Helorus (insect)
Helorus is a genus of wasps in the family Heloridae. There are about 12 described species in Helorus, found worldwide[1][2][3] Members of the genus are parasitic on green lacewings.[4] The oldest fossils are from Eocene aged Baltic amber.[5]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Heloridae |
| Genus: | Helorus Latreille, 1802 |
Species
These seven species belong to the genus Helorus:
- Helorus alborzicus Izadizadeh
- Helorus anomalipes (Panzer, 1798)
- Helorus nigripes Foerster, 1856
- Helorus paradoxus (Provancher)
- Helorus ruficornis Förster, 1856
- Helorus striolatus Cameron, 1906
- † Helorus festivus Statz, 1938
References
- "Helorus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- "Helorus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- "Helorus Genus Information". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- IZADIZADEH, MOHAMMAD; TALEBI, ALI ASGHAR; ACHTERBERG, CORNELIS VAN; RAKHSHANI, EHSAN (2015-04-13). "First record of the family Heloridae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from Iran, with description of a new species". Zootaxa. 3946 (4): 577. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3946.4.6. ISSN 1175-5334.
- Muona, Jyrki (2020-08-31). "Helorus arturi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea, Heloridae) from Baltic amber". Palaeoentomology. 3 (4): 347–351. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.4.4. ISSN 2624-2834.
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