Pimpla Fabricius, 1804

Pádua, Diego G., Araujo, Rodrigo O. & Mazariegos, Luis A., 2019, Pimpla Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Colombia, Zootaxa 4683 (3), pp. 439-446 : 440

Pimpla Fabricius, 1804

Pimpla Fabricius, 1804: 112 . Type-species: Ichneumon instigator Fabricius (= Ichneumon hypochondriaca Retzius ), by subsequent designation (Opinion 159, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1945: 282).

Coccygomimus Saussure, 1892 : plate 14, fig. 12. Type-species: Coccygomimus madecassus , by monotypy.

Jamaicapimpla Mason, 1975 . Type-species: Ephialtes nigroaeneus Cushman , by original designation.

According to Porter (1970) the genus can be identified by the combination of the following character states: inner margin of eye weakly to rather strongly concave above antennal socket; clypeus not divided by a transverse suture; malar space 0.35–1.40× as long as basal width of mandible; mandible broad and with apical teeth approximately equal; notaulus weak or absent, without a distinct crest at its front end; propodeum with median longitudinal carinae absent or vague to sometimes definitely but not sharply traceable throughout; pleural carina most often detectable throughout but sometimes absent; hind femur without a tooth beneath; tarsal claw large, without a tooth or an enlarged hair having a flattened tip; metasoma varying from closely punctured to sometimes almost impunctate; females with the ovipositor approximately straight, its tip not sharply decurved.

In the following sections we present the diagnosis, biological notes and distribution of the three species of Pimpla new to Colombia.