Pimpla Fabricius, 1804
(black slip wasps)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Pimpla contemplator Woodland Black Slip Wasp	Species	51 images
Pimpla flavicoxis a black slip wasp	Species	25 images
Pimpla insignatoria a black slip wasp	Species	51 images
Pimpla melanacrias a black slip wasp	Species	29 images
Pimpla rufipes Black Slip Wasp	Species	51 images	1 ident. refs
Pimpla spuria a black slip wasp	Species	48 images
Pimpla turionellae a black slip wasp	Species	18 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Pimpla (black slip wasps)
Tribe	Pimplini (pimpline ichneumon wasps s.s.)
Subfamily	PIMPLINAE (pimpline ichneumon wasps)
Family	ICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
Superfamily	ICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Pimpla is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Shaumar, N.	1967	Clefs de détermination inédites pour les espèces Européennes des genres Pimpla F, Itoplectis Foerst. et Apechthis Foerst. (Hym. Ichn.)	Publications de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon Vol 36 (2): 48-55.
	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.

Pimpla (black slip wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Pimplini
(pimpline ichneumon wasps s.s.)

PIMPLINAE
(pimpline ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONIDAE
(ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONOIDEA
(braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pimpla (black slip wasps)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pimpla (black slip wasps)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Pimpla is also a member of:

Identification Works

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