Proctotrupidae

Proctotrupes gravidator, copyright Tom Murray.

Belongs within: Proctotrupoidea.

The Proctotrupidae are a group of small wasps that are mostly endoparasites of Coleoptera larvae, rarely of Diptera. Most species have the wing venation reduced, with the radial cell reduced or almost obliterated, but a well-developed venation and radial cell is retained in the fore wing of the Austroserphini. The species Exallonyx trifoveatus is found worldwide as a parasite of Staphylinidae in compost heaps (Naumann 1991).

Characters (from Naumann 1991): Mostly small (3–15 mm); mesosoma without transscutal articulation; metasoma with large syntergum; trochantellus sometimes present on fore leg; T2 and S2 (petiole) and synsternum fused; metasoma in females usually posteriorly down-curved and telescopic; cerci digitiform or absent.

Proctotrupidae [Proctotrupinae, Serphidae]
    |--Austroserphini [Austroserphidae] RC74
    |    |--Austroserphus Dodd 1933 MH11, R54
    |    |    `--*A. albofasciatus Dodd 1933 R54
    |    `--Acanthoserphus Dodd 1915 RC74, R54
    |         `--*A. albicoxa Dodd 1915 R54
    `--+--Disogmus Foerster 1856 MH11, R54
       |    |--D. areolator (Haliday 1839) [=Disogmus areolator] R54
       |    `--D. nigerrimus Dodd 1915 R54
       `--+--Exallonyx trifoveatus MH11, N91
          `--Proctotrupes Latreille 1796 MH11, R54
               |--*P. brevipennis Latreille 1802 R54
               |--P. collaris Szépligeti in Mocsáry & Szépligeti 1901 MS01
               |--P. doddi Riek 1954 R54
               |--P. gravidator MS01
               |--P. janthinae Dodd 1915 [=Proctotrypes janthinae] R54
               |--P. niger G20
               |--P. nitens Dodd 1920 R54
               |--P. splendidus Riek 1954 R54
               |--P. syagrii R70
               `--P. turneri Dodd 1920 R54

Proctotrupidae incertae sedis:
  Codrus A71
  Phaenoserphus Kieffer in André 1908 R54
    |--*P. curtipennis (Haliday 1839) [=Proctotrupes curtipennis] R54
    |--P. australiae (Kieffer 1907) [=Proctotrypes australiae] R54
    |--P. calcar A71
    `--P. viator A71
  Labeo pusillus Szépligeti in Mocsáry & Szépligeti 1901 MS01
  Prosacantha MS01
    |--P. grandis MS01
    `--P. spinosa Szépligeti in Moscáry & Szépligeti 1901 MS01
  Isocybus MS01
    |--I. grandis MS01
    `--I. rossicus Szépligeti in Mocsáry & Szépligeti 1901 MS01
  Pantoclis MS01
    |--P. barycera MS01
    `--P. rufipes Szépligeti in Mocsáry & Szépligeti 1901 MS01
  Acropiesta MS01
  Oxyserphus N91
  Austrocodrus N91
  Mischoserphus N91
  Apoglypha N91
  Serphonostus N91
  Cryptoserphus Kieffer in André 1907 R54
    |--*C. longicalcar Kieffer in André 1908 R54
    |--C. nigriscutum Dodd 1915 R54
    |--C. nitidus Dodd 1915 R54
    `--C. sulcatus Riek 1954 R54
  Paracodrus R54
  Rasnitsynia huadongensis (Zhang 1985) [=Oligoneuroides huadongensis] RJ93

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A71] Askew, R. R. 1971. Parasitic Insects. Heinemann Educational Books: London.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[MS01] Mocsáry, A., & V. Szépligeti. 1901. Hymenopterák [Hymenopteren]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 121–169. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[MH11] Munro, J. B., J. M. Heraty, R. A. Burks, D. Hawks, J. Mottern, A. Cruaud, J.-Y. Rasplus & P. Jansta. 2011. A molecular phylogeny of the Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). PLoS One 6 (11): e27023.

[N91] Naumann, I. D. 1991. Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants, sawflies). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2^nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 916–1000. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[R54] Riek, E. F. 1954. Australian wasps of the family Proctotrupidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea). Australian Journal of Zoology 3: 106–117.

[R70] Riek, E. F. 1970. Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 867–959. Melbourne University Press.

[RC74] Riek, E. F., & J. C. Cardale. 1974. Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers. Supplement 1974 pp. 107–111. Melbourne University Press.

[RJ93] Ross, A. J., & E. A. Jarzembowski. 1993. Arthropoda (Hexapoda; Insecta). In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 363–426. Chapman & Hall: London.

Last updated: 18 March 2021.