Itoplectis Förster, 1869
(a genus of pimpline ichneumon wasps)

Itoplectis (a genus of pimpline ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Itoplectis (a genus of pimpline ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Itoplectis alternans
a pimpline ichneumon wasp
Species 2 trophisms 2 references
Itoplectis melanocephala
a pimpline ichneumon wasp
Species 1 references
Itoplectis viduata
a pimpline ichneumon
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusItoplectis (a genus of pimpline ichneumon wasps)
TribePimplini (pimpline ichneumon wasps s.s.)
SubfamilyPIMPLINAE (pimpline ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
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Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Shaumar, N. 1967 Clefs de détermination inédites pour les espèces Européennes des genres Pimpla F, Itoplectis Foerst. et Apechthis Foerst. (Hym. Ichn.) Publications de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon Vol 36 (2): 48-55.

Itoplectis (a genus of pimpline ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Broad, G.R. & Quicke, E.L.J. 2000 The adaptive significance of host location by vibrational sounding in parasitoid wasps Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Vol 267: 2403-2409.
Haeselbarth, E. 1989 Über die Larven einiger beim Weizenhähnchen Oulema lichenis (Voet,1806) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) parasitierende Schlupfwespen (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Eulophidae, Pteromalidae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 10 (27): 425-444.
Shaw, M.R. 2009 Notes on the host-feeding and hyperparasitic behaviours of Itoplectis species (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) Ent. Gazette Vol 60: 113-116.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Itoplectis (a genus of pimpline ichneumon wasps):

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