Anteon sanyatense, Olmi, 2009

Olmi, Massimo, 2009, New species of South African Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), African Invertebrates 50 (2), pp. 447-447 : 450-451

Anteon sanyatense sp. n.

Fig. 5

Etymology: This species is named after the type locality, Sanyati Farm.

Description:

Male.

Fully winged; length 2.56 mm. Head black, with mandibles testaceous; antennae brown, with segments 1, 2 testaceous; mesosoma and gaster black; legs testaceous, with hind coxae partly black and clubs of hind femora brown.Antennae filiform; antennal segments in the proportions 11:6:7:6:5.5:6:6:6:6:8. Head dull, granulated and strongly reticulate rugose; frontal line complete; occipital carina complete; POL=8; OL=4; OOL=5; OPL= 4; TL=3; greatest breadth of posterior ocelli as long as TL. Scutum dull, granulated and irregularly rugose. Notauli hardly visible, incomplete, reaching about 0.30 length of scutum. Scutellum and metanotum shiny, smooth, punctate, without sculpture among punctures.Propodeum with a strong transverse keel between dorsal and posterior surface; dorsal surface reticulate rugose; posterior surface reticulate rugose, with 2 longitudinal keels and median area sculptured by areolae smaller than those of lateral areas (except large areolae along margins). Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; distal part of stigmal vein much shorter than proximal part (2.5:9). Parameres ( Fig. 5 ) without a distal inner process and with a proximal membranous process. Tibial spurs 1,1,2.

Female: Unknown.

Holotype: ơ SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: Louwsberg, Sanyati Nature Farm , 27 ° 34'S: 31 ° 17.9'E, alt. 1090 m, 1–24.vi.2006, Malaise trap, M. Mostovski; “ Anteon sanyatense sp. n. M. Olmi det. 2008, ơ” [red label] ( NMSA). Note: The specimen was collected in the primarily indigenous riverine bush during the dry season. The habitat information has been detailed by Grichanov and Mostovski (2008).

Hosts: Unknown.

Comparison: The male of A. sanyatense is similar to males of A. abruptum Olmi, 1984 , A. zairense Benoit, 1951 (see Benoit 1951 c), and A. inflatrix Benoit, 1951 (see Benoit 1951 a), but the scutum of A. sanyatense is completely granulated and rugose, whereas in the other three species it is at least partly punctate and without sculpture among the punctures.

Figures

Figs 5, 6. Genitalia: (5) Anteon sanyatense sp. n., male holotype, scale bar = 0.07 mm; (6) Anteon ngoyense sp. n., male holotype, scale bar = 0.06 mm.