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Anteon

Xu, Zaifu;Olmi, Massimo;He, Junhua

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thumb|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. 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.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHymenoptera
  5. FamilyDryinidae

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Specimen records
250
With media
99
Family
Dryinidae
Collections
SAM, USNM, UHIM, MNA
Recorded in
South Africa, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Anteoninae
Image
Anteon caledonianum female lateral.jpg
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Commons category
Anteon
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Anteon
taxon common name
skogklovepser
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thumb|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. 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: 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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