Anteon International
''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 Dryinidae is a cosmopolitan family of solitary wasps. Its name comes from the Greek ''drys'' for oak: Latreille named the type genus ''Dryinus'' because the first species was collected in an oak plant in Spain. The larvae are parasitoids of the ... 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'' (Da ...
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