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]

Anteon
Anteon caledonianum (female)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Dryinidae
Subfamily: Anteoninae
Genus: Anteon
Jurine, 1807
Type species
Anteon jurineanum
Species

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Anteon caledonianum

Species edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ 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. ^ Simon van Noort (2017). "Anteon Jurine". WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the Afrotropical region. Iziko Museums of South Africa. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Anteon Jurine 1807". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 25 May 2017.[dead link]
  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.

External links edit

  Data related to Anteon at Wikispecies