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Itoplectis

Itoplectis is a genus of parasitoid wasp belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. The genus was first described by Arnold Förster in 1869.

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Itoplectis
Itoplectis conquisitor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Pimplinae
Tribe: Pimplini
Genus: Itoplectis
Förster, 1869

Itoplectis is a genus of parasitoid wasp belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. The genus was first described by Arnold Förster in 1869.1

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.1

Species

There are about 35 species of Itoplectis according to Kasparyan.2 GBIF includes 61 species:1

  • Itoplectis albipes Seyrig, 19323
  • Itoplectis alternans (Gravenhorst, 1829)
  • Itoplectis alturae Gauld, Ugalde & Hanson, 1998
  • Itoplectis aterrima Jussila, 1965
  • Itoplectis australis Momoi, 1966
  • Itoplectis behrensii (Cresson, 1879)4
  • Itoplectis brasiliensis (Dalla Torre, 1901)
  • Itoplectis clavicornis (Thomson, 1889)
  • Itoplectis conquisitor (Say, 1836)4
  • Itoplectis cristatae Iwata, 1961
  • Itoplectis curticauda (Kriechbaumer, 1887)
  • Itoplectis decora Förster, 1888
  • Itoplectis discrepans Förster, 1888
  • Itoplectis enslini (Ulbricht, 1911)
  • Itoplectis evetriae Viereck, 19134
  • Itoplectis flavicincta Förster, 1888
  • Itoplectis fustiger Townes, 19604
  • Itoplectis glabra (Morley, 1914)3
  • Itoplectis gonzalezi Kasparyan, 20072
  • Itoplectis himalayensis Gupta, 1968
  • Itoplectis homonae Sonan, 1930
  • Itoplectis insignis Perkins, 1957
  • Itoplectis insularis Hellen, 1949
  • Itoplectis lavaudeni Seyrig, 19323
  • Itoplectis leucobasis Momoi, 1971
  • Itoplectis lissa Porter, 1970
  • Itoplectis lissos Momoi, 1973
  • Itoplectis maculator (Fabricius, 1775)43
  • Itoplectis marianneae Gauld, 1991
  • Itoplectis medioflava (Morley, 1914)3
  • Itoplectis melanocephala (Gravenhorst, 1829) - hosts include Galleria mellonella, Aletia impura, Chilo phragmitellus, Depressaria daucella, Depressaria pastinacella, and Leucania obsoleta.53
  • Itoplectis melanocera Förster, 1888
  • Itoplectis melanopus Momoi, 1973
  • Itoplectis melanospila (Cameron, 1906)3
  • Itoplectis melanthes Momoi, 1973
  • Itoplectis mexicanus Kasparyan & Niño, 2004 - host is the pupa of Coptocycla texana6
  • Itoplectis multicolor Kasparyan, 20072
  • Itoplectis naranyae (Ashmead 1906)7
  • Itoplectis nefasta Förster, 1888
  • Itoplectis nigrithorax Kasparyan, 20072
  • Itoplectis niobe (Schrottky, 1902)
  • Itoplectis ocris Momoi, 1973
  • Itoplectis oreius Momoi, 1973
  • Itoplectis philippinensis Momoi, 1971
  • Itoplectis phoenogaster Porter, 1970
  • Itoplectis provocator (Seyrig, 1935)3
  • Itoplectis quadricingulatus (Provancher, 1880)4
  • Itoplectis roberti Gauld, 1991
  • Itoplectis santoshae Gupta, 1968
  • Itoplectis saxosa Cockerell, 1921
  • Itoplectis specularis Kasparyan, 20072
  • Itoplectis spilopus Momoi, 1973
  • Itoplectis suada (Tosquinet, 1896)3
  • Itoplectis tabatai (Uchida, 1930)
  • Itoplectis tibetensis Perkins, 1957
  • Itoplectis triannulata Uchida, 1928
  • Itoplectis tunetana (Schmiedeknecht, 1914)
  • Itoplectis vesca Townes, 19604
  • Itoplectis viduata (Gravenhorst, 1829)4
  • Itoplectis virga Momoi, 1973
  • Itoplectis winnieae Gauld, Ugalde & Hanson, 1998
References

References

  1. "Itoplectis Förster, 1869". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  2. Kasparyan, D.R. (2007). "Review of Mexican species of the genus Itoplectis Först. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) with description of four new species". Russian Entomological Journal. 16 (1): 109–114.
  3. van Noort, Simon. "Itoplectis - WaspWeb". WaspWeb. Iziko Museums of South Africa. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  4. Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  5. Gürbüz, Mehmet Faruk; Kolarov, Janko; Buncukçu, Ayşegül (10 July 2009). "A Survey of Itoplectis melanocephala (Grav.) - A New Ichneumonid Endoparasite on Wax Moth Galleria mellonella L." Journal of the Entomological Research Society. 11 (2): 43–49. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  6. Kasparyan, D.R.; Niño, S. (2004). "A new species of Itoplectis Förster from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)" (PDF). Zoosystematica Rossica. 13 (1): 49–51. doi:10.31610/zsr/2004.13.1.49. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  7. Ueno, Takatoshi; Ueno, Kanako (August 2007). "The Effects of Host-Feeding on Synovigenic Egg Development in An Endoparasitic Wasp, Itoplectis naranyae". Journal of Insect Science. 7 (46): 1–13. doi:10.1673/031.007.4601. PMC 2999447. PMID 20345297.