Subgenus Ameragenia Banks, 1945

Ameragenia BaNkS, 1946: 425. TypE SpEcIES: Ameragenia festina BaNkS, 1946 [Ageniella (Ameragenia) banksii WaIchErt, nom. nov.], by OrIgINaL dESIgNatION. JUNIOr SUbjEctIvE SyNONyM Of Ageniella BaNkS accOrdINg tO TOWNES 1956: 215–216.

Diagnosis. ThIS SUbgENUS caN bE REcOgNIZEd bY haVINg SpEcIES WITh bOdY SIZE SmaLL TO mEdIUm; ThE INTEgUmENT IS cOVEREd WITh LONg aNd ThIN pUbEScENcE; ThE pROpOdEUm aNd ThE pRONOTUm aRE ROUNdEd IN dORSaL aNd pROfILE VIEWS; ThE pROpOdEUm haS LONg EREcT SETaE; ThE dORSaL facE Of ThE hINd TIbIa caN bE SpINOSE, bUT ThE SpINES aRE NEVER ScaLE- LIkE; aNd ThE fOREWINg IS USUaLLY hYaLINE WITh EIThER daRk baNdS OR daRk SpOTS.

Remarks. BaNkS (1945) dEScRIbEd Ameragenia irene BaNkS, hOWEVER, ThE gENUS Ameragenia BaNkS WaS fORmaLLY dEScRIbEd aNd aSSIgNEd TO a TYpE SpEcIES a YEaR LaTER, IN BaNkS (1946). TOWNES (1957) aSSIgNEd Ameragenia irene aS ThE TYpE SpEcIES Of ThE gENUS bY mONOTYpY baSEd ON ThE EaRLY pUbLIcaTION, BaNkS (1945).