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Heloridae

Heloridae Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Helorus anomalipes
Scientific classification
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[edit]

• Helorus (12 spp. worldwide)

Fossil genera[edit]

• †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)

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