Insecta - Hymenoptera - Proctotrupidae
Alternative spellings: Proctotrupii, Proctotrypidae
Synonym: Serphidae Kieffer 1909
Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. 3:1-467
Parent taxon: Proctotrupoidea according to A. P. Rasnitsyn and C. Öhm-Kühnle 2020
See also Archibald et al. 2018, Brues 1923, Carpenter 1992, Johnson 1992, Meunier 1923, Sharkey 2007, Theobald 1937 and Westwood 1874
Sister taxa: Amitchellia, Austroniidae, Fushunoxyela, Heloridae, Hemerocynipites, Paraulacus, Pelecinidae, Peradeniidae, Sinocynipites
Subtaxa: Alloserphus Astarteserphinae Chengdeserphus Dintonia Liaoserphus Ocnoserphus Palaeoteleia Pallenites Peverella Proctotrupinae Protoprocto Saucrotrupes Scalprogaster Steleoserphus
Type: Proctotrupes
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Eocene of Canada (4: British Columbia), Denmark (3), the Russian Federation (4), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Colorado, Washington)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Brazil (1), China (2), Lebanon (1), Mongolia (1), Myanmar (1), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 28 collections including 49 occurrences