Anteon novotnyi, Olmi & Guglielmino, 2016

Olmi, Massimo & Guglielmino, Adalgisa, 2016, Description of three new species of Anteon Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea: Dryinidae) from Papua New Guinea, with a checklist of the species from New Guinea, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 209, pp. 355-374 : 360-361

Anteon novotnyi n. sp.

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TYPE MATERIAL — Female holotype, Papua New Guinea. Madang Province, Mt. Wilhelm, -5.806698, 145.0729, 3200 m, 27-28.X.2012, Malaise trap, MW 3200A-d12, P3349-9150, Dahl, Kaupa, Novotny & Leponce leg. ( MNHN).

DISTRIBUTION — Papua New Guinea.

DESCRIPTION — MALE: Fully winged; length 1.7 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous; antenna brown, except segments 1-2 testaceous; mesosoma black; metasoma brown; legs brown-testaceous. Antenna filiform; antennal segments in following proportions: 9:5:6:6:6:6:6:6:6:9. Head shiny, granulated and weakly rugose; frontal line complete; face without lateral keels around orbits directed towards antennal toruli; occipital carina complete; POL = 3; OL = 2; OOL = 4.5; OPL = 1.5; TL = 2.5; greatest breadth of posterior ocellus about as long as OL. Scutum granulated. Notauli incomplete, reaching approximately 0.65 × length of scutum. Scutellum and metanotum shiny, unsculptured. Propodeum without distinct transverse keel between dorsal and posterior surface; dorsal surface reticulate rugose; posterior surface reticulate rugose, with two longitudinal keels. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; distal part of stigmal vein much shorter than proximal part (3:9). Paramere (Figure 2) with inner rounded expansion covered with many papillae. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

FEMALE: Unknown.

ETYMOLOGY — The species is named after Dr. Vojtech Novotny.

HOSTS — Unknown.

REMARKS — A. novotnyi is similar to A. sucklingi Olmi, 1984 , but with a paramere provided with papillae (Figure 2) while papillae are absent in A. sucklingi paramere (Figure 3).The new species can be included in the key to the males of the Australasian Anteon published by Olmi (1984) by replacing the first three couplets as follows:

1 Propodeum without strong transverse keel between dorsal and posterior surface ............................................ 2

– Propodeum with strong transverse keel between dorsal and posterior surface .................................................. 4

2 Posterior surface of propodeum with two complete longitudinal keels ............................................................... 2’

– Posterior surface of propodeum without longitudinal keels .................................................................................... 3

2’ Paramere (Figure 3) with inner subdistal pointed process not provided with papillae ...... A. sucklingi Olmi – Paramere (Figure 2) with inner subdistal rounded expansion covered with papillae .......... A. novotnyi n. sp.

3 Head smooth, slightly punctate, unsculptured among punctures ....................... A. myrmecophilum (Perkins)

– Head completely reticulate rugose ................................................................................................... A. aulicum Olmi