Anteon is the largest genus in the subfamily Anteoninae of the family Dryinidae, it occurs globally and there is a current total of 464 species described. The species in the genus Anteon are parasitoids of leafhoppers from the family Cicadellidae. The female wasps of the family Dryinidae almost always possess a chelate protarsus, as do females of species within Anteon. The chelae are used to capture and immobilise the host leafhopper to allow the wasp to oviposit and feed on it.
Species
The following species are among those included in the genus Anteon:
- Anteon agile <small>Olmi, 1984</small>
- Anteon abdulnouri <small>Olmi, 1987</small>
- Anteon arcuatum <small>Kieffer 1905</small>
- Anteon borneanum <small>Olmi, 1984</small>
- Anteon brachycerum <small>(Dalman, 1823)</small>
- Anteon caledonianum <small>Olmi, 1984</small>
- Anteon ephippiger <small>(Dalman, 1818)</small>
- Anteon exiguum <small>(Haupt, 1941)</small>
- Anteon faciale <small>(Thomson, 1860)</small>
- Anteon flavicorne <small>(Dalman, 1818)</small>
- Anteon fulviventre <small>(Haliday, 1828)</small>
- Anteon gaullei <small>Kieffer, 1905</small>
- Anteon huettingeri <small>Olmi, Xu & Guglielmino, 2015</small>
- Anteon infectum <small>(Haliday, 1837)</small>
- Anteon insertum <small>Olmi, 1991</small>
- Anteon jurineanum <small>Latreille, 1809</small>
- Anteon krombeini <small>Olmi, 1984</small>
- Anteon maritimum <small>(Turner, 1928)</small>
- Anteon pinetellum <small>De Rond, 1998</small>
- Anteon pubicorne <small>(Dalman, 1818)</small>
- Anteon reticulatum <small>Kieffer, 1905</small>
- Anteon scapulare <small>(Haliday, 1837)</small>
- Anteon sarawaki <small>Olmi, 1984</small>
- Anteon thai <small>Olmi, 1984</small>
- Anteon tripartitum <small>(Kieffer, 1905)</small>
- Anteon xericum <small>Olmi & van Harten, 2006</small>
- Anteon yasumatsui <small>Olmi, 1984</small>
- Anteon zairense <small>Benoit, 1951</small>
- Anteon zambianum <small>Olmi, 2008</small>
- Anteon zimbabwense <small>Olmi, 2005</small>
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