Proctotrupidae

Proctotrupidae is a family of wasps in the superfamily Proctotrupoidea of the order Hymenoptera. There are about 400 species in more than 30 genera in Proctotrupidae, found throughout most of the world.

Proctotrupidae are small parasitoid wasps, using beetle larvae and fungus gnats as hosts. Females in many species are wingless and dwell in the soil, where they are capable of detecting beetle larvae (e.g., Carabidae) 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 Subfamily Astarteserphinae Engel, Herhold, & Barden, 2022 Subfamily Austroserphinae Kozlov, 1970 Subfamily Proctotrupinae Latreille, 1802
 * Heloriserphus Masner, 1981
 * Astarteserphus Engel, Herhold, & Barden, 2022
 * Austroserphus Dodd, 1933

tribe Disogmini Kozlov, 1970 tribe Cryptoserphini Kozlov, 1970 (=Nothoserphini Kozlov, 1970) tribe Proctotrupini Latreille, 1802
 * Cresogmus Rasnitsyn & Kolyada, 2022
 * Disogmus Förster, 1856
 * 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
 * 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
 * Dintonia
 * Gurvanotrupes Rasnitsyn, 1986
 * Pallenites
 * Peverella
 * Protoprocto Sharkey, 1990