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Pimplinae

Pimplinae
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Tromatobia.ovivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Pimplinae
Wesmael, 1845

Pimplinae are a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.

Pimplinae are parasitoids of Endopterygota, often the pupae of Lepidoptera. Species of Tromatobia parasitize the egg sacs and adults of spiders, There are 95 genera.

Pimplinae are generally sturdy black insects with orange markings. The first tergite is box-like with the spiracle anterior to the middle.

Pimpla cf. rufipes

Dolichomitus imperator

Scambus buolianae

Acropimpla.pictipes

Theronia atalantae

Exeristes roborator



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