pepsinae: tribe macromerini 



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absent in other groups except in most females of the accepta group) ; 

 subgenital plate of male tectate, the apex rounded. 



Insect ferruginous with a few very restricted black markings, the 

 wings dark brown. 



This species group includes only the Nearctic coronata, which ranges 

 from California to British Columbia, and eastward to Utah. 



Figure 122. — Localities for Ageniella coronata. 



14. Ageniella (^Ageniella) coronata Banks 



Ageniella coronata Banks, 1919, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 63, p. 242, ? . Type: 

 9 , Santa Paula, California (Ithaca) . 



Male: Fore wing 8.0 to 10.0 mm. long. Ferruginous. Thorax with 

 variable black sutural markings; wings dark brown; base of first 

 abdominal segment black. 



Female: Forewing 9.0 to 14.0 mm. long. Ferruginous. Wings 

 dark browTi; base of first abdominal segment black. 



Specimens (15cf, 27 9): From British Columbia (Lytton, Oliver, 

 Okanagan, and Peachland); California (Berkeley, Camino, Carmel, 

 Chile Bar in El Dorado County, mountains near Claremont, Laguna 

 Beach, Long Canyon at 4,000 ft. in the San Gabriel Mts., Miami 

 Ranger Station in Mariposa Count}'', Mount Hermon in Santa 

 Cruz County, hills back of Oakland, Sonoma County, Redwood City, 

 Penrjm, "S. Buenaventura," San Francisco, San Rafael, Santa Cruz 

 Mts,, Saticoy, and Telsa in Alameda County); Utah (Logan); and 

 Washington (Grand Coulee). 



Dates of collection fall in July and August except for two: June 16 

 at Redwood City, Calif, and Sept. 15 at Telsa in Alameda County, 

 Calif. 



This species occurs in the Transition Zone from British Columbia to 

 central California and eastward to Utah. 



