Anteon danielssoni Olmi, 1998

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 123

23. Anteon danielssoni Olmi, 1998

( Fig. 46B )

Anteon danielssoni Olmi 1998e: 50 .

Description. ♂. Fully winged; body length 1.4 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous; antenna testaceousbrown; mesosoma black; metasoma brown; legs testaceous. Antenna filiform; antennomeres in following proportions: 7:4.5:5:5:5:5.5:6:5.5:5:7. Head dull, granulate; frontal line absent; occipital carina complete; POL = 4; OL = 2; OOL = 3.5; OPL = 2.5; TL = 4. Mesoscutum granulate, with stripe near posterior margin shiny and unsculptured. Notauli incomplete, reaching approximately 0.4 × length of mesoscutum. Mesoscutellum and metanotum shiny, unsculptured. Metapectal-propodeal disc reticulate rugose, with strong transverse posterior keel; propodeal declivity without longitudinal keels, completely reticulate rugose. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein much shorter than proximal part (1.5:4). Paramere ( Fig. 46B ) with distal inner rounded process. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

♀. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♂ holotype: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal, 17 km NE of Empangeni, Nseleni River , 28°42’S 32°01’E, 24.X.1994, loc. 32, R. Danielsson leg. ( ZIL) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa.

Remarks. Anteon danielssoni may be confused with A. inane Olmi, 2004 . Some specimens of A. inane in fact have a granulate head and slightly evanescent striae. However, in A inane the frontal line is complete, whereas in A. danielssoni it is absent.

Figures

FIGURE 46. A: chela of Anteon copelandi Olmi, holotype. B–E: ♂ genitalia of Anteon species: B: A. danielssoni Olmi, holotype; C: A. dayi Olmi, ♂ from Botswana, Farmer’s Brigade; D: A. evertsi Olmi, paratype; E: A. emeritum Olmi, holotype. Scale bar: A, B: 0.07 mm; C, D: 0.06 mm; E: 0.12 mm.