Ageniella (Ageniella) bruesi ( Banks, 1928 )

Waichert, Cecilia, Rodriguez, Juanita, Von Dohlen, Carol D. & Pitts, James P., 2012, Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic, Zootaxa 3353 (1), pp. 1-47 : 7-8

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3353.1.1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A9185567-9B01-FFA3-92FE-F9E24B5C1FFE
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Ageniella (Ageniella) bruesi ( Banks, 1928 )
status

Treatment

Ageniella (Ageniella) bruesi ( Banks, 1928) View in CoL

( Figs 4C–D View FIGURE 4 )

Pseudagenia bruesi Banks, 1928 View in CoL , Notes on Cuban and other West Indian Psammocharidae , p. 7 [Holotype: ♀, JAMAICA, Cinchona (MCZC)].

Diagnosis. This species can be separated from other Ageniella species in the Dominican Republic by having the following unique combination of characters: the integument is black with bluish-green reflections on the head, pronotum, and metasoma; the antenna is black; the pubescence on the body is short and silver ( Figs 4C–D View FIGURE 4 ); the clypeus is trapezoidal without a median tooth; the first metasomal segment is not carinate; the dorsal face of hind tibia is not serrate; and the fore and hind wings are darkened. Additionally, the male ( Fig. 4C View FIGURE 4 ) has weaker bluishgreen reflections on the metasoma than the female ( Fig. 4D View FIGURE 4 ).

Material examined. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Independencia, Sierra de Bahoruco, north slope, 13.5 km SE Puerto Escondido, 7 ♂, 8 ♀, 18–12–18N, 71–31–08W, 1789 m, ecotonal Pinus grassland yellow pan trap, sample 41165, J. E. Rawlins et al., 24–25.XI.2004, CMNH – 371,173/ 370,847/ 371,186/ 364,846/ 369,805/ 370,082/ 369,937/ 370,074/ 370,087/ 369,390/ 370,642/ 370,316/ 370,118/ 370,893/ 370,944; 18–12–24N, 71–30–54W, 1807 m, broadleaf Pinus dense woodland, R. Davidson et al., 24–26.III.2004, 1 ♂, malaise trap, sample 41283, CMNH – 371,390; 4 ♂, 6 ♀, yellow pan trap, sample 41263, CMNH – 371,500/ 370,925/ 370,781/ 370,835/ 370,833/ 370,102/ 371,223/ 370,233/ 371,072; 1 ♀, La Vega, Cordillera Central, 4.1 km SW El Covento , 18–50–33N, 70–42–44W, 1729 m, distributed evergreen forest with pine, malaise trap, sample 22382, J. Rawlins et al., 31.V.2003, CMNH – 370,971; 1 ♀, [ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC]: El Montazo, Constanza, Prov [incia] La Vega, R. D., Dominguez and Aquino col., 3.VIII.1980, ( MHND) 21252 .

Distribution. Cuba ( Alayo 1969), Jamaica, Dominican Republic.

Host. Unknown.

Remarks. Ageniella bruesi morphologically resembles the Nearctic species A. euphorbiae (Viereck) . Females and males of the former differ from the Nearctic species by having width of the second radial sector 1.50 × its length and third radial sector about 2.0 × wider than the second radial sector. Ageniella euphorbiae , however, has the third radial sector about the same size as the second. Ageniella bruesi seems to be a common species in the Dominican Republic. It was the most abundant species of Ageniella in our survey and it was reported as abundant in Cuba as well ( Alayo 1969). This is the first record for the Dominican Republic.