Heloridae is a family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily
Proctotrupoidea
Proctotrupoidea is a hymenopteran superfamily containing seven extant families, though others have been recognized in the past, most of these having been removed to a recently erected superfamily Diaprioidea. Of the remaining families, only Proct ...
, known primarily from fossils, and only one extant genus, ''
Helorus'', with 12 species found worldwide.
Members of ''Helorus'' are parasitic on
green lacewings.
Extant genera
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Helorus'' (12 spp. worldwide)
Fossil genera
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Archaeohelorus''
Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (
Callovian
In the geologic timescale, the Callovian is an age and stage in the Middle Jurassic, lasting between 165.3 ± 1.1 Ma (million years ago) and 161.5 ± 1.0 Ma. It is the last stage of the Middle Jurassic, following the Bathonian and preceding the ...
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Bellohelorus'' Li et al. 2017
Yixian Formation
The Yixian Formation (; formerly Romanization of Chinese, transcribed as Yihsien Formation or Yixiang Formation) is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous. I ...
, China, Early Cretaceous (
Aptian
The Aptian is an age (geology), age in the geologic timescale or a stage (stratigraphy), stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous, Early or Lower Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or series (stratigraphy), S ...
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Conohelorus'' Turga, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
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Korehelorus'' Rosse-Guillevic, Rasnitsyn, Nam, & Jouault, 2023
Jinju Formation, South Korea, Early Cretaceous (
Albian
The Albian is both an age (geology), age of the geologic timescale and a stage (stratigraphy), stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest or uppermost subdivision of the Early Cretaceous, Early/Lower Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch/s ...
)
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Laiyanghelorus'' Zhang 1992
Laiyang Formation, Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
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Liaoropronia'' Zhang and Zhang 2001 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
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Novhelorus'' Li et al. 2017 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
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Obconohelorus'' Rasnitsyn 1990 Turga, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
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Protocyrtus''
Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian/
Oxfordian)
Gurvan-Eren Formation, Mongolia Yixian Formation, China, Turga, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
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Sinohelorus'' Shi et al. 2013 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
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Sinuijuhelorus'' Jon et al. 2019
Sinuiju Formation, North Korea, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
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Spherogaster'' Zhang and Zhang 2001 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
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