Pimpla
| Pimpla | |
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| Pimpla cf. rufipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Subfamily: | Pimplinae |
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| Genus: | Pimpla Fabricius, 1804 |
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Pimpla are a worldwide genus of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.
Pimpla species are idiobiont endoparasitoids of Holometabola, often the pupae of Lepidoptera. For instance, the common Pimpla rufipes parasitizes Pieris brassicae and Lymantria dispar.
They are generally sturdy black wasps with orange markings. The first tergite is box-like with the spiracle anterior to the middle.
This genus includes about 200 species.
Selected species[]
- Curtis 1828
- Costa 1885
- Kasparyan 1973
- Zetterstedt 1838
- Kasparyan 1973
- (Muller 1776)
- Habermehl 1917
- (Townes, 1960)
- (Dalla Torre 1901)
- Thomson 1877
- Costa 1886
- (Townes, 1960)
- (Villers 1789)
- (Gravenhorst 1807)
- Perkins 1941
- Fahringer 1943
- Strobl 1902
- Ratzeburg 1849
- Pimpla rufipes (Miller 1759) - (syn. Pimpla instigator) - black slip wasp
- Ruthe 1859
- Gravenhorst 1829
- (Townes, 1960)
- Pimpla turionellae (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- (Townes, 1960)
- Fitton, Shaw & Gauld 1988
Distribution[]
The distribution of these wasps is Afrotropical, Eastern and Western Palaearctic, European, Nearctic, Palaearctic, Neotropical.
Gallery[]
Pimpla sp.
Pimpla turionellae
Pimpla ovivora
Pimpla sp., female
See also[]
References[]
- Gavin Broad Identification key to the subfamilies of Ichneumonidae
- Cedarcreek
- Fauna Europaea
- BioLib.cz
- Hymenoptera Online (HOL)
- Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pimpla Fabricius 1804". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- Taxonomicon
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