Troticus Brullé, 1846

Type species: Troticus ovatus Brullé, 1846 .

Distribution: Most species are recorded from sub-Saharan Africa (Braet 2001) although a few specimens have been captured in Egypt and one in Italy, Sicily (Fahringer 1937, van Achterberg 2008). We have collected one specimen from Thailand. It is the first record from the Oriental region.

Diversity: 13 species are described, one Palaearctic and 12 Ethiopian.

Biology: Recorded from Lasiocampidae (van Achterberg et al. 2008) .

Phylogenetic Information. Member of the tribe Disophrini but exemplars have not been included in phylogenetic analyses.

Diagnosis: Tarsal claws bifid (Fig. 2a); ovipositor short, barely exerted (Fig. 33a); notauli complete (as in Fig. 12aa); lateral carina of frons acute and directed towards median ocellus (Fig. 11a); epicnemial carina with an acute angle (Fig. 33a).