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Family Heloridae

Helorus anomalipes (syn. paradoxus) - Helorus anomalipes - female Procto - Helorus ruficornis wasp - Helorus ruficornis Wasp - Helorus ruficornis - female Wasp - Helorus ruficornis Wasp - Helorus ruficornis Small Thin Waist Wasp - Helorus anomalipes Small Threadwaisted Wasp - Lateral  - Helorus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Proctotrupoidea
Family Heloridae
Explanation of Names
Heloridae Förster 1856
Numbers
contains a single genus with 2 spp. in our area, 18 total(1)
Identification
Wing venation distinct, T1 petiolate, 14 flagellomeres (the basal one reduced to an annellus)(2)
Range
worldwide(1)
Works Cited
1.A remarkable record of little-known parasitoid wasp Helorus striolatus (Hymenoptera: Heloridae) from Türkiye...
Can İ. 2022. Sakarya Univ. J. Sci. 26: 2052‒2058.
2.A revision of the Heloridae (Hymenoptera)
Townes H. 1977. Contrib. AEI 15(2): 1‒12.