Anteon

Anteon caledonianum

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]

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)
• 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

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