''Agathis'' is a genus of

braconid The Braconidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. After the closely related Ichneumonidae, braconids make up the second-largest family in the order Hymenoptera, with about 17,000 recognized species and many thousands more undescribed. One analysis ...

parasitoid wasp Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later causin ...

s. This genus was established by Latreille in 1804, and the type species is '' Agathis malvacearum'' Latreille, 1805. There are at least forty six species of ''Agathis'' in the western

palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

region.

Selected species

* '' Agathis longipalpus'' * '' Agathis malvacearum'' Latreille, 1805 (parasitoid of the burdock seedhead moth)

Selected species

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