Proctotrupidae is a family of

parasitic wasps 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 ca ...

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 Proct ...

. 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 Superfamily (zoology), 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, ...

s, that primarily parasitise larvae of beetles belonging to the families

Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal ...

Staphylinidae The rove beetles are a family (biology), family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With over 66,000 species in thousand ...

, and Elateridae, though a number of species are known to target other hosts, including fungus gnats ( Mycetophilidae, Sciaridae) and concealer moths. Females in many species are wingless and dwell in the soil, where they are capable of detecting beetle larvae in their burrows. They typically have a body length of 5 to 8 mm, but species may range from 3 to 15 mm.

Genera

Subfamily Heloriserphinae Engel, Herhold, & Barden, 2022 * '' Heloriserphus'' Masner, 1981 Subfamily Astarteserphinae Engel, Herhold, & Barden, 2022 * '' Astarteserphus'' Engel, Herhold, & Barden, 2022 Lebanese amber Early Cretaceous (

Barremian The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 125.77 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma (Historically, this stage was placed at 129.4 million to approximately 125 million years ago) It is a ...

) Subfamily Austroserphinae Kozlov, 1970 * '' Austroserphus'' Dodd, 1933 Subfamily Proctotrupinae Latreille, 1802 tribe Disogmini Kozlov, 1970 * '' Cresogmus'' Rasnitsyn & Kolyada, 2022

Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. Th ...

, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age (geology), age of the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or the lowest stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Cretace ...

) * '' Disogmus'' Förster, 1856 tribe Cryptoserphini Kozlov, 1970 (=Nothoserphini Kozlov, 1970) * '' Brachyserphus'' Hellèn, 1941 * '' Cryptocodrus'' Pschorn-Walcher * '' Cryptoserphus'' Kieffer, 1907 * '' Hormoserphus'' Townes & Townes, 1981 * '' Maaserphus'' Lin, 1988 * '' Mischoserphus'' Townes & Townes, 1981 * '' Nothoserphus'' Brues, 1940 * '' Oxyserphus'' Masner, 1961 * '' Phoxoserphus'' Lin, 1988 * '' Thomsonina'' Hellèn, 1941 * '' Watanabeia'' Masner, 1958 tribe Proctotrupini Latreille, 1802 * '' Acanthoserphus'' Dodd, 1915 * '' Afroserphus'' Masner, 1961 * '' Apoglypha'' Townes & Townes, 1981 * '' Austrocodrus'' Ogloblin, 1960 * '' Carinaserphus'' He & Xu, 2007 * '' Codrus'' Panzer * '' Elgonia'' Risbec, 1950 * '' Exallonyx'' Kieffer, 1904 * '' Fustiserphus'' Townes & Townes, 1981 * '' Glyptoserphus'' Fan & He, 1993 * '' Paracodrus'' Kieffer, 1907 * '' Parthenocodrus'' Pschorn-Walcher, 1958 * '' Phaenoserphus'' Kieffer, 1908 * '' Phaneroserphus'' Pschorn-Walcher, 1958 * '' Proctotrupes'' Latreille, 1802 * '' Pschornia'' Townes & Townes, 1981 * '' Serphonostus'' Townes & Townes, 1981 * '' Sminthoserphus'' Townes & Townes, 1981 * '' Trachyserphus'' Kolyada, 2017 * '' Tretoserphus'' Townes & Townes, 1981 ''Incertae sedis'' * '' Dintonia'' Rasnitsyn & Jarzembowski 1998

Purbeck Group The Purbeck Group is an Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous lithostratigraphy, lithostratigraphic group (stratigraphy), group (a sequence of rock strata) in south-east England. The name is derived from the district known as the Isle of Purbeck in ...

, England, Early Cretaceous (

Berriasian In the geological timescale, the Berriasian is an age/ stage of the Early/Lower Cretaceous. It is the oldest subdivision in the entire Cretaceous. It has been taken to span the time between 143.1 ±0.6 Ma and 137.05 ± 0.2 (million years ago) ...

) * '' Gurvanotrupes'' Rasnitsyn, 1986 Gurvan-Eren, Mongolia, Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (

Aptian The Aptian is an age (geology), age in the geologic timescale or a stage (stratigraphy), stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous, Early or Lower Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or series (stratigraphy), S ...

) * '' Pallenites'' Rasnitsyn & Jarzembowski 1998

, England, Early Cretaceous (

) * '' Peverella'' Rasnitsyn & Jarzembowski 1998

, England, Early Cretaceous (

) * '' Protoprocto'' Sharkey, 1990 Crato Formation, Brazil, Early Cretaceous (

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References

Proctotrupoidea Apocrita families Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille {{apocrita-stub