3-496: See text 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
6-409: The host leafhopper to allow the wasp to oviposit and feed on it. The following species are among those included in the genus Anteon : [REDACTED] Data related to Anteon at Wikispecies Anteoninae Anteoninae are a subfamily of Dryinidae . There are 4 extant and 2 fossil genera, including Anteon . Characteristics of the subfamily include a 'mask' covering the frontal region of
9-676: The larvae, an absence of cephalic vesicles, body folded in a U-shape, always found on the thorax or between metathorax and abdomen of the host, never between abdominal segments, with the subfamilial characteristics of mature larvae being "very long setae on body and head, (2) labrum with few long sensory bristles and two sensory pits at about mid-length between anterior and posterior margin and with an apical row of sensory bristles inserted immediately under its apical margin, (3) epipharynx with two sensilla, (4) labium subtriangular with narrow subquadrate spinneret, (5) spiracles bulb-shaped, of approximately equal size in thorax and abdomen, and (6) cocoon in
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