Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Coccygomimus Saussure, 1890
Numbers
17 spp. found in our area; 3 additional species previously introduced but not established (see Remarks)
(1)
1. Pimpla aequalis: NS south to FL, west to MN & TX
2. Pimpla annulipes: NS south to FL, west to MN & TX
3. Pimpla aquilonia: NL south to NC, west to AK & CA
4. Pimpla dimidiatus: TX
5. Pimpla ellopiae: BC; AZ, CA, NM, OR, WA
6. Pimpla hesperus: SD south to NM, west to AK, OR, & CA
7. Pimpla marginella: s. FL
8. Pimpla maura: FL, GA, NC, OH, TX
9. Pimpla nuda: NS south to VA, west to MN & IN
10. Pimpla pedalis: NL south to VA, west to AK & CA
11. Pimpla punicipes: TX
12a. Pimpla sanguinipes erythropus: ID south to NM, west to s. BC & CA
12b. Pimpla sanguinipes sanguinipes: TX
13. Pimpla silvicola: BC; OR, WA
14a. Pimpla sodalis longigenalis: CA, CO
14b. Pimpla sodalis sodalis : n. MB, NT, YT; AK
15. Pimpla stricklandi: AB, ON, QC, SK; n. MI
16. Pimpla tenuicornis: NS south to NY, west to e. BC & CO
17. Pimpla varians: BC; AZ, CA, CO, NM, OR, WA
Size
3.2 - 17.5 mm forewing length
(2)Identification
"A stout, somewhat tapering ovipositor is distinctive for this genus - although some Gelinae (Cryptinae) show a very similar one. But barely one of them combines wholly black body and orange legs; forewing venation is different." – Richard Vernier on photo 251580
Note the absence of a strong indentation of the eye in line with the antennal sockets, present in both Apecthis and Itoplectis.
Remarks
Per Bob Carlson: Releases of the Eurasian and north African
Pimpla rufipes (=
P. hypochondriaca,
P. instigator) were made in New England against
Lymantria dispar in the early 1900s (1906, 1907, & 1909
(1)), but the species was never established.
The European
Pimpla contemplator was later introduced to Nova Scotia in 1964 but likewise was never established.
(1)
The Eurasian and north African
Pimpla turionellae was introduced several times to Nova Scotia (1950 & 1955); Quebec (1952); Ontario (1935-1937, 1950-1954, 1956, 1958); New England (Massachussets?) (1906-1909); Connecticut, New Jersey, & New York (1935-1938); and Idaho & Minnesota (1937). Only isolated recoveries in Ontario have been known since.
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