SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HELORIDAE FAMILY (INSECTA: HYMENOPTERA)

Abstract

The Heloridae Family individuals of this family are solitary, endoparasitoids of Chrysopidae (Neuroptera) larvae, and use the cocoon created by the host to complete their cycle. This short communication aims to report the biological and taxonomic characteristics of the Family Heloridae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). For Short Commination, the bibliographic search used the following databases: Biological Abstract (https://www.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/biological-abstracts), Academia.edu (https://www.academia.edu/), ResearchGate (https://www.researchgate.net/) and Frontiers (http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/) during November 2022 to December 2022. The articles were published from 1972 to 2022 in indexed scientific research, book scientific chapters, theses banks, university dissertations, national and international scientific articles, scientific journals, documents and even in general journals when considered of interest. The main terms used were: Hymenoptera Parasitic, parasitoid, hosts and microhymenopterans.