Anteon anthereon Benoit, 1951

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 109-110

9. Anteon anthereon Benoit, 1951

( Fig. 38D )

Anteon anthereon Benoit 1951b: 160 ; Olmi 1984: 381.

Description. ♀. Fully winged; body length 2.7 mm. Completely testaceous, except petiole black. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 10:5:5:5:5:5:5:5:5:7. Head shiny, setose, completely slightly reticulate rugose; frontal line present, slight; frons without lateral keels along orbits directed towards antennal toruli; occipital carina complete; POL = 5; OL = 4; OOL = 4; OPL = 4; TL = 2. Pronotum shiny, slightly rugose; posterior surface much shorter than mesoscutum (5:15); pronotal tubercle reaching tegula. Mesoscutum shiny, slightly punctate. Notauli slightly visible, incomplete, reaching about 0.5 × length of mesoscutum. Mesoscutellum and metanotum shiny, unsculptured. Mesopleuron and metapleuron dull, granulate and slightly reticulate rugose. Metapectal-propodeal disc dull, strongly reticulate rugose, with transverse posterior keel; propodeal declivity completely granulate, without longitudinal keels. Forewing with one faint preapical dark transverse band; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein much shorter than proximal part (3:10). Protarsomere 1 much longer than 4 (9:2.5); protarsomere 4 produced into hook, about 0.5 × as long as basal part of 5. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 38D ) with proximal prominence bearing one long bristle. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 38D ) with inner side almost rectilinear and with four lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Port St. Johns, 1–14.V.1923, R.E. Turner leg. ( NHMUK).

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa.

Figures

FIGURE 38. ♂ genitalia of Anteon species: A: A. agile Olmi, from Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbulikerere River; B: A. ambrense Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., holotype; C: A. blacki Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino, holotype. Chelae of Anteon species holotypes: D: A. anthereon Benoit; E: A. arabicum Olmi; E: A. beankanum Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov.; F: A. beaveri Olmi. Scale bar. A: 0.13 mm; B: 0.19 mm; C: 0.14 mm; D, E: 0.06 mm; F: 0.07 mm; G: 0.10 mm.