Camptothlipsis Enderlein, 1920

Sharkey, Michael, Yu, Dicky, van Noort, Simon, Seltmann, Katja & Penev, Lyubomir, 2009, Revision of the Oriental genera of Agathidinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with an emphasis on Thailand and interactive keys to genera published in three different formats, ZooKeys 21 (2), pp. 19-54 : 35-36

Camptothlipsis Enderlein, 1920

Type species: Camptothlipsis costalis Enderlein, 1920 .

Distribution: Old World, including Palaearctic, African, Oriental, and Australian regions; far more diverse in tropical areas. Related taxa occur in the New World and continued research will determine whether or not these should be considered congeneric. Often included with Bassus s.l. in keys.

Diversity: 17 species have been described, 6 from the Oriental region all of which were included by Bhat and Gupta (1977). No specimens have been recorded from Thailand but we have collected two species. Th e genus is especially diverse in the Ethiopian region where there are more than 100, mostly undescribed, species.

Biology: Th e three host records are all on Gelechiidae .

Phylogenetic Information. In a clade that includes Zacremnops , Plesiocoelus and some taxa presently placed in the polyphyletic Therophilus (as Bassus s.l. in Sharkey et al. 2006).

Taxonomic Information. Treated as a synonym of Bassus in many recent publications, e.g., Simbolotti and van Achterberg (1992), Papp (1998).

Diagnosis: Second submarginal cell absent ( Fig. 22a); median tergite 1 coriaceous or granulate (Fig. 13b).