Pimpla spuria Gravenhorst, 1829
(a black slip wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPimpla spuria (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 spuria (a black slip wasp) :
1: Pimpla spuria (a black slip wasp)
11 Aug 2021 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, in garden Malaise Trap
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - hind tarsus - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - T5-8 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - T6 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Pimpla spuria (a black slip wasp)
2 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 - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - metasoma and ovipositor - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - metasoma, hind tibiae and ovipositor - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - sternites and latero-tergites - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - 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 - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Pimpla spuria (a black slip wasp)
7 Aug 2019 OSGR: SU33 51° 10’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Male, swept off flowering Wild Marjoram in lee of scrub, after shower.
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - hind parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 12: Male - head, thorax and propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - malar space and mandible - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - malar space and mandible - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - metasoma - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - scutellum, propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - sternites 2-5 - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - thorax, propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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