Biology:Itoplectis

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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, 1932[3]
  • 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, 1913[4]
  • Itoplectis flavicincta Förster, 1888
  • Itoplectis fustiger Townes, 1960[4]
  • Itoplectis glabra (Morley, 1914)[3]
  • Itoplectis gonzalezi Kasparyan, 2007[2]
  • Itoplectis himalayensis Gupta, 1968
  • Itoplectis homonae Sonan, 1930
  • Itoplectis insignis Perkins, 1957
  • Itoplectis insularis Hellen, 1949
  • Itoplectis lavaudeni Seyrig, 1932[3]
  • Itoplectis leucobasis Momoi, 1971
  • Itoplectis lissa Porter, 1970
  • Itoplectis lissos Momoi, 1973
  • Itoplectis maculator (Fabricius, 1775)[4][3]
  • 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.[5][3]
  • 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 texana[6]
  • Itoplectis multicolor Kasparyan, 2007[2]
  • Itoplectis naranyae (Ashmead 1906)[7]
  • Itoplectis nefasta Förster, 1888
  • Itoplectis nigrithorax Kasparyan, 2007[2]
  • 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, 2007[2]
  • 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, 1960[4]
  • Itoplectis viduata (Gravenhorst, 1829)[4]
  • Itoplectis virga Momoi, 1973
  • Itoplectis winnieae Gauld, Ugalde & Hanson, 1998

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Itoplectis Förster, 1869" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/1277108. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 van Noort, Simon. "Itoplectis - WaspWeb". Iziko Museums of South Africa. https://www.waspweb.org/Ichneumonoidea/Ichneumonidae/Pimplinae/Itoplectis/index.htm. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press. 1979. https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/catalog-hymenoptera-america-north-mexico. 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. https://entomol.org/journal/index.php/JERS/article/view/51. Retrieved 3 January 2023. 
  6. Kasparyan, D.R.; Niño, S. (2004). "A new species of Itoplectis Förster from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)". Zoosystematica Rossica 13 (1): 49–51. doi:10.31610/zsr/2004.13.1.49. https://www.zin.ru/journals/zsr/content/2004/zr_2004_13_1_Kasparyan_2.pdf. 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. PMID 20345297. 

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