Anteon townesi Olmi, 1984

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 200-201

93. Anteon townesi Olmi, 1984

( Fig. 78A )

Anteon townesi Olmi 1984: 379 ; Olmi et al. 2016: 69 .

Anteon decellei Olmi 1984: 380 (synonymized by Olmi 1995f); type locality: Garamba National Park ( Democratic Republic of the Congo).

Description. ♀. Fully winged; body length 3.0– 3.6 mm. Completely testaceous-reddish or testaceous-yellow, except petiole black; occasionally head and thorax brown-reddish or brown; occasionally metapectal-propodeal disc partly or completely black or brown. In specimen from South Africa, 34°02’S 18°23.5’E, head, mesosoma and metasoma brown-reddish dark; antenna and legs brown. Antennomeres in following proportions: 10:6:8:7:6:6:6:6:6:7. Head shiny, granulate and slightly reticulate rugose (in ♀♀ from South Africa, 34°27.41’S 19°21.39’E and 28°57.60’S 29°13.61’E, head completely granulate and not rugose); frontal line incomplete; frons with two incomplete lateral keels directed towards antennal toruli; occipital carina complete; POL = 5.5; OL = 5; OOL = 6.5 OPL = 6; TL = 6 (occasionally POL = 6; OL = 4; OOL = 4; OPL = 5; TL = 5). Pronotum dull, granulate, with slight transverse anterior impression; posterior surface approximately as long as mesoscutum; pronotal tubercle reaching tegula. Mesoscutum shiny, unsculptured, with slight tracks of irregular keels on sides; in specimens from South Africa, 34°02’N 18°23.5’E, 34°27.41’S 19°21.39’E and 28°57.60’S 29°13.61’E, mesoscutum slightly or strongly granulate. Notauli incomplete, faintly and shortly visible near anterior margin of mesoscutum. Mesoscutellum and metanotum shiny, unsculptured. Metapectal-propodeal disc with transverse posterior keel, reticulate rugose; propodeal declivity with small areolae and with or without irregular transverse keels, without longitudinal keels; in specimen from South Africa, 28°57.60’S 29°13.61’E, propodeal declivity with transverse keels situated only near apex. In specimen from Uganda, 0°35.442’S 30°21.741’E, propodeal declivity with two irregular and incomplete longitudinal keels, median area granulate and lateral areas reticulate rugose. In specimen from South Africa, 32°32.033’S 25°14.267’E, propodeal declivity almost completely unsculptured, shiny. Forewing with two dark transverse bands; distal part of 2rrs&Rs vein much shorter than proximal part (4:9). Protarsomeres in following proportions: 8:2:3.5:10:20. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 78A ) with proximal prominence bearing one long bristle. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 78A ) with two rows of 29–40 lamellae; apex with 3–4 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: ♀ holotype of A. townesi : SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal, Royal Natal National Park ( AEIC) ; ♀ holotype of A. decellei : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Orientale Prov. (= Haut-Zaire ), Garamba National Park ( MRAC). Paratype of A. townesi : SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Kentonon-Sea, 1♀ ( AMNH). Other material: KENYA: Eastern Prov., base of Endau Mtn., 1.30026°S 38.52805°E, 531 m, 28.XI–12.XII.2016, MT, indigenous forest, R. Copeland leg., 1♀ ( NMK); Eastern Prov., Kasaala area, 2.07836°S 38.22517°E, 733 m, 3–17.XII.2015, MT, just inside isolated woodland patch, R. Copeland leg., 2♀♀ ( NMK, MOLC). SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Pearston, Plains of Camdeboo Game Reserve, 32°32.033’S 25°14.267’E, 969 m, 30.X.2009 – 22.II.2010, MT, Camdeboo Escarpment Ticket, S. van Noort leg., 2♀♀ ( SAMC); Eastern Cape, Winter- berg, The Hoek Farm, 32°21.260’S 26°23.001’E, 1879 m, 22.II–9.IV.2010, MT, Amathole Mistbelt Grassland, S. van Noort leg., 1♀ ( SAMC); Gauteng, Onderstepoort, 1986, schlupfalle, I. Pajor leg., 1♀ ( ZSM); KwaZulu-Natal, Louwsberg, Sanyati Farm, 27°34’S 31°17.9’E, 1090 m, 18–20.IV.2007, YPT, M. Mostovski leg., 1♀ ( NMSA); KwaZulu-Natal, La Mercy, Site 1, 29°37.41’S 31°06.454’E, 85 m, 6.XII.2006, YPT, Mostovski leg., 1♀ ( NMSA); KwaZulu-Natal, Cathedral Peak Natural Reserve, Rainbow Gorge, 28°57.60’S 29°13.61’E, 1480 m, 18.XI.2006 – 26.II.2007, MT, M. Mostovski leg., 1♀ ( NMSA); KwaZulu-Natal, Itala Game Reserve, Ngubhu House, 27°32.99’S 31°13.34’E, 720 m, 30.XI–7.XII.1999, YPT, closed Euclea / Acacia Natal Lowveld Bushveld, S. van Noort leg., 1♀ ( SAMC); KwaZulu-Natal, Mabibi Campsite, 27°19.818’S 32°44.792’E, 50 m, 18–20.X.2010, YPT, Maputa- land Coastal Belt, SA10-MAB-Y01, 1♀ ( SAMC); Western Cape, Stellenbosch, Jonkershoek Reserve, 1♀ ( PMA); Western Cape, Cape Town, above Tokai Forest, Constantiaberge, above Donkerboskloof, 34°02’S 18°23.5’E, 460 m, 7–21.IV.1995, Site 2, Mesic Mountain Fynbos, Protea coronata dominated, MT, SAM-HYM-PO20893, S. van Noort leg., 1♀ ( SAMC); same locality label, 6.XII.1994, sweep, 1♀ ( SAMC); Western Cape, Constantiaberg, Donkerboskloof, 34°02.28’S 18°23.75’E, 370 m, 10.III.1995, sweep, Kloof forest, S. van Noort leg., 2♀♀ ( SAMC, MOLC); Western Cape, Walker Bay Nature Reserve, 34°27.41’S 19°21.39’E, 24.I–21.II.1998, YPT, S. van Noort & B. Fisher leg., 1♀ ( SAMC); Western Cape, Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, Booi se Skerm, 34°18.27’S 18°27.64’E, 24.II.1998, sweep, strandveld, S. van Noort leg., 2♀♀ ( SAMC, MOLC); Western Cape, Hermanus, Fernkloof Nature Reserve, Mosselberg, south slope, 100 m, 4–5.II.1995, MT, Mesic Mountain Fynbos, S. van Noort leg., 1♀ ( SAMC); Western Cape, Table Mountain National Park, Tokai S, Prinskasteel, Site 29, 34°03.561’S 18°24.054’E, 19.I.2009, Pitfall Trap 8, Afrotemperate Forest, Fynbos, C. Uys leg., 1♀ ( SAMC); Western Cape, Fynbos Estate, Dragonridge, 33°34.092’S 18°47.680’E, 635 m, 28.IX–28.XII.2010, YPT, Boland Granite Fynbos, S. van Noort leg., DRA09-FYN1-Y09, 1♀ ( SAMC). UGANDA: Western Region, Kibale National Park, Kanyawara Makerere University Biological Field Station, 0°35.442’S 30°21.741’E, 1465 m, 10.VIII.2008, sweep, primary mid-altitude rainforest, near stream, S. van Noort leg., 1♀ ( SAMC). ZIMBABWE: Harare, 1♀ ( AMNH).

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

Figures

FIGURE 78. Chelae of Anteon species holotypes. A: A. townesi Olmi; B: A. transkeianum Olmi; C: A. traorei Olmi; D: A. turneri Olmi; E: A. ugandanum Olmi; F: A. urbani Olmi. Scale bar: A, B, D, F: 0.07 mm; C, E: 0.05 mm.