Heloridae

Heloridae
Temporal range:
Helorus anomalipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Proctotrupoidea
Family:
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

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. ^ 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.
  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.

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