Cylloceria Schiødte, 1838

Type species: Phytodietus caligatus Gravenhorst, 1829, designated by Viereck 1914

= Chalinoceras Ratzeburg, 1852, 3: 130.

= Asphragis Förster, 1868, 25: 166

Diagnosis. Body size medium to large. Mandible with upper tooth broader than lower tooth. Palp formula 5:4. Antenna of male with apex of third and base of fourth flagellomeres semicircular emarginated; tyloids present within the semicircular emarginations. Mesoscutum with notaulus well defined and reaching middle of mesoscutum.

Biology. Cylloceria melancholica (Gravenhorst, 1820) recorded as a parasitoid of Tipula irrorata Macquart, 1826 ( Tipulidae, Diptera) (Broad et al. 2018).

Distribution. Holarctic, Neotropical and Oriental regions (Yu et al. 2016).