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Anteoninae
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Anteon
Genus
Anteon
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon
(Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily
Chrysidoidea (Cuckoo Wasps & allies)
Family
Dryinidae (Pincer Wasps)
Subfamily
Anteoninae
Genus
Anteon
Explanation of Names
Anteon
Jurine 1807
Numbers
one of the larger genera of the family, with >400 species worldwide; 16 species in the Nearctic
(
1
)
(>60 spp. in our area listed
here
Range
worldwide
(
2
)
Food
Larvae are ectoparasitoids on leafhoppers (Cicadellidae), including Idiocerinae and Macropsinae
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
A revision of the Dryinidae (Hymenoptera)
Olmi, M. 1984. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 37: i-xii + 1–1913.
2.
van Noort S. (2004-2015) WaspWeb: Wasps, bees and ants of Africa and Madagascar
Contributed by
Will Chatfield-Taylor
on 21 December, 2007 - 7:39pm
Additional contributions by
Bbarnd
,
v belov
Last updated 8 December, 2014 - 1:50am