNkS). Ageniella anconis (BaNkS), dEScRIbEd fROm PaNama, IS mORE SETOSE, WITh LONg SETaE; ThE pUbEScENcE ON ThE bOdY IS SILVER INSTEad Of gOLdEN aS IT IS IN A. banksii nom. nov. (ONLY ThE pROpOdEUm IS SILVER). ThE fOREWINg Of A. anconis haS NEIThER a daRk baNd, NOR a daRkENEd apEx. Ageniella banksii nom. nov., aNd A. anconis , RESEmbLE A. irene (BaNkS), fROm COLOmbIa, bUT dIffERS bY haVINg WINg hYaLINE, WIThOUT WELL-dEfINEd baNdS. MOREOVER, A. irene haS WINg SOmEWhaT YELLOWISh aNd Lack ThE gOLdEN ShORT pUbEScENcE pRESENT IN A. festina .