Anteon majunganum Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 165

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4630.1.1

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scientific name

Anteon majunganum Olmi, Copeland & van Noort
status

sp. nov.

58. Anteon majunganum Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, sp. nov.

( Figs 58A View FIGURE 58 , 59 View FIGURE 59 , 60A View FIGURE 60 )

Diagnosis. ♂ of Anteon with head granulate; OPL slightly shorter than TL; antenna almost moniliform ( Fig. 58A View FIGURE 58 ); antennomere 4 about as long as broad; mesoscutum dull, granulate; notauli very short, reaching about 0.3 × length of mesoscutum; metapectal-propodeal disc with strong transverse posterior keel; propodeal declivity without longitudinal keels; paramere with inner side provided with numerous papillae ( Fig. 60A View FIGURE 60 ).

Description. ♂ ( Figs 58A View FIGURE 58 , 59 View FIGURE 59 ). Fully winged; body length 1.6 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous; antenna brown-testaceous, except scape and pedicel testaceous; mesosoma black; metasoma brown; legs brown, except tarsi and part of coxae, tibiae and femora testaceous. Antenna almost moniliform; antennomeres in following proportions: 6:4:2:2:3:3:3:3.5:3:4; antennomere 4 about as long as broad. Head ( Fig. 59D View FIGURE 59 ) dull, granulate; frontal line complete; occipital carina complete; POL = 6; OL = 3; OOL = 3; OPL = 2; TL = 2.5; greatest breadth of lateral ocelli about as long as OPL. Mesoscutum ( Fig. 59B View FIGURE 59 ) dull, granulate. Notauli very short, reaching about 0.3 × length of mesoscutum. Mesoscutellum and metanotum shiny, unsculptured. Metapectal-propodeal disc with strong transverse posterior keel, reticulate rugose; propodeal declivity reticulate rugose, without longitudinal keels; areolae of propodeal declivity less wide than those of metapectal-propodeal disc. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands or spots; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein much shorter than proximal part (1:4). Paramere ( Fig. 60A View FIGURE 60 ) with inner side provided with numerous papillae. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

♀. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♂ holotype (CASTYPE19442): MADAGASCAR: Mahajanga, Ampijoroa Nation- al Park , 160 km N of Maevatanana on RN 04, 16°19’16’’S 46°48’80’’E, 43 m, 17–24.VIII.2003, MT, deciduous forest, R. Harin’Hala leg., MA-25-11 ( CAS) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Madagascar.

Etymology. The species is named majunganum after the collection site in Majunga (= Mahajanga) Province.

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FIGURE 58. Holotypes of Anteon species.A: A. majunganum Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., ♂; notauli and head vertex sculpture; B: A. malagasy Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., ♂; forewing; C, D: A. mcguirkae Olmi, Copeland & Gug- lielmino, ♀ in dorsal (C) and lateral (D) view; E: A. merinum Olmi, ♀; F: A. musmani Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., ♀; pronotum and mesoscutum sculpture. Scale bar: B: 2.54 mm.

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FIGURE 59. Anteon majunganum Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., ♂ holotype: habitus in dorsal (A) and lateral (C) view; head and mesosoma in dorsal view (B); head in frontal view (D).

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FIGURE 60. ♂ genitalia of Anteon species. A: A. majunganum Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, sp, nov., holotype; B: A. maker- erense Olmi, van Noort & Guglielmino, holotype; C–E: A. malagasy Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, sp, nov., holotype (C), ♂ from Madagascar, 21°15.05’S 47°24.43’E (D) and ♂ from Madagascar, 21°15.99’S 47°25.21’E (E); F: A. maritimum (Turner), ♂ from Kenya, 4.57749°S 39.43825°E. Scale bar: A, D: 0.07 mm; B: 0.06 mm; C, E: 0.11 mm; F: 0.10 mm.

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Dryinidae