Pimpla contemplator (Muller, 1776)
(Woodland Black Slip Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPimpla contemplator (Woodland Black Slip Wasp)
GenusPimpla (black slip wasps)
TribePimplini (pimpline ichneumon wasps s.s.)
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)
Records of Pimpla contemplator (Woodland Black Slip Wasp) :
1: Pimpla contemplator (Woodland Black Slip Wasp)
12 May 2021 OSGR: SU23 51° 0’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, swept off flowering Wood Spurge
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background
2: Pimpla contemplator (Woodland Black Slip Wasp)
18 May 2020 OSGR: ST71 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore parts - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - metasoma - latero-ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - fore tarsus - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - hind femur and tibia - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Pimpla contemplator (Woodland Black Slip Wasp)
18 May 2020 OSGR: ST71 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, around fallen sticks in sunny broadleaved woodland
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 4: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background (3)Image 5: Male - head and antennal bases - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - metasoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head and mesosoma - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - head - latero-ventral view showing malar space and mandible base - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - T1-3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - T1-3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 26: Male - T5-7 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Pimpla contemplator (Woodland Black Slip Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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