Subfamily Pimplinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Exquisite wasp - a name please? - Zatypota alborhombarta - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon ("Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita))

Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconids and Ichneumons)

Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumon Wasps)

Subfamily Pimplinae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Includes most of Ephialtinae of Townes

Numbers

4 tribes (all represented north of Mexico) with 65 genera worldwide; ca. 180 spp. in 28 genera north of Mexico(1)(2)

Identification

Slender, polished look, cylindrically depressed abdomen, orange and black coloration, thick tibial spurs; exerted ovipositor in the female.

Range

worldwide(1)

Remarks

one minor tribe(1)(2) is still missing from the Guide as of 2.vii.2010:

Perithoini (Holarctic, Oriental; a single genus with 2 spp. in our area)

Works Cited

1.	Classification and Systematics of the Ichneumonidae

2.	Ichneumonidae Database, By R.W. Carlson

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 25 October, 2005 - 3:24pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 2 July, 2010 - 5:49pm

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