Genus Fustiserphus Townes, 1981

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.