A new species of Itoplectis Förster from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
D.R. Kasparyan & S. Niño
Abstract. A new species of ichneumon-fly, Itoplectis mexicanus sp. n. of the tribe Pimplini, is described from Mexico, Tamaulipas. The new species is reared from a pupa of Coptocycla texana (Schaeffer) (Chrysomelidae: Cassinae) on Ehretia anacia (Teran & Berl.) (Boraginaceae).
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2004, 13(1): 49–51 ▪ Published in print 28 December 2004
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2004.13.1.49 ▪ Open full article 
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