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