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.
There are 95 genera listed below.
^Oehlke J. (1967): Westpaläarktische Ichneumonidae 1, Ephialtinae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus (new edition) 2: 1-49.
^Townes, H.K. (1969a): Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 1 (Ephialtinae (Pimplinae), Tryphoninae, Labiinae, Adelognathinae, Xoridinae, Agriotypinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 11: 1-300.
^Gavin Broad (1966) Identification key to the subfamilies of Ichneumonidae
^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.
^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.
Pimplinae are a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae. Pimplinae are parasitoids of Holometabola, often the pupae of Lepidoptera...
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with a key for the South American species (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae)". ZooKeys (937): 89–113. doi:10.3897/zookeys.937.51361. PMC 7280321....
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"Phylogeny of the Polysphincta group of genera (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae): a taxonomic revision of spider ectoparasitoids". Systematic Entomology...
Ichneumonides ouest-palearctiques et leurs hotes 2. Banchinae et Suppl. aux Pimplinae. Laboratoire d'Evolution des Etres Organises, Paris & EDIFAT-OPIDA, Echauffour...
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16 March 2012. Ward, D. F.; Schnitzler, F. R. (2013). "ICHNEUMONIDAE: Pimplinae: Echthromorpha Holmgren, 1868". landcareresearch.co.nz. Landcare Research...
(Uchida) and its new sympatric congener (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae)". Entomological Science. 10 (3). doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2007.00223.x...
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"Phylogeny of the Polysphincta group of genera (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae): a taxonomic revision of spider ectoparasitoids". Systematic Entomology...
Polysphincta boops is a species belonging to the family Ichneumonidae subfamily Pimplinae. This species is present in Europe. These insects are mostly arboreal...
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Polysphincta is a genus belonging to the family Ichneumonidae subfamily Pimplinae. The genus contains the following species: Polysphincta albipes Cresson...
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subfamily is highly polymorphic and combines features of the Labeninae and Pimplinae. Armanopimpla Labenopimpla Micropimpla Ramulimonstrum Rugopimpla Kopylov...
Banchinae et Suppl. aux Pimplinae ["The Western Palearctic ichneumon wasps and their hosts. 2. Banchinae and supplement to the Pimplinae"]. Laboratoire d'Evolution...
Tromatobia ovivora is a species of ichneumon wasp in the family Ichneumonidae. "Tromatobia ovivora Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 3 February...
"Review of the Genera Scambus and Tromatobia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from South Korea" (PDF). Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity...
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