''Anteon'' is the largest genus in the subfamily
Anteoninae 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 on an oak tree in Spain. The larvae are parasitoids of the ...
, it occurs globally and there is a current total of 464 species described. The species in the genus ''Anteon'' are
parasitoid
In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable str ...
s of
leafhoppers
Leafhopper is the common name for any species from the family Cicadellidae: based on the type genus ''Cicadella''. These minute insects, colloquially known as hoppers, are plant feeders that suck plant sap from grass, shrubs, or trees. Their hind ...
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 on an oak tree 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.
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Species
The following species are among those included in the genus ''Anteon'':
References
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Dryinidae
Hymenoptera genera