Anteon Explained
Anteon is the largest genus in the subfamily Anteoninae of the family Dryinidae, it occurs globally and there is a current total of 464 species described.[1] The species in the genus Anteon are parasitoids of leafhoppers from the family Cicadellidae. The female wasps of the family Dryinidae almost always possess a chelate protarsus, as do females of species within Anteon. The chelae are used to capture and immobilise the host leafhopper to allow the wasp to oviposit and feed on it.
Species
The following species are among those included in the genus Anteon:[2] [3]
- Anteon agile Olmi, 1984
- Anteon abdulnouri Olmi, 1987
- Anteon arcuatum Kieffer 1905
- Anteon borneanum Olmi, 1984
- Anteon brachycerum (Dalman, 1823)
- Anteon caledonianum Olmi, 1984
- Anteon ephippiger (Dalman, 1818)
- Anteon exiguum (Haupt, 1941)
- Anteon faciale (Thomson, 1860)
- Anteon flavicorne (Dalman, 1818)[4]
- Anteon fulviventre (Haliday, 1828)
- Anteon gaullei Kieffer, 1905
- Anteon huettingeri Olmi, Xu & Guglielmino, 2015
- Anteon infectum (Haliday, 1837)
- Anteon insertum Olmi, 1991
- Anteon jurineanum Latreille, 1809
- Anteon krombeini Olmi, 1984
- Anteon maritimum (Turner, 1928)
- Anteon pinetellum De Rond, 1998
- Anteon pubicorne (Dalman, 1818)
- Anteon reticulatum Kieffer, 1905
- Anteon scapulare (Haliday, 1837)
- Anteon sarawaki Olmi, 1984
- Anteon thai Olmi, 1984
- Anteon tripartitum (Kieffer, 1905)
- Anteon xericum Olmi & van Harten, 2006
- Anteon yasumatsui Olmi, 1984
- Anteon zairense Benoit, 1951
- Anteon zambianum Olmi, 2008
- Anteon zimbabwense Olmi, 2005
Notes and References
- Speranza. Stefano. Olmi. Massimo. Capradossi. Leonardo. Contarini. Mario. 24 August 2021. A new species of Anteon (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) from Turkey. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 84. 373–380. 10.3897/jhr.84.66615. free.
- Web site: Anteon Jurine . 25 May 2017 . Iziko Museums of South Africa . WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the Afrotropical region . Simon van Noort . 2017.
- Web site: Anteon Jurine 1807 . 25 May 2017 . Fauna Europaea.
- Guglielmino . Adalgisa . Olmi . Massimo . Marletta . Alessandro . BüCkle . Christoph . Larval morphology of three species of Anteoninae (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) . Zootaxa . 18 September 2017 . 4320 . 3 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.3.4.
