Itoplectis is a genus of parasitoid wasp belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. The genus was first described by Arnold Förster in 1869.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
There are about 35 species of Itoplectis according to Kasparyan. GBIF includes 61 species:
- Itoplectis albipes <small>Seyrig, 1932</small>
- Itoplectis alternans <small>(Gravenhorst, 1829)</small>
- Itoplectis alturae <small>Gauld, Ugalde & Hanson, 1998</small>
- Itoplectis aterrima <small>Jussila, 1965</small>
- Itoplectis australis <small>Momoi, 1966</small>
- Itoplectis behrensii <small>(Cresson, 1879)</small>
- Itoplectis brasiliensis <small>(Dalla Torre, 1901)</small>
- Itoplectis clavicornis <small>(Thomson, 1889)</small>
- Itoplectis conquisitor <small>(Say, 1836)</small>
- Itoplectis cristatae <small>Iwata, 1961</small>
- Itoplectis curticauda <small>(Kriechbaumer, 1887)</small>
- Itoplectis decora <small>Förster, 1888</small>
- Itoplectis discrepans <small>Förster, 1888</small>
- Itoplectis enslini <small>(Ulbricht, 1911)</small>
- Itoplectis evetriae <small>Viereck, 1913</small>
- Itoplectis flavicincta <small>Förster, 1888</small>
- Itoplectis fustiger <small>Townes, 1960</small>
- Itoplectis glabra <small>(Morley, 1914)</small>
- Itoplectis gonzalezi <small>Kasparyan, 2007</small>
- Itoplectis himalayensis <small>Gupta, 1968</small>
- Itoplectis homonae <small>Sonan, 1930</small>
- Itoplectis insignis <small>Perkins, 1957</small>
- Itoplectis insularis <small>Hellen, 1949</small>
- Itoplectis lavaudeni <small>Seyrig, 1932</small>
- Itoplectis leucobasis <small>Momoi, 1971</small>
- Itoplectis lissa <small>Porter, 1970</small>
- Itoplectis lissos <small>Momoi, 1973</small>
- Itoplectis maculator <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
- Itoplectis marianneae <small>Gauld, 1991</small>
- Itoplectis medioflava <small>(Morley, 1914)</small>
- Itoplectis melanocephala <small>(Gravenhorst, 1829)</small> - hosts include Galleria mellonella, Aletia impura, Chilo phragmitellus, Depressaria daucella, Depressaria pastinacella, and Leucania obsoleta.
- Itoplectis melanocera <small>Förster, 1888</small>
- Itoplectis melanopus <small>Momoi, 1973</small>
- Itoplectis melanospila <small>(Cameron, 1906)</small>
- Itoplectis melanthes <small>Momoi, 1973</small>
- Itoplectis mexicanus <small>Kasparyan & Niño, 2004</small> - host is the pupa of Coptocycla texana
- Itoplectis multicolor <small>Kasparyan, 2007</small>
- Itoplectis naranyae <small>(Ashmead 1906)</small>
- Itoplectis nefasta <small>Förster, 1888</small>
- Itoplectis nigrithorax <small>Kasparyan, 2007</small>
- Itoplectis niobe <small>(Schrottky, 1902)</small>
- Itoplectis ocris <small>Momoi, 1973</small>
- Itoplectis oreius <small>Momoi, 1973</small>
- Itoplectis philippinensis <small>Momoi, 1971</small>
- Itoplectis phoenogaster <small>Porter, 1970</small>
- Itoplectis provocator <small>(Seyrig, 1935)</small>
- Itoplectis quadricingulatus <small>(Provancher, 1880)</small>
- Itoplectis roberti <small>Gauld, 1991</small>
- Itoplectis santoshae <small>Gupta, 1968</small>
- Itoplectis saxosa <small>Cockerell, 1921</small>
- Itoplectis specularis <small>Kasparyan, 2007</small>
- Itoplectis spilopus <small>Momoi, 1973</small>
- Itoplectis suada <small>(Tosquinet, 1896)</small>
- Itoplectis tabatai <small>(Uchida, 1930)</small>
- Itoplectis tibetensis <small>Perkins, 1957</small>
- Itoplectis triannulata <small>Uchida, 1928</small>
- Itoplectis tunetana <small>(Schmiedeknecht, 1914)</small>
- Itoplectis vesca <small>Townes, 1960</small>
- Itoplectis viduata <small>(Gravenhorst, 1829)</small>
- Itoplectis virga <small>Momoi, 1973</small>
- Itoplectis winnieae <small>Gauld, Ugalde & Hanson, 1998</small>
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