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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Psyche Volume 2012, Article ID 307103, 3 pages doi:10.1155/2012/307103 Research Article Addition to the Distributional Record of Ageniella ´ (Neotumagenia ) amazonica Fernandez, 1998 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) and Establishment of a Neotype Cecilia Waichert and James P. Pitts Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Cecilia Waichert, cwaichert@ Received 12 January 2012; Accepted 2 March 2012 Academic Editor: David Roubik Copyright © 2012 C. Waichert and J. P. Pitts. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Ageniella is a diverse and poorly studied genus in Ageniellini (Pompilidae: Pepsinae). It is composed of nine subgenera with four being endemic to the Neotropical region. Herein, the second record in the literature for the subgenus Neotumagenia is documented, the distribution range is extended, and a neotype is established. This is the first record of this subgenus in Brazil. 1. Introduction having a large, grooved, polished swelling on the front, just above each torulus, and stout legs. The biology of A. amazon- Ageniella Banks is the second most diverse genus in Age- ica is unknown, and the subgenus and species are based only niellini with about 110 valid species and nine subgenera. The on the female. The holotype of Ageniella (Neotumagenia) genus is found throughout the New World [1], from Canada