Ecology: this wasp parasites the pupal stage of butterflies (idiobiont extoparasitoid of Holometabola) [Wikipedia]more info (German):
www.arthropods.de/insecta/hymenoptera/ichneumonidae/pimpl...Phylum: Arthropoda (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class: Insecta (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923 (Neuflgler)Order: Hymenoptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (bees, ants and wasps, Hautflgler)Suborder: ApocritaSuperfamily: Ichneumonoidea VIERECK, 1816Family: Ichneumonidae HALIDAY, 1838Subfamily: PimplinaeTribus: Pimplinipossibly: Genus:
Pimpla FABRICIUS, 1804
Pimpla rufipes MILLER, 1759 (Black Slip Wasp, Schwarze Schlupfwespe) [Syn. Pimpla instigator Fabricius, 1793]NE-Slovakia, High Tatras, 1300-1500m asl., 28.06.2012IMG_1554