Itoplectis nigrithorax Kasparyan 2007

5. Itoplectis nigrithorax Kasparyan, 2007 (Fig. 20) 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).Published as part of 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, pp. 451-491 in Zootaxa 5071 (4) on page 461, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5071.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/572639