Proctotrupidae is a family of wasps in the superfamily
Proctotrupoidea
Proctotrupoidea is a hymenopteran superfamily containing seven extant families, though others have been recognized in the past, most of these having been removed to a recently erected superfamily Diaprioidea. Of the remaining families, only Pr ...
of the order
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is a large order (biology), order of insects, comprising the sawfly, sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are Par ...
. There are about 400 species in more than 30 genera in Proctotrupidae, found throughout most of the world.
[
Proctotrupidae are small ]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, using beetle larvae and fungus gnats as hosts. They typically have a body length of 5 to 8 mm, but species may range from 3 to 15 mm.[
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Genera
* '' Acanthoserphus''
* '' Afroserphus''
* '' Apoglypha''
* '' Austrocodrus''
* '' Austroserphus''
* '' Brachyserphus''
* '' Carinaserphus''
* ''Codrus
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* '' Cryptoserphus''
* '' Disogmus''
* '' Exallonyx''
* '' Fustiserphus''
* '' Glyptoserphus''
* '' Hormoserphus''
* '' Maaserphus''
* '' Mischoserphus''
* '' Nothoserphus''
* '' Oxyserphus''
* '' Paracodrus''
* '' Parthenocodrus''
* '' Phaenoserphus''
* '' Phaneroserphus''
* '' Phoxoserphus''
* '' Proctotrupes''
* '' Pschornia''
* '' Serphonostus''
* '' Sminthoserphus''
* '' Trachyserphus''
* '' Tretoserphus''
* †'' Dintonia''
* †'' Gurvanotrupes''
* †'' Pallenites''
* †'' Peverella''
* †'' Protoprocto''
References
Proctotrupoidea
Apocrita families
Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille
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