Itoplectis alternans (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a pimpline ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesItoplectis alternans (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
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)
Records of Itoplectis alternans (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) :
1: Itoplectis alternans (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
7 Nov 2023 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept from oak on edge of reserve by road
Image 1: Female - fore tarsus (tarsomeres 2-5) - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - hind tarsus - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - propodeum, hind coxae, petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - propodeum, posterior coxae and T1-4 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - propodeum, posterior coxae, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver background
2: Itoplectis alternans (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
8 Oct 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, beaten off Yew foliage
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore tarsus - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - T1-3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Itoplectis alternans (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
2 Oct 2019 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - hind femur and tibia - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - hind leg - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Perkins, J.F. 1957 Notes on some Eurasian "Itoplectis", with descriptions of new species (Hym., Ichneumonidae) Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 30: 323-326.
Pocock, M., Evans, D., Straw, N. & Polaszek, A. 2011 The Horse-chestnut leaf-miner and its parasitoids British Wildlife Vol 22, No. 5: 305-313.

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Itoplectis alternans (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Itoplectis alternans (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
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