Genus Pimpla

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Internet References

Ichneumon Wasp - Pimpla pedalis - female

Ichneumon wasp - Pimpla sanguinipes - female

Ichneumon - black with orange legs - Pimpla sanguinipes - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (parasitic Apocrita)

Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconids and Ichneumons)

Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumon Wasps)

Subfamily Pimplinae

Tribe Pimplini

Genus Pimpla

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Coccygomimus

Explanation of Names

Author: Fabricius 1804.

Numbers

Nearctica lists 20 species

Identification

"This stout, somewhat tapering ovipositor is distintive for this genus - although some Gelinae show a very similar one. But barely one of them combines wholly black body and orange legs, and forewing venation is different." -- Richard Vernier on photo 251580

Internet References

Waspweb Iziko

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 30 January, 2008 - 5:12pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 28 September, 2009 - 7:06am

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