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Family Heloridae

Representative Images

Helorus anomalipes (syn. paradoxus) - Helorus anomalipes - female Procto - Helorus ruficornis Wasp - Helorus ruficornis Small Thin Waist Wasp - Helorus anomalipes Small, Black Wasp - Helorus anomalipes Small Archibald Park Wasp - Helorus anomalipes Small Threadwaisted Wasp - Lateral - Helorus 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.
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 13 December, 2007 - 10:13pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 27 November, 2023 - 8:49am

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