Heloridae

 ( Proctotrupoidea ) 

Heloridae is a family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Proctotrupoidea, known primarily from fossils, and only one extant genus, Helorus, with 12 species found worldwide. Members of Helorus are parasitic on Chrysopidae.

• Helorus (12 spp. worldwide)

• † 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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