Anteon

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Anteon

Genus of insects

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.[2] 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. [1]

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Anteon caledonianum

Species

The following species are among those included in the genus Anteon:[1][3][4]

  • 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)[5]
  • 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

References

  1. [1]
    Massimo Olmi; Zaifu Xu; Adalgisa Guglielmino (2015). "A new species of the genus Anteon Jurine (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) from Thailand". ZooKeys (504): 141–147. doi:10.3897/zookeys.504.9333. PMC 4443529. PMID 26019680.
  2. [2]
    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. doi:10.3897/jhr.84.66615.
  3. [3]
    Simon van Noort (2017). "Anteon Jurine". WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the Afrotropical region. Iziko Museums of South Africa. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Anteon Jurine 1807". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 25 May 2017.[dead link]
  5. [5]
    Guglielmino, Adalgisa; Olmi, Massimo; Marletta, Alessandro; BüCkle, Christoph (18 September 2017). "Larval morphology of three species of Anteoninae (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae)". Zootaxa. 4320 (3). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4320.3.4.

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