Taxonomic Study of the subfamily Anteoninae R.C.L Perkins (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) from South Korea

• Published in: Entomological research Vol. 41; no. 6; p. 281
• Main Authors: Kim, Chang-Jun, Lee, Jong-Wook
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.11.2011
• Subjects: Anteon; Anteoninae; Auchenorrhyncha; Cicadellidae; Dryinidae; Hemiptera; Hymenoptera; Lonchodryinus; South Korea
• ISSN: 1738-2297; 1748-5967
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2011.00385.x

The Anteoninae is one of the largest subfamily among the Dryinidae and consists of five extant genera: Anteon Jurine, 1807; Deinodryinus R.C.L. Perkins, 1907; Lonchodryinus Kieffer, 1905; Metanteon Olmi, 1984; Prioranteon Olmi, 1984. Generally Anteoninae are morphologically distinguished from other subfamilies of Dryinidae by the following combination of the characters: fully winged (occasionally brachypterous), forewing with costal, median and submedian cells clearly enclosed by pigmented veins; mandibles quadridentate, with teeth progressing larger from the anterior one to posterior; maxillary palpi with 6 segments and labial palpi with 3 segments; occipital carina complete; tibial spur(s) 1(fore), 1(mid), 2(hind); (female) dorsal surface of pronotum flat; foretrochanters short and broad; foretarsus chelate, chela without rudimentary claw, enlarged claw without teeth and lamellae. Also, Anteoninae is parasitoids of the Cicadellidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Herein, we report the seven species of Anteoninae for the first time in South Korea: one new species, Anteon. n. sp. and six unrecorded species, A. ephippiger (Dalman); A. javanum Olmi; A. jurineanum Latreille; A. munitum Olmi; A. Septentrionale Xu, He & Olmi; Lonchodryinus infuscatus Xu, Olmi & He. We provide key to the species of Anteoninae from South Korea and the color photos for each species.