Pimplinae

Pimplinae are a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.^[1][2][3]

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Hymenoptera

Family:Ichneumonidae

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Pimplinae
Apechthis rufata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:	Pimplinae Wesmael, 1845

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Pimplinae are parasitoids of Holometabola, often the pupae of Lepidoptera. Various species parasitize the egg sacs and adults of spiders.^[4] Those species that parasitize eggs are ectoparasitic idiobionts. Females perforate the silk of the egg sacs and lay their egg(s) directly onto the surface of the eggs within them. After hatching, the parasitoid larvae feed externally on the eggs and kill most of the eggs in the process.^[5]

Pimplinae are generally sturdy black insects with orange markings. The first tergite is box-like with the spiracle anterior to the middle.^{[citation needed]}