Anaphes Haliday, 1833 Extensive synonymy given in Huber (1992).

Type species.

A formal decision by ICZN on the correct type species to use is pending so the species in not named here. See petition by Huber et al. (2011) and comments and corrigendum (Huber 2014).

The worldwide genus Anaphes contains a variety of species known as parasitoids of several insect orders, summarized in Huber (1986). Features that define Anaphes include: fore wing with socketed seta present at apex of frenal fold; propodeum with a median longitudinal groove; petiole short, almost vertical, much wider than long crescent closely appressed to gt1; and gt1 longitudinally divided medially.