Pimpla rufipes

Pimpla rufipes
Male Pimpla cf. rufipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Pimplinae
Genus: Pimpla
Species: P. rufipes
Binomial name
Pimpla rufipes
(Miller, 1759)
Synonyms
  • Pimpla instigator (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Ichneumon hypochondriaca Retzius, 1783

Pimpla rufipes, the black slip wasp, is a species of wasp belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

This species can be found in most of Europe, in North Africa and from Iran, Russia, India, China up to Korea and Japan (Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Azores, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madeira Islands, Malta, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia & Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, former Yugoslavia).[3][4] These wasps mainly inhabit hedgerows and vegetated areas.[5]

Description

Pimpla rufipes can reach a length of about 15 millimetres (0.59 in).[5] These wasps are generally sturdy black with bright orange legs. The hind legs are larger than the other pairs. The ovipositor is straight, quite short and thick. The first tergite is box like with the spiracle anterior to the middle.[5][6]

Biology

The main hosts of this parasitic wasp are the large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) and the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar).[7] The fertilized females of these wasps lay an egg in the pupae of those lepidopterans. The hatched larvae feed on the pupae. Adults usually feed on flowers. They overwinter.[5][8]

References

  1. ↑ Brulle, M.A. (1846) Tome Quatrieme. Des Hymenopteres. Les Ichneumonides., In: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau A. "Histoire Naturelles des Insectes." Paris. pp. 56-521
  2. ↑ Hymenoptera Online
  3. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  4. ↑ Ichneumonoidea
  5. 1 2 3 4 Nature Spot
  6. ↑ Nicola Prehn & Chris Raper Beginner's guide to identifying British ichneumonids
  7. ↑ BioLib
  8. ↑ Insectoid


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