Ageniella (Ameragenia) volatilis (Smith, 1864)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.1.8 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:92C69AD0-B1B6-45DE-ACAC-FF13DD6F8114 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5976646 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E887AC-0C5D-FF8D-8D8A-FB2FFB371D03 |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Ageniella (Ameragenia) volatilis (Smith, 1864) |
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Ageniella (Ameragenia) volatilis (Smith, 1864) View in CoL
Agenia volatilis SMIth, 1864, J. ENtOMOL., vOL. 2, p. 265 [HOLOtypE: ♀, BRAZIL, Ega ( BMNH), NOt ExaMINEd].
Distribution. BRaZIL.
Host. UNkNOWN.
Remarks. BaNkS (1946) REpORTS a maLE fROm MINaS GERaIS. ThE SEx aSSOcIaTION WaS baSEd ON WINg VENaTION aNd cOLORaTION paTTERN Of ThE fOREWINg. WaIchERT et al. (2015a) haVE fOUNd WINg VENaTION RELIabLE TO dISTINgUISh SpEcIES aNd SExES IN Eragenia BaNkS, a phYLOgENETIcaLLY cLOSE-RELaTEd gENUS. ThE maLE Of A. volatilis dIffERS fROm ThE OThER Ageniella bY haVINg ThE cLYpEUS bIfId WITh TWO ShaRp TEETh mEdIaLLY. WE bELIEVE ThaT A. zeteki (BaNkS) mIghT bE a jUNIOR SYNONYm Of A. volatilis , bUT ThE NOmENcLaTURaL acT REQUIRES fURThER STUdY Of TYpES.
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