Heloridae

Heloridae Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Helorus anomalipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Superfamily:	Proctotrupoidea
Family:	Heloridae Förster, 1856

Heloridae is a family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Proctotrupoidea, 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

1. 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.
2. "Heloridae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
3. "Heloridae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
4. "Heloridae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
5. "Browse Heloridae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.

Further reading

• 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.
• 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.