Anteon ngoyense, Olmi, 2009

Olmi, Massimo, 2009, New species of South African Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), African Invertebrates 50 (2), pp. 447-447 : 451-452

Anteon ngoyense sp. n.

Fig. 6

Etymology: This species is named after the type locality, Ngoye Forest.

Description:

Male.

Fully winged; length 1.87 mm. Head black, with mandibles testaceous; antennae brown, with segments 1 and 2 testaceous; mesosoma black; gaster brown; legs testaceous, with coxae, femora and tibiae of hind legs partly brown.Antennae filiform; antennal segments in the proportions 9:4:3.5:4:4:4:4:4:4:6. Head dull, completely strongly granulated, and slightly rugose; frontal line complete; face with two lateral keels along orbits and directed towards antennal toruli; occipital carina complete; POL=6; OL=3; OOL=4; OPL=2; TL=4; greatest diameter of posterior ocelli as long as OL. Scutum, scutellum and metanotum shiny, finely punctate, without sculpture among punctures. Notauli very short, reaching about 0.25 length of scutum. Propodeum with a strong transverse keel between dorsal and posterior surface; dorsal surface reticulate rugose, dull; posterior surface dull, reticulate rugose, without longitudinal keels; central region of posterior surface with areolae smaller than those of dorsal region. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; distal part of stigmal vein much shorter than proximal part (3:6). Parameres ( Fig. 6 ) without a distal inner pointed process, with an inner proximal lobe showing a mosaic pattern and not covered with papillae. Tibial spurs 1,1,2.

Female. Unknown.

Holotype: ơ SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: Ngoye Forest [28 ° 50'S: 31 ° 44'E], i–iv.2006, Malaise trap in closed-canopy indigenous forest, G. Davies; “ Anteon ngoyense sp. n. M. Olmi det.2008, ơ” [red label] ( NMSA). Hosts: Unknown.

Comparison: The male of A. ngoyense is similar to that of A. kwazuluense Olmi, 2007 , but the scutum is punctate and without sculpture among the punctures, whereas in A. kwazuluense it is granulated and partly rugose.

Figures

Figs 5, 6. Genitalia: (5) Anteon sanyatense sp. n., male holotype, scale bar = 0.07 mm; (6) Anteon ngoyense sp. n., male holotype, scale bar = 0.06 mm.