Biology:Heloridae

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Short description: Family of wasps

Heloridae
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Recent
Helorus.jpg
Helorus anomalipes
Scientific classification e
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

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

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. 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. 
  • Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 2008. ISBN 978-1402062421. 
  • Gillott, Cedric (1980). Entomology. Plenum Press. ISBN 0-306-40366-8. https://archive.org/details/entomology0000gill. 
  • Donald J. Borror; Roger Tory Peterson; Richard E. White (1998). A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin. 
  • Goulet H., ed (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. 

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