Revision of Proctotrupidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) described by Ch. T. Brues from Baltic amber
Author
Kolyada, Victor A.
Author
Mostovski, Mike B.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1661
29
38
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.179943
e84e3daf-28e3-4200-9e74-40d4034485e3
1175-5326
179943
Genus
Mischoserphus
Townes, 1981
Type
species.
Cryptoserphus arcuator
Stelfox, 1950
; by original designation.
This genus is distributed around the world, except for Africa and some South American countries (
Townes & Townes 1981
). Representatives of
Mischoserphus
inhabit temperate and subtropical forests and parasitise fungus gnats (
Mycetophilidae
). Until recently, this genus has been unknown in the fossil record. Another representative of
Mischoserphus
is found in the Early Oligocene Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight,
UK
(Antropov
et al.
in press).