Author, year, journal with original description

Hansson, C., 1996, Systematic Entomology, 21:42-45

Type species

Perditorulus penicillatus Hansson (holotype male in Texas A&M University, U.S.A.)

Synonym names

None

Diagnosis

Clypeus delimited by a groove laterally and dorsally; forewing usually infuscate between marginal vein and hind margin of wing, speculum small, marginal fringe long; apical parts of ovipositor sheaths conspicuously long (at least 7X as long as width at base); male genitalia: volsellar setae missing, with strong interspecific variation of the shape of the phallobase. Females not possible to identify to species

Number of species

85

Distribution

Nearctic and Neotropical regions, mainly Neotropical

Biology

Unknown

Literature

Hansson, C. 1996. A new genus of Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) with remarkable male genitalia. Systematic Entomology, 21:39-62

Hansson, C. 2004. Eulophidae of Costa Rica, 2. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 75:1-536 (Perditorulus is treated on pp. 259-294)