New records of spider wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from Colombia

Abstract New records of genera and species of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Colombia are provided. Agenioideus, Cryptocheilus, Evagetes, Mystacagenia, and Xerochares are newly recorded genera from Colombia. Nineteen species are first recorded from Colombia: Aimatocare vitrea (Fox); Ageniella azteca (Cameron); Ageniella curtipinus (Cameron); Ageniella fallax (Arlé); Ageniella hirsuta Banks; Ageniella pilifrons (Cameron); Ageniella pretiosa Banks; Ageniella sanguinolenta (Smith); Ageniella zeteki (Banks); Agenioideus birkmanni (Banks); Aporus (Aporus) cuzco Evans; Aporus (Cosmiaporus) diverticulus (Fox); Aporus (Notoplaniceps) canescens Smith; Euplaniceps exilis (Banks); Euplaniceps herbertii (Fox); Irenangelus clarus Evans; Mystacagenia bellula Evans; Phanochilus nobilitatus (Smith) and Xerochares expulsus Schulz. The following species and genera have their occurence ranges expanded for South America: Ageniella azteca (Cameron); Ageniella zeteki (Banks); Agenioideus birkmanni (Banks); and Xerochares expulsus Schulz; Cryptocheilus Panzer; and Xerochares Evans.


Introduction
Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) are a widespread group of about 5,000 described species (Pitts et al. 2006) in approximately 120 genera (Wasbauer 1995). In the Neotropical region there are four subfamilies, 60 genera, and about 1,000 species (Fernández 2000, Hanson and. The taxonomy and systematics of pompilids are poorly understood, making it one of the most taxonomically challenging families of Hymenoptera. Future work should be focused on making extensive collections and appropriate identifications to get a better understanding of their taxonomy. The fauna of spider wasps from Colombia and South America is poorly known and not fully explored. Colombia has about 29 genera and approximately 143 species of spider wasps described (Fernández 2000). As part of a project on the systematics of Pompilidae from Colombia and northern South America, we offer new records of genera and species for these regions.

Materials and methods
Examined specimens. When citing the examined material, a backslash indicates a separate label. The specimens are deposited in the Entomological collection of the Instituto Alexander von Humboldt, Villa de Leiva, Colombia (IAvH-E), and in the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia (ICN). Specimens from the Utah State University Entomology Collection, Logan, UT (EMUS) were examined for Agenioideus birkmanni and Phanochilus nobilitatus.

Irenangelus clarus
Comments. This species has been recorded for Brazil and Argentina (Fernández 2000).
Comments. New record for South America. Cryptocheilus Panzer, 1806 is a cosmopolitan genus with six species described from the Nearctic Region and two from the Neotropical region: Cryptocheilus neotropicalis is found in Panama and Cryptocheilus santosi is found in Costa Rica and Panama (Cambra and Wahis 2005). This species does not fit the diagnosis of any of the Central American species. The specimen studied herein is similar to C. pallidipennis (Banks, 1912), but this species has Nearctic distribution (Townes 1957). A revision of the New World species of the genus is needed to determine if the studied specimen is an undescribed species or not.  (Evans 1973(Evans , 1980.

Phanochilus nobilitatus (Smith, 1864)
Specimen data. AMAZONAS. Amacayacu, Mata-Mata, 03˚48'36"S, 70˚20'57"W, malaise, ii.1989, F. Fernández (1f, IAvH 107951 Comments. New record for South America. This species has been previously recorded from northern Oregon east to New Jersey and south to Oaxaca, Mexico (Wasbauer and Kimsey 1985). Specimens from Costa Rica are found in EMUS. This record represents a considerable range extension of what was previously known as a Nearctic species. Comments. New record for South America. The species was previously known from southern New Mexico to western Mexico to Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua (Evans 1966;Wasbauer and Kimsey 1985). Comments. Evagetes Lepeletier, 1845 is a cleptoparasitic genus rarely collected and poorly known in the Neotropics, with four described species from Southern South America (Evans 1966, Fernández 2000. There is no recent taxonomic revision of the genus, therefore, the identification at the species-level is challenging. Comments. This species has been recorded for Peru (Fernández 2000). ( Comments. This species has been recorded for Brazil (Fernández 2000). Comments. This species has been recorded for Guiana and Suriname (Banks 1944, Cambra et al. 2013 Euplaniceps herbertii (Fox,  Comments. This species has been recorded for Guiana and Brazil (Fernández 2000, Cambra et al. 2013.