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Pimplinae

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Pimplinae
Apechthis rufata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Pimplinae
Wesmael, 1845

Pimplinae are a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.[1][2][3]

Pimplinae are parasitoids of Holometabola, often the pupae of Lepidoptera. Various species parasitize the egg sacs and adults of spiders.[4] Those species that parasitize eggs are ectoparasitic idiobionts. Females perforate the silk of the egg sacs and lay their egg(s) directly onto the surface of the eggs within them. After hatching, the parasitoid larvae feed externally on the eggs and kill most of the eggs in the process.[5]

Pimplinae are generally sturdy black insects with orange markings. The first tergite is box-like with the spiracle anterior to the middle.[citation needed]

Tribes and genera

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The Pimplinae consists of four tribes and includes:

Delomeristini

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Authority: Hellén, 1915

Authority: Hellén, 1915

Pseudopimpla genus-group

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Alophosternum genus-group

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Camptotypus genus-group

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Ephialtes genus-group

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Polysphincta genus-group

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Tromatobia genus-group

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Pimplini

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Authority: Wesmael, 1845

Theroniini

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Authority: Cushman & Rohwer, 1920

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References

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  1. ^ Oehlke, J. (1967). "Westpaläarktische Ichneumonidae 1, Ephialtinae". Hymenopterorum Catalogus (new edition). 2: 1–49.
  2. ^ Townes, Henry K. (1969). "Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 1 (Ephialtinae (Pimplinae), Tryphoninae, Labiinae, Adelognathinae, Xoridinae, Agriotypinae)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 11: 1–300.
  3. ^ Broad, Gavin (2006). "Identification key to the subfamilies of Ichneumonidae" (PDF). London: Natural History Museum. pp. 1–38. Archived from the original on 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2018-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Takasuka, Keizo; Fritzén, Niclas R.; Tanaka, Yoshihiro; Matsumoto, Rikio; Maeto, Kaoru; Shaw, Mark R. (2018). "The changing use of the ovipositor in host shifts by ichneumonid ectoparasitoids of spiders (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae)". Parasite. 25: 17. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018011. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 5873220. PMID 29589827. Open access icon
  5. ^ Fei, Minghui; Gols, Rieta; Harvey, Jeffrey A. (2023-01-23). "The Biology and Ecology of Parasitoid Wasps of Predatory Arthropods". Annual Review of Entomology. 68 (1): 109–128. doi:10.1146/annurev-ento-120120-111607. hdl:20.500.11755/8f020f3d-b12d-4d23-8c07-eae6302721b8. ISSN 0066-4170. PMID 36198401. S2CID 252736581.
  6. ^ Klopfstein, Seraina; Langille, Barbara; Spasojevic, Tamara; Broad, Gavin R.; Cooper, J. B.; Austin, Andrew D.; Niehuis, Oliver (2018). "Hybrid capture data unravel a rapid radiation of pimpliform parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimpliformes)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (2): 361–383. doi:10.1111/syen.12333. hdl:10141/622806.
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