Phanagenia Banks 1933

Key to the species of the genus Phanagenia Banks in the world FEMALE

1. Body bright metallic blue or purplish reflections............................................................. 2

- Body black or orange-yellow or yellow to rufous, without metallic reflections..................................... 3

2. Body bright metallic blue; dense silvery pubescence on lower mesopleura; hind femora reddish. The Philippines, Sri Lanka....................................................................................... Ph. guerini Banks

- Body purplish reflections; fine and short setae on lower mesopleura; hind femora black. The United States.............................................................................................. Ph. bombycina (Cresson)

3. POD equal to OOD (ocelli in right triangle; propodeum with plainly striations wholly across). Singapore...................................................................................................... Ph. tincta (Smith)

- POD shorter than OOD................................................................................ 4

4. Body orange yellow or yellow to rufous................................................................... 5

- Body black.......................................................................................... 6

5. Propodeum without striations; cross vein 1m-cu ending at middle of SMC2; relative length of SMC2 and SMC3 = 1: 1. Madagascar........................................................................... Ph. hovana Banks

- Propodeum with transverse striations; cross vein 1m-cu ending at base of SMC2; relative length of SMC2 and SMC3 = 5: 4. China (Yunnan, Taiwan), Indonesia, the Philippine.................................. Ph. frauenfeldiana (Saussure)

6. Frontal line inconspicuous or very short................................................................... 7

- Frontal line conspicuous............................................................................... 8

7. Propodeum scarcely striate; body with golden pubescence; SMC2 2.0× as high as long; SMC3 on vein Rs shorter, as long as 1/3 length of SMC 3 in middle. Singapore................................................. Ph. hippolyte (Smith)

- Propodeum with irregular and transverse rugae; body with silvery pubescence; SMC2 1.8× as high as long; SMC3 on vein Rs longer, as long as 2/3 length of SMC 3 in middle. China (Yunnan).................. Ph. bidenticulata He & Ma, sp. nov.

8. Clypeus apical margin truncate medially. Madagascar...................................... Ph. macula (Saussure)

- Clypeus apical margin arcuate or angulate................................................................. 9

9. G1–3 reddish. China (Yunnan, Taiwan)................................................. Ph. rufiventris Tsuneki

- G1–3 black......................................................................................... 10

10. Fore wing without fasciae............................................................................. 11

- Fore wing with one or two fasciae...................................................................... 12

11. Clypeus apical margin broadly rounded, almost coming to point in middle; propodeum with weakly transverse wrinkles; body length 13.5 mm. The Philippine............................................................ Ph. comes Banks

- Clypeus apical margin sub-arcuately convex and very slightly angulate at middle; propodeum with transverse rugae, its apical part stronger than basal part; body length 7.5–9.5 mm. China (Hebei, Inner-Mongolia)..... Ph. cornuta He & Ma, sp. nov.

12. Fore wing with one fascia at subapical area; frontal line reaching to anterior ocellus. China (Guangdong, Yunnan, Taiwan)..................................................................................... Ph. taiwana Tsuneki

- Fore wing with two fasciae at basal and subapical areas; frontal line short and not reaching to anterior ocellus. Japan, China (Beijing, Yunnan, Taiwan)............................................................. Ph. takasago Tsuneki

MALE (unknown for Ph. bidenticulata, Ph. comes, Ph. cornuta, Ph. frauenfeldiana, Ph. guerini, Ph. rufiventris, Ph. takasago, Ph. taiwana, Ph. tincta, Ph. hippolyte, and Ph. hovana)

1. Clypeus apical margin deeply and broadly emarginated; body small, 4.5 mm. USA.............. P. bombycina (Cresson)

- Clypeus apical margin slightly angulate at middle; body large, 15 mm. Madagascar................ P. macula (Saussure)