Pimpla melanacrias Perkins, 1941
(a black slip wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPimpla melanacrias (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 melanacrias (a black slip wasp) :
1: Pimpla melanacrias (a black slip wasp)
4 Aug 2020 OSGR: ST71 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female swept from rushy grass
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - metasoma - ventral view - magnified - silver background
2: Pimpla melanacrias (a black slip wasp)
10 Oct 2019 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - metasoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - metasoma - ventro-lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - metasoma - ventro-lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver background (2)Image 5: Female - metasoma - ventro-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - latero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Pimpla melanacrias (a black slip wasp)
31 Jul 2016 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female
Image 1: Female - abdomen and ovipositor - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - abdomen and ovipositor - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - anterior view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - hind-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - hind parts - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - propodeum, petiole, base of abdomen - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Wings - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Wings - highly enlarged - white background

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

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