Itoplectis nigrithorax Kasparyan, 2007

Khalaim, Andrey I. & Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique, 2021, Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: genera Apechthis Förster, Itoplectis Förster and Pimpla Fabricius, Zootaxa 5071 (4), pp. 451-491 : 461

5. Itoplectis nigrithorax Kasparyan, 2007

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Itoplectis nigrithorax Kasparyan 2007: 112 [holotype ♂ (TAMU), Mexico, Chiapas, San Cristóbal, Reserva Cerro El Huitepec , 16°46’06”N, 92°41’04”W, 7900 ft. (= 2410 m), Malaise trap, 2–14.viii.1997, coll. A. González H., CIB 97–072 ; ♂].

Comparative diagnosis. Itoplectis nigrithorax differs from its Neotropical congeners by the combination of completely black mesosoma, lack of submetapleural carina, and tarsal claws of fore leg with distinct basal tooth ( Fig. 20 ).

Distribution. Mexico (Chiapas).

Figures

FIGURES 16–20. Itoplectis gonzalezi, female (16) and male (17): 16—mesosoma with hind leg, lateral; 17—apex of metasoma, lateral.Itoplectis mexicana, female: 18—fore tarsal claw, lateral.Itoplectis multicolor, female:19—body with hind leg. Itoplectis nigrithorax, male: 20—fore tarsal claw, lateral. (After Kasparyan 2007, with changes.)