| Anteon | |
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| Anteon caledonianum (female) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Dryinidae |
| Subfamily: | Anteoninae |
| Genus: | Anteon Jurine, 1807 |
| Type species | |
| Anteon jurineanum | |
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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 464 species described.[2] 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 the host leafhopper to allow the wasp to oviposit and feed on it. [1]
- ^ a b Massimo Olmi; Zaifu Xu; Adalgisa Guglielmino (2015). "A new species of the genus Anteon Jurine (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) from Thailand". ZooKeys (504): 141–147. doi:10.3897/zookeys.504.9333. PMC 4443529. PMID 26019680.
- ^ Speranza, Stefano; Olmi, Massimo; Capradossi, Leonardo; Contarini, Mario (24 August 2021). "A new species of Anteon (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) from Turkey". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 84: 373–380. doi:10.3897/jhr.84.66615.