Wolter Edward Hellén


Wolter Edward Hellén 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. He was married to Mary Linnea Hellén.

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: