Anteon variegatum Olmi, 2006

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 209

101. Anteon variegatum Olmi, 2006

( Fig. 79A )

Anteon variegatum Olmi 2006: 6 .

Description. ♀. Fully winged; body length 2.4 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous; occiput black, except testaceous spot behind ocellar triangle; antenna brown, except tarsomeres 7–10 testaceous; propleuron black; pronotum black, except lateral regions, posterior tubercle, posterior margin and median spot on anterior collar testaceous; rest of mesosoma black; metasoma brown; proleg brown, except tarsus testaceous; meso- and metaleg brown, except tibia and tarsus testaceous. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 8:5:5.5:4.5:4:4:4:4.5:4:6. Head flat, dull, bare, completely granulate; frontal line complete; frons with two lateral keels near orbits and directed towards antennal toruli; occipital carina complete; POL = 5; OL = 4; OOL = 4.5; OPL = 5; TL = 5. Pronotum anteriorly crossed by slight transverse impression, dull, granulate, almost bare, with posterior margin unsculptured; posterior surface approximately as long as mesoscutum (10:11), with lateral borders rounded; pronotal tubercle reaching tegula. Mesoscutum dull, completely granulate. Notauli incomplete, slightly visible, reaching approximately 0.5 × length of mesoscutum. Mesoscutellum shiny, unsculptured. Metanotum shiny, 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 hyaline, without dark transverse bands; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein much shorter than proximal part (2:7). Protarsomeres in following proportions: 6:2:3:6:15. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 79A ) with proximal prominence bearing one long bristle. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 79A ) with two rows of 9 + 13 lamellae; apex with four lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape, Constantiaberge, 34°02.5’S 18°23.5’E, 640 m, above road to mast overlooking Hout Bay, 15–23.II.1994, Mesic Mountain Fynbos, MT, SAM- HYM-PO03801, S. van Noort leg. ( SAMC) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa.

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.