| Heloridae Temporal range:
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| Helorus anomalipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Proctotrupoidea |
| Family: | Heloridae Förster, 1856 |
Heloridae is a family of wasps in the order Hymenoptera known primarily from fossils, and only one extant genus, Helorus, with 12 species found worldwide.[1][2][3][4][5] Members of Helorus are parasitic on green lacewings.[1]
Extant genera
- Helorus (12 spp. worldwide)
Fossil genera
- †Archaeohelorus Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
- †Bellohelorus Li et al. 2017 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- †Conohelorus Turga, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- †Korehelorus Rosse-Guillevic, Rasnitsyn, Nam, & Jouault, 2023 Jinju Formation, South Korea, Early Cretaceous (Albian)
- †Laiyanghelorus Zhang 1992 Laiyang Formation, Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- †Liaoropronia Zhang and Zhang 2001 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- †Novhelorus Li et al. 2017 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- †Obconohelorus Rasnitsyn 1990 Turga, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- †Protocyrtus Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian/Oxfordian) Gurvan-Eren Formation, Mongolia Yixian Formation, China, Turga, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- †Sinohelorus Shi et al. 2013 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- †Sinuijuhelorus Jon et al. 2019 Sinuiju Formation, North Korea, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- †Spherogaster Zhang and Zhang 2001 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
References
- ^ a b Izadizadeh, M.; Talebi, A. A.; Van Achterberg, C.; Rakhshani, E. (2015-04-13). "First record of the family Heloridae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from Iran, with description of a new species". Zootaxa. 3946 (4): 577–582. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3946.4.6. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25947710.
- ^ "Heloridae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "Heloridae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "Heloridae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "Browse Heloridae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
Further reading
- Kellogg, Vernon L. (1905). American insects. H. Holt.
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D. (1979). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.
- Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
- Gillott, Cedric (1980). Entomology. Plenum Press. ISBN 0-306-40366-8.
- Donald J. Borror; Roger Tory Peterson; Richard E. White (1998). A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin.
- Goulet H.; Huber J., eds. (1993). "Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families". Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E.
- Sharkey, M.J.; Carpenter, J.M.; Vilhelmsen, L. (2012). "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera". Cladistics. 28 (1): 80–112. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00366.x. PMID 34861753. S2CID 33628659.
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