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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Pimplinae » Pimplini » Pimpla » Pimpla pedalis

Species Pimpla pedalis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Red and Black Wasp - Pimpla pedalis - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)

Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps)

Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid Wasps)

Subfamily Pimplinae

Tribe Pimplini

Genus Pimpla

Species pedalis (Pimpla pedalis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Coccygomimus pedalis (Cresson, 1865)

Explanation of Names

Pimpla pedalis Cresson, 1865

pedalis = from the Latin pedālis ('of the foot')

Identification

"Among North American Pimpla species, this color pattern is distinctive: black hind tibia in combination with the ferruginous hind femur, hind coxa, and mid coxa." -- Bob Carlson

Range

NL to VA, to AK and CA(1)

Food

Larvae are known to parasitize caterpillars of several species of the family Tortricidae (Archips argyrospila, Argyrotaenia mariana, Pseudosciaphila duplex), Geometridae (Lambdina fiscellaria, Protoboarmia porcelaria), Lasiocampidae (Malacosoma americanum, M. californicum, M. disstria), Erebidae (Ctenucha virginica, Dasychira plagiata, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, Leucoma salicis, Lophocampa caryae, Lophocampa maculata, Lymantria dispar, Orgyia antiqua, O. leucostigma, Pyrrharctia isabella), Notodontidae (Heterocampa guttivitta), Noctuidae (Acronicta americana, Leucania linita, Mythimna unipuncta), Hesperiidae (Epargyreus clarus), Pieridae (Neophasia menapia). Other hosts include sawfly larvae (Gilpinia hercyniae, Neodiprion sp.) (1)

See Also

Pimpla sodalis differs in having black coxae.

Limerodops mariannae shares similar coloration but differs in morphology. The females, as Ichneumoninae, have very short ovipositors and have the first segment of the gaster narrower. The legs are thicker with black only on the hind tarsi and very end of the hind tibiae. The tegulae and pterostigmas are orange, and the wings are slightly yellow-orange tinged.

Internet References

Nomina (Web Archive)

Image on Pbase

Works Cited

1.	Carlson R.W. () Ichneumonidae catalog

Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 27 September, 2009 - 9:06am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, KenW, PaleoJon
Last updated 3 March, 2024 - 3:08pm

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