Belongs within: Braconidae.
The Agathidinae are a cosmopolitan group of braconid wasps endoparasitic on larvae of Lepidoptera, characterised by their distinctive wing venation (Achterberg 1993).
Characters (from Achterberg 1993): Marginal cell of forewing extremely narrow and rather long; vein m-cu of forewing more or less diverging posteriorly, from direction of anterior half of vein 1-M; vein CU1b of forewing absent; trace of vein 2-CU of hind wing nearly always present and nearly always situated at or above level of vein cu-a.
<==Agathidinae [Vipioninae] A93
| i. s.: Cremnops N91
| Disophrys N91
| Zelomorpha N91
|--Vipionini A93
| |--Pseudocremnops atripennis A93
| `--Vipio A93
| |--V. algiricus Lucas 1849 E12
| `--V. schewyrewi MS01
`--Agathidini A93
|--Aneurocentron [Mesocoelina] A93
| `--A. annulipes A93
|--Bassus A93
| |--B. flavipes Lucas 1849 E12
| |--B. laetatorius MS01
| `--B. melleus A93
`--Agathis A93
|--A. bovaei Lucas 1849 E12
|--A. brevisetis MS01
|--A. brullaei Lucas 1849 E12
|--A. malvacearum A93
|--A. rufipalpis MS01
|--A. thoracica Lucas 1849 E12
`--A. tibialis MS01
*Type species of generic name indicated
REFERENCES
[A93] Achterberg, C. van. 1993. Illustrated key to the subfamilies of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). Zoologische Verhandelingen 283: 1–189.
[E12] Evenhuis, N. L. 2012. Publication and dating of the Exploration Scientifique de l'Algérie: Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articulés (1846–1849) by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas. Zootaxa 3448: 1–61.
[MS01] Mocsáry, A., & V. Szépligeti. 1901. Hymenopterák [Hymenopteren]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 121–169. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.
[N91] Naumann, I. D. 1991. Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants, sawflies). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 916–1000. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).
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