Troticus Brullé, 1846

Sharkey, Michael, Yu, Dicky, van Noort, Simon, Seltmann, Katja & Penev, Lyubomir, 2009, Revision of the Oriental genera of Agathidinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with an emphasis on Thailand and interactive keys to genera published in three different formats, ZooKeys 21 (2), pp. 19-54 : 48-49

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).