PIMPLINAE Wesmael, 1845
(pimpline ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
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Female (Click to open)
Tribe 4 subtaxa 60 images 4 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Tribe 44 subtaxa 1,037 images 38 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Tribe 11 subtaxa 395 images 9 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ashkan Masnadi-Yazdinejad, A. & Jussila, R. 2008 Contribution to the knowledge of ichneumonid wasps of Iran. Subfamilies Ichneumoninae, Pimplinae and Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Band 29: 1-28.
Brischke, C.G.A. 1880 *** Die Ichneumoniden der Provinzen West- und Ostpreussen - III Pimplariae & IV Ophionides ***(Superseded) Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig Vol 4: 108-210.
Fitton, M.G., Shaw, M.R., & Gauld, I.D. 1988 *** Pimpline Ichneumon-flies. Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae (Pimplinae) ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 7. Part 1, 110pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Kolarov, Y. 1997 Pimplinae, Xoridinae, Acaeninae, Collyriinae Fauna Bulgarica, Vol 25, 300pp, Pensoft
Shaw, M.R. 2006 Notes on British Pimplinae and Poemeniinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with additions to the British List. Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 19: 217-238.
Townes, H.K. 1969 *** The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 1 ***(Superseded) Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 11: 1-300.

Regional/Nearctic

Townes, H. & M. 1960 2. Subfamilies Ephialtinae, Xoridinae, Acaenitinae 684pp, Smithsonian Institution

PIMPLINAE (pimpline ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PIMPLINAE (pimpline ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PIMPLINAE (pimpline ichneumon wasps)
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