Anteon bengalense Olmi, 1984

Xu, Zaifu, Olmi, Massimo & He, Junhua, 2013, Dryinidae of the Oriental region (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 3614 (1), pp. 1-460 : 76

12. Anteon bengalense Olmi, 1984

( Plate 19E )

Anteon bengalense Olmi 1984: 428 .

Description of Female. Fully winged; length 5.0 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous; antenna testaceous-dark; mesosoma and metasoma black; legs testaceous, except femora, tibiae and metacoxae partly brown. Antenna clavate; antennal segments in following proportions: 20:8:13:10:8:8:8:8:8:11. Head shiny, rugose, unsculptured among areolae and keels; frontal line complete; face with numerous areolae and two lateral longitudinal keels near orbits directed towards antennal toruli; region of vertex behind posterior ocelli with some areolae and two oblique keels joining posterior ocelli to occipital carina (as in Deinodryinus ); temple with some areolae; POL = 5; OL = 3; OOL = 8; OPL = 8; TL = 7; occipital carina complete. Pronotum shiny, sculptured by numerous transverse keels on anterior surface, smooth and unsculptured on posterior surface; posterior surface shorter than scutum (14:16); pronotal tubercle reaching tegula. Scutum, scutellum and metanotum shiny, slightly punctate, unsculptured among punctures. Notauli incomplete, only shortly present near anterior margin of scutum. Propodeum reticulate rugose, with strong transverse keel between dorsal and posterior surface; posterior surface rugose, without longitudinal keels. Fore wing with one dark transverse band beneath pterostigma; distal part of stigmal vein much shorter than proximal part (5:16). Protarsal segments in following proportions: 5.5:4:5:12:26. Segment 2 of protarsus produced into hook. Enlarged claw ( Plate 19E ) with proximal prominence bearing one long bristle. Segment 5 of protarsus ( Plate 19E ) with two rows of about 25 lamellae; distal apex with about eight lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: holotype ♀: INDIA: Karnataka, Orange County, S of Coorg , Ammatti ( CNC) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. India (Karnataka).

Figures

PLATE 19. A–C. Male genitalia. D–F. Chelae. A. Anteon autumnale, holotype (from Olmi 1991). B. A. autumnale from China. C. A. biprocessum, holotype (from Xu & He, 1997b). D. A. becvari, holotype (from Olmi 2000b). E. A. bengalense, holotype (from Olmi 1984). F. A. blanduscutum, holotype (from Xu et al. 1996). Scale bar 0.20 mm for A, B and C, 0.26 mm for D, 0.30 mm for E, 0.10 mm for F.