Therophilus Wesmael, 1837

Iza-Campos, Giulia & Penteado-Dias, Angélica, 2021, The rare genus Therophilus Wesmael (Braconidae: Agathidinae) in Brazil with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5005 (4), pp. 596-600 : 597

Therophilus Wesmael

Type species: Microdus (Therophilus) conspicuous Wesmael, 1837 .

Comments. The genus was first considered a subgenus of Microdus and erected as a synonym of Bassus by Viereck (1914). In 2009, Sharkey et al. divided Bassus into four genera, i.e., Bassus s.s., Camptothlipis Lytopylus , and Therophilus . Sharkey & Stoelb (2012) placed the type species of Microdus in Therophilus s.s.

Diagnosis: Due to its polyphyletic origin the genus does not present a fixed combination of diagnostic characteristics, but most members present the following characters: tarsal claw simple with basal lobe; interantennal space with two longitudinal ridges or one median keel; fore wing vein R weak at midlength and bent towards apex of wing; fore wing cubital cell strong and tubular, at least basally; fore wing subbasal cell angled apically; postscutellar sulcus present and sclerite between coxae cavities and metasomal foramen incomplete or narrow.

Distribution: Worldwide, cosmopolitan. More diverse in subtropical and tropical areas.