Pimpla insignatoria (Gravenhorst, 1807)
(a black slip wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPimpla insignatoria (a 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 insignatoria (a black slip wasp) :
1: Pimpla insignatoria (a black slip wasp)
23 Aug 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, indoors, around closed window
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 4: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - metasoma and hind legs - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head - latero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - metasoma - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - scutellum, propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - tyloids - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Pimpla insignatoria (a black slip wasp)
22 Aug 2019 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept from centre of grassy woodland track
Image 1: Female - antennae - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - basal tergites - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - fore parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - fore-parts - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and mesosoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head, mesosoma and basal tergites - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head, thorax, propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - hind legs and metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 17: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - metasoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - head - latero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - malar space and mandible base - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - ovipositor - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Female - T3 - microsculpture - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Pimpla insignatoria (a black slip wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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