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Anteoninae

Anteonine wasps of Africa and Madagascar

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chrysidoidea; Family: Dryinidae)

Classification

Anteon Jurine,1807    

 

Deinodryinus Perkins,1907    

 

Lonchodryinus Kieffer,1905    

 

Metanteon Olmi,1984    

 

Prioranteon Olmi,1984  

Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology

Parasitoids of Leaf hoppers: Cicadellidae (including Idiocerinae and Macropsinae).

References

Olmi, M. 2006. A catalogue of Dryinidae and Embolemidae of South Africa, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera Chrysidodea). Frustula entomologica (2005)(N.S.) vol. 28-29 (41-42): 1-57.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of Cape Town)

 

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