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

Interactions where Itoplectis alternans is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva is endoparasitoid of pupa UK/Ireland Cameraria ohridella Horse-chestnut Leaf-miner Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae The Horse-chestnut leaf-miner and its parasitoids, Pocock, M., Evans, D., Straw, N. & Polaszek, A., 2011
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Itoplectis alternans/Itoplectis alternansa pimpline ichneumon wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gracillariidae/Cameraria ohridella/Cameraria ohridellahorse-chestnut leaf-minerpupa
larva larva is endoparasitoid of pupa UK/Ireland [Microlepidoptera] micro-moths Lepidoptera The Horse-chestnut leaf-miner and its parasitoids, Pocock, M., Evans, D., Straw, N. & Polaszek, A., 2011
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Itoplectis alternans/Itoplectis alternansa pimpline ichneumon wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Microlepidoptera/Microlepidopteramicro-mothspupa

Author & YearTitleSource
Pocock, M., Evans, D., Straw, N. & Polaszek, A., 2011The Horse-chestnut leaf-miner and its parasitoidsBritish Wildlife Vol 22, No. 5: 305-313.

Itoplectis alternans (a pimpline ichneumon wasp) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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

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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Itoplectis alternans (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Itoplectis alternans (a pimpline ichneumon wasp):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 32 images of Itoplectis alternans (a pimpline ichneumon wasp)
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