Microdus simulatrix Cameron, 1887:405, ♀. ♀, Guatemala, near the city (leg. Champion); Sharkey, 1986Sharkey, M. 1986. Pharpa, a new genus of Neotropical Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with a discussion of phylogenetic relationships. The Canadian Entomologist 118:1231-1239.:1234, Holotype ♀ (BMNH, No. 3c 649). - Cameron, 1883-1888Cameron, P. 1883-1888. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Families Tenthredinidae-Chrysididae). Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 487 pp., 20 pl.:405 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1898Dalla Torre, C.G. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. - IV: Braconidae. Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, VIII + 323. (distribution). - As Pharpa simulatrix: - Sharkey, 1986Sharkey, M. 1986. Pharpa, a new genus of Neotropical Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with a discussion of phylogenetic relationships. The Canadian Entomologist 118:1231-1239.:1234 (comb. nov.); Coronado-Blanco, 2011Coronado-Blanco, J. M. 2011. Braconidae (Hymenoptera) de Tamaulipas, México. Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México. 1-204. (distribution); Coronado-Blanco, 2013Coronado Blanco, J.M. 2013. La familia Braconidae (Hymenoptera) en México. Entomología mexicana 12 (1):31-46. (distribution); Coronado et al., 2016Coronado-Blanco, J. M., J.I. Figueroa-De la Rosa, C.E. Sarmiento-Monroy, E. Ruíz-cancion & A.I. Khalaim 2016. Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) de México, incluyendo nuevos registros. CienciaUAT 2 (1):6-21. (distribution).
Agathis simulatricoides Shenefelt, 1970:355 - Sharkey, 1986Sharkey, M. 1986. Pharpa, a new genus of Neotropical Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with a discussion of phylogenetic relationships. The Canadian Entomologist 118:1231-1239.:1234 ( listed as synonym of Pharpa simulatrix (Cameron, 1887)).