About Wolter Edward Hellén
Lived 1890 – 1979 (aged 89). Wolter Edward Hellén was a Finnish entomologist and scientific collector.
Wolter Edward Hellén (9 March 1890 – 31 December 1979) was a Finnish entomologist, best known for his taxonomic work on parasitoid wasps of the family Ichneumonidae.
Biography Hellén was born in Helsinki on 9 March 1890 and died on 31 December 1979 at the age of 89.
Taxonomic work In 1915, Hellén established several higher taxa within the hymenopteran subfamily Pimplinae. He is credited as the author of at least three tribes of apocritan wasps:
Ephialtini Polysphinctini
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Finnish entomologist (1890–1979)
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Wolter Edward Hellén was born on 9 March 1890 in Helsinki.
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Wolter Edward Hellén died on 31 December 1979.
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Wolter Edward Hellén was Finnish.
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