Anteon

Anteon
Anteon caledonianum (female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Dryinidae
Subfamily:	Anteoninae
Genus:	Anteon Jurine, 1807
Type species
Anteon jurineanum Latreille, 1809
Species
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Anteon is the largest genus in the subfamily Anteoninae of the family Dryinidae, it occurs globally and there is a current total of 423 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 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.

The following species are among those included in the genus Anteon:

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