PIMPLINAE Wesmael, 1845
(pimpline ichneumon wasps)

PIMPLINAE (pimpline ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PIMPLINAE (pimpline ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Tribe 3 subtaxa 5 references
Tribe 29 subtaxa 5 trophisms 49 references
Tribe 5 subtaxa 4 trophisms 14 references
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PIMPLINAE (pimpline ichneumon wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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Brischke, C.G.A. 1880 *** Die Ichneumoniden der Provinzen West- und Ostpreussen - III Pimplariae & IV Ophionides ***(Superseded) Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig Vol 4: 108-210.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 Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae (Pimplinae) ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 7.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:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Shaw, M.R. Rearing parasitic wasps from spiders and their egg sacs Shaw, M.R. Rearing parasitic wasps from spiders and their egg sacs, 4pp, British Arachnological Society Members’ Handbook.
Takasuka, K., Fritzén, N.R., Tanaka, Y, Matsumoto, R., Maeto, K. & Shaw, M.R. 2018 The changing use of the ovipositor in host shifts by ichneumonid ectoparasitoids of spiders (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) Parasite Vol 25 (17): 1-17.

Phylogeny

Klopfstein, S., Langille, B., Spasojevic, T., Broad, G. R., Cooper, S. J. B., Austin, A. D. & Niehuis, O. 2019 Hybrid capture data unravels a rapid radiation in pimpliform parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimpliformes) Systematic Entomology Vol 44: 361-383.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to PIMPLINAE (pimpline ichneumon wasps):

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