The genus Helictes is a small group of the subfamily Orthocentrinae, comprising 11 species from worldwide, most species from the Palaearctic region, four species from the Nearctic, and two species from the Neotropical region. This subfamily is wide morphological variation between genera but most are readily recognizable as orthocentrines. They are generally small sized, clypeus strongly convex and malar space long. Among them, this genus is reported for the first time from South Korea. In this study, description, photographs of diagnostic characterists are provided.

• Jin-Kyung Choi(Department of Science Education, Daegu National University of Education, Insect Inquiry, Education Institute, Daegu National University of Education)
• Andrei E. Humala(Forest Research Institute, Karelian, Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)