Pimpla rufipes (Miller, 1759)
(Black Slip Wasp)

Interactions where Pimpla rufipes is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva ForeignRestricted Thaumetopoea processionea Oak Processionary Lepidoptera: Notodontidae Pimpla processioneae and P. rufipes: specialist versus generalist (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae), Zwakhals, C.J., 2005
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Pimpla rufipes/Pimpla rufipesblack slip wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Notodontidae/Thaumetopoea processionea/Thaumetopoea processioneaoak processionarylarvaSole

Author & YearTitleSource
Zwakhals, C.J., 2005Pimpla processioneae and P. rufipes: specialist versus generalist (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae)Entomologische Berichten Vol 65 (1): 14-16.

Pimpla rufipes (Black Slip Wasp) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pimpla rufipes (Black Slip Wasp) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPimpla rufipes (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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pimpla rufipes (Black Slip Wasp)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Zwakhals, C.J. 2005 Pimpla processioneae and P. rufipes: specialist versus generalist (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) Entomologische Berichten Vol 65 (1): 14-16.
Zwakhals, C.J. 2005 Pimpla processioneae and P. rufipes: specialist versus generalist (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) Entomologische Berichten Vol 65 (1): 14-16.

Pimpla rufipes (Black Slip Wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pimpla rufipes (Black Slip Wasp):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 51 images of Pimpla rufipes (Black Slip Wasp)
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