Pimpla rufipes (Miller, 1759)
(Black Slip Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPimpla rufipes (Black Slip Wasp)
GenusPimpla (black slip wasps)
TribePimplini (pimpline ichneumon wasps s.s.)
SubfamilyPIMPLINAE (pimpline ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Pimpla rufipes (Black Slip Wasp) :
1: Pimpla rufipes (Black Slip Wasp)
20 Aug 2022 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept from small patch of Common Reed
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - antenna - outer lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 7: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - anterior view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - metasoma - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 28: Male - tyloids - outer lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 29: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Pimpla rufipes (Black Slip Wasp)
2 Oct 2019 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - silver background
3: Pimpla rufipes (Black Slip Wasp)
22 Oct 2017 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, visiting Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver background (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - silver background (2)Image 5: Female - lateral view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - hind quarters - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - metasoma - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 20: Wings - highly enlarged - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Zwakhals, C.J. 2005 Pimpla processioneae and P. rufipes: specialist versus generalist (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) Entomologische Berichten Vol 65 (1): 14-16.
Zwakhals, C.J. 2005 Pimpla processioneae and P. rufipes: specialist versus generalist (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) Entomologische Berichten Vol 65 (1): 14-16.

Pimpla rufipes (Black Slip Wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pimpla rufipes (Black Slip Wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pimpla rufipes (Black Slip Wasp)
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