''Ageniella'' is a genus of mud-nesting spider wasps in the family Pompilidae.
Description
Spider wasps in the genus ''Ageniella'' are smaller and thinner than many others, though these proportions are shared by the members of the tribe
Ageniellini
Ageniellini, known as the mud-nesting spider wasps, is a tribe of spider wasps in the subfamily Pepsinae.
Description
The Ageniellini are slender-bodied spider wasps. They are distinguished from most other Pompilidae by their petiolate abdomina ...
. Some individual species are reddish/pink, such as ''
Ageniella conflicta''. Similarly, most have banding on the wings. The wings can be smoky or clear, with the smoky ones having the banding and the clear ones lacking in this feature.
Habitat
Open areas, fields, meadows, sometimes near buildings.
Nests
Trumpet (or thimble) shaped, stocked with one spider each, and containing one egg.
Subgenera
* ''Ageniella'' (subgenus)
* ''Ameragenia''
* ''Leucophrus''
* ''Nemagenia''
* ''Priophanes''
References
Hymenoptera genera
Pepsinae
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