Pimpla

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Pimpla
File:Ichneumonidae - Pimpla cf. rufipes.jpg
Pimpla cf. rufipes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Pimplinae
Tribe: Pimplini
Genus: Pimpla
Fabricius, 1804
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Pimpla are a worldwide genus of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.

Pimpla species are idiobiont endoparasitoids of Holometabola, often the pupae of Lepidoptera. For instance, the common Pimpla rufipes parasitizes Pieris brassicae and Lymantria dispar.

They are generally sturdy black wasps with orange markings. The first tergite is box-like with the spiracle anterior to the middle.

This genus includes about 200 species.

Selected species

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Distribution

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The distribution of these wasps is Afrotropical, Eastern and Western Palaearctic, European, Nearctic, Palaearctic, Neotropical.

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