Itoplectis Explained

Itoplectis is a genus of insect belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.^[1]

The genus was first described by Förster in 1869.

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Species:

• Itoplectis conquisitor (Say, 1836) ^[2]
• Itoplectis maculator (Fabricius, 1775)
• Itoplectis melanocephala (Gravenhorst, 1829) - hosts include Galleria mellonella, Aletia impura, Chilo phragmitellus, Depressaria daucella, Depressaria pastinacella, and Leucania obsoleta.^[3]
• Itoplectis mexicanus - host is the pupa of Coptocycla texana^[4]
• Itoplectis naranyae (Ashmeade 1906) ^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Itoplectis Förster, 1869 . www.gbif.org . 9 February 2021 . en.
2. Web site: Species Itoplectis conquisitor . bugguide.net.
3. Gürbüz . Mehmet Faruk . Kolarov . Janko . Buncukçu . Ayşegül . A Survey of Itoplectis melanocephala (Grav.) - A New Ichneumonid Endoparasite on Wax Moth Galleria mellonella L. . Journal of the Entomological Research Society . 10 July 2009 . 3 January 2023.
4. Kasparyan . D. R . Niño . S. . A new species of Itoplectis Förster from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) . Zoosystematica Rossica . 2004 . 13 . 1 . 49-51 . 3 January 2023.
5. Ueno . Takatoshi . Ueno . Kanako . The Effects of Host-Feeding on Synovigenic Egg Development in An Endoparasitic Wasp, Itoplectis naranyae . Journal of Insect Science . August 2007 . 7 . 46 . 1–13 . 10.1673/031.007.4601. free . 2999447 .