Anteon zimbabwense Olmi, 2005

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 216-217

106. Anteon zimbabwense Olmi, 2005

( Fig. 79E )

Anteon zimbabwense Olmi 2005c: 235 .

Description. ♀. Fully winged; body length 3.7 mm. Head black, except mandible brown; antenna brown; propleuron brown; pronotum brown, except posterior tubercle and anterior margin brown-testaceous; rest of mesosoma brown, except axilla brown-testaceous; metasoma brown; legs brown, except articulations, distal extremities of procoxa and mesocoxa testaceous. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 13:7:11:8:6:7:6.5:6:6:9. Head flat, dull, with thin setae, completely reticulate rugose and granulate; frontal line complete; frons with two lateral keels near orbits and directed towards antennal toruli; occipital carina complete; POL = 6; OL = 4; OOL = 5; OPL = 5; TL = 4. Pronotum anteriorly crossed by slight transverse impression, dull, with thin setae, reticulate rugose, with posterior margin unsculptured; posterior surface approximately as long as mesoscutum (14:15); pronotal tubercle reaching tegula. Mesoscutum shiny, punctate, unsculptured among punctures, laterally slightly irregularly striate. Notauli incomplete, hardly visible, reaching approximately 0.4 × length of mesoscutum. Mesoscutellum shiny, unsculptured. Metanotum shiny, partly unsculptured, partly rugose. Metapectal-propodeal disc with strong transverse posterior keel, dull, reticulate rugose; propodeal declivity dull, reticulate rugose, without longitudinal keels, with areolae less wide than those of metapectal-propodeal disc. Forewing with two slight dark transverse bands; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein much shorter than proximal part (4:12). Protarsomeres in following proportions: 8:3:4:9:21. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 79E ) with proximal prominence bearing one long bristle. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 79E ) with two rows of 17 + 18 lamellae; apex very bent and with six lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: ZIMBABWE: Eastern Zimbabwe , Mutare, Bvumba, 21–24.XII.1998, M. Snizek leg. ( OLL) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Zimbabwe.

Figures

FIGURE 79. Chelae and ♂ genitalia of Anteon species. A: A. variegatum Olmi, holotype chela; B: A. xericum Olmi & van Harten, chela of ♀ from Yemen, Lahj; C, F, G: A. zairense Benoit: chela of ♀ from Madagascar, 21°15.99’S 47°25.21’E (C); genitalia of ♂♂ from Zimbabwe, Chishawasha (F) and South Africa, 34°02.5’S 18°23’E (G); D: A. zambianum Olmi, chela of holotype; E: A. zimbabwense Olmi, chela of holotype. Scale bar: A, B: 0.05 mm; C, F: 0.07 mm; D: 0.10 mm; E: 0.11 mm; G: 0.09 mm.