Fustiserphus Townes, 1981

Kolyada, Victor A. & Mostovski, Mike B., 2007, Revision of Proctotrupidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) described by Ch. T. Brues from Baltic amber, Zootaxa 1661, pp. 29-38 : 31

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.179943
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6236449
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scientific name	Fustiserphus Townes, 1981
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Genus Fustiserphus Townes, 1981 View in CoL

Type species. Fustiserphus reticulatus Townes, 1981 ; by original designation.

This genus is currently known from in Australia, New Zeland and in both Americas ( Townes & Townes 1981). New Zealand representatives of Fustiserphus parasitise larvae of Oecophoridae (Lepidoptera) in Nothofagus forest, being found, however, in a variety of other habitats ( Early & Dugdale 1994). This genus was previously unknown in the palaeontological record.