Ageniella (Ameragenia) agitata (Smith, 1873) Waichert & Colombo & Von Dohlen & Pitts, 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) agitata (Smith, 1873) , comb. nov.

Agenia agitata SMIth, 1873, ANN. Mag. Nat. HISt., vOL. (4)11, p. 445 [HOLOtypE: ♀, BRAZIL, Pará: SaNtaréM ( BMNH), ExaMINEd].

Salius (Priocnemis) setaceicornis FOx, 1897 , Acad. Nat. ScI. PhILa. PrOc., vOL. 49, p. 269 [HOLOtypE: ♀, BRAZIL, [Pará], SaNtaréM ( CMNH), ExaMINEd], syn. nov.

Distribution. BRaZIL.

Host. UNkNOWN.

Remarks. Ageniella agitata IS RELaTEd TO A. plagosa (BaNkS) baSEd ON SImILaRITIES IN mORphOLOgY. ThEY dIffER IN fOREWINg VENaTION aNd cLYpEaL ShapE. Ageniella agitata haS ThE 2RS cELL aLmOST aS LONg aS WIdE aNd WITh ThE EdgES aNgULaTE, WhEREaS A. plagosa haS 2RS LONgER ThaN WIdE WITh ThE RS VEIN cURVEd. ThE cLYpEUS IN A. agitata IS SOmEWhaT aRchEd, WITh ThE apIcaL maRgIN ROUNdEd aNd cOVEREd WITh SILVER ScaLE-LIkE SETaE; A. plagosa haS ThE cLYpEUS TRapEZOIdaL WITh ThE apIcaL maRgIN STRaIghT aNd LackINg SILVER SETaE ON IT. WE jUSTIfY SYNONYmIZINg Salius setaceicornis FOx WITh A. agitata baSEd ON ThE fOREWINg VENaTION dEScRIbEd abOVE. MOREOVER, ThE fOREWINg haS INfUScaTE SpOTS paRTIaLLY cOVERINg ThE cELL 2M aNd fULLY cOVERINg ThE cELL 2RS; ThE hEad aNd ThE cLYpEUS Of S. setaceicornis IS aRchEd WITh ThE apIcaL maRgIN ROUNdEd; ThE cLYpEUS aNd ThE pORTION RIghT abOVE IT aRE cOVEREd bY SILVER ScaLE-LIkE SETaE, aS IN A. agitata .