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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Proctotrupoidea » Proctotrupidae

Family Proctotrupidae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
wasp - Exallonyx - male Parasitica - Exallonyx Reddish Brown Wasp - Proctotrupes - female Proctrupidae - Brachyserphus wasp - Proctotrupes - female Hymenoptera. - Tretoserphus Female proctotrupid? - Exallonyx Proctotrupid - Brachyserphus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Proctotrupoidea
Family Proctotrupidae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Serphidae
Numbers
45 spp. in 9 genera in our area(1), >675 spp. in 30 genera total(2)
Size
body 3-15 mm(3) (typically, 5-8 mm)
Identification
Antennae with 13 segments
Terminal abdominal segment narrow, elongated, and down-curved in many species
Non metallic. Often black, sometimes red.
Forewing with large stigma, beyond which is a very small marginal cell.


A key to genera and species can be found in Townes, 1981 (4)
Range
Widespread
Habitat
Mostly damp woodlands(5)
Food
Parasitoids of beetle larvae, fungus gnats(3)
Internet References
The Proctotrupidae (Hymenoptera) of the World (2)
GBIF.org
iNaturalist
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.The Proctotrupidae (Hymenoptera) of the World
3.Australian Faunal Directory
4.A revision of the Serphidae (Hymenoptera)
Townes H., Townes M. 1981. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 32: 1-541.
5.Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America
Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 18 May, 2005 - 9:37am
Additional contributions by v belov, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 7 September, 2022 - 11:40am

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