123. Anteon superbum Dodd, 1913

(Plate 46A)

Anteon superbum Dodd 1913: 181; Kieffer 1914b: 171; Olmi 1984: 585.

Anteon australis Dodd 1914: 131 (synonymized by Olmi 1984); type locality: Nelson (Queensland, Australia).

Description of Female. Fully winged; length 1.7–2.4 mm. Head black; antenna yellow; mesosoma black or brown; metasoma testaceous; legs yellow. Antenna clavate; antennal segments in following proportions: 10:6:10:6:6:6:7:6:5:7. Head dull, granulated and reticulate rugose; frontal line complete; occipital carina complete; POL = 6; OL = 4.5; OOL = 4.5; OPL = 4; TL = 3. Pronotum rugose, transversely striate; posterior surface approximately as long as anterior surface, shorter than scutum (6:14). Scutum, scutellum and metanotum smooth, shiny, punctate, unsculptured among punctures. Notauli incomplete, reaching approximately 0.5 length of scutum; in specimen from Australia, 15°39'S 144°31'E, notauli very short, reaching about 0.2 length of scutum. Propodeum reticulate rugose, with strong transverse keel between dorsal and posterior surface; posterior surface with two longitudinal keels and median area as rugose as lateral areas. Fore wing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; distal part of stigmal vein much shorter than proximal part (4:8). Protarsal segments in following proportions: 22:7:8:14:42. Enlarged claw (Plate 46A) with proximal prominence bearing one long bristle. Segment 5 of protarsus (Plate 46A) with two rows of approximately 20 lamellae; distal apex with about seven lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: ♀ holotype of Anteon superbum: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Kuranda (SAMA) ; ♀ holotype of Anteon australis: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Nelson (SAMA) . Other material. INDONESIA: Sula Islands, Mangole Island, near Buya, 480 m, 12.X–2.XI.1993 (RNHL, AMNH) . Australian region: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Mc Ilwraith Ra., 15 Km WNW Bald Hill, 13°43'S 143°19'E (ANIC) ; Queensland, Cape York, N of Silver Plains, 50 m (BPBM) ; Queensland, 9 Km ENE Mt. Tozer, 12°43'S 143°17'E (ANIC) ; Queensland, Heathlands, 11°45'S 142°35'E (ANIC); Queensland, Split Rock, 15°39'S 144°31'E (ANIC) . PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Papua (PMA) .

Hosts. Unknown Distribution. Australia (Queensland), Indonesia (Sula), Papua New Guinea (Papua).