Belongs within: Therevidae.
Contains: Bonjeania, Agapophytus.
The Agapophytinae are a clade of stilletto flies endemic to Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia.
Characters (from Winterton et al. 2001): Elongate patch of velutum midway along ventral surface of fore femur; longer patch of velutum on posteroventral surface of hind femur; rounded patch of velutum on posteroventral surface of gonocoxites or membrane between gonocoxites (reduced in Acraspisa); style terminal on flagellum; wing vein R1 not setose; femoral vestiture of single, erect type; anteroventrally directed seta absent from apex of hind femur; setae on abdominal sternites short, dark, longer along posterior margin of each sternite; dorsal apodeme of parameral sheath joined to base of gonocoxal apodeme; ventral apodeme forked; outer gonocoxal process present; inner gonocoxal process present, articulated with gonocoxite; setae on genitalia pale, rarely dark; anterior medial process of female tergite 8 well developed, narrow, rarely broad; female accessory glands join to bursa copulatrix separately; 3 spermathecae (one in Bonjeania); spermathecal sac present; spermathecal ducts always joined to common spermathecal sac duct, usually proximate to furca, spermathecal duct arrangement never paired or alternate; acanthophorites well developed; tergite 9 fused with tergite 10; narrow sclerotized bridge between tergite 8 and tergite 9 + 10; tergite 9 + 10 and furca joined by narrow sclerotized bridge; posterior margin of sternite 8 deeply cleft.
<==Agapophytinae |--+--Patanothrix Winterton in Winterton, Yang et al. 2001WY01 | | |--*P. skevingtoni Winterton in Winterton, Yang et al. 2001WY01 | | `--P. wilsoni (Mann 1933) [=Parapsilocephala wilsoni]WY01 | `--+--Acatopygia Kröber 1912 [incl. Spatulipalpa Kröber 1912]WY01 | | |--*A. pulchella Kröber 1912WY01 | | |--‘Spatulipalpa’ ornataWY01 | | `--A. paradoxa (Kröber 1912) [=*Spatulipalpa paradoxa]WY01 | `--+--BonjeaniaWY01 | `--Parapsilocephala Kröber 1912WY01 | |--*P. elegans Kröber 1912WY01 | |--P. aggera Kröber 1933WY01 | |--P. ambocerina Irwin in Irwin & Yeates 1995WY01 | |--P. bifasciata White 1915WY01 | |--P. duocoloris Mann 1933WY01 | |--P. fascifrons Frey 1934WY01 | `--P. frontalis Kröber 1912 [=*Oldenbergia frontalis]WY01 `--+--Acraspisa Kröber 1912 [incl. Pseudoloxocera Kröber 1912, Stratiobelonalys Frey 1934]WY01 | |--*A. trifasciata Kröber 1912WY01 | |--A. handschini (Frey 1934) [=*Stratiobelonalys handschini]WY01 | |--A. nigrinota Mann 1929WY01 | |--A. obscuripes Mann 1929WY01 | |--A. pallipes (Kröber 1912) [=*Pseudoloxocera pallipes]WY01 | |--A. parva Mann 1933WY01 | `--A. similis Hardy 1939WY01 `--+--+--Belonalys Kröber 1912WY01 | | |--*B. obscura Kröber 1912WY01 | | `--B. occulta White 1915WY01 | `--Laxotela Winterton & Irwin 1999WY01 | |--*L. whitei Winterton & Irwin 1999WY01 | |--L. gaimarii Winterton & Irwin 1999WY01 | |--L. hauseri Winterton & Irwin 1999WY01 | |--L. holstoni Winterton & Irwin 1999WY01 | `--L. metzi Winterton & Irwin 1999WY01 `--+--AgapophytusWY01 `--+--Pipinnipons Winterton in Winterton, Yang et al. 2001WY01 | |--*P. kroeberi Winterton in Winterton, Yang et al. 2001WY01 | |--P. fascipennis (Kröber 1928) [=Squamopygia fascipennis]WY01 | `--P. imitans (White 1915) [=Phycus imitans, Agapophytus imitans]WY01 `--Acupalpa Kröber 1912WY01 |--*A. rostrata Kröber 1912WY01 |--A. albitarsa Mann 1929WY01 |--A. divisa Walker 1850WY01 |--A. pollinosa Mann 1929WY01 `--A. semirufa Mann 1929WY01
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[WY01] Winterton, S. L., L. Yang, B. M. Wiegmann & D. K. Yeates. 2001. Phylogenetic revision of Agapophytinae subf. n. (Diptera: Therevidae) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Systematic Entomology 26: 173–211.