List of Hymenoptera of Ireland
At least 3,042 species of Hymenoptera are known to occur in Ireland. The true number of species occurring in Ireland is thought to be significantly greater than this figure.[1][2]
Suborder Symphyta (sawflies)
Superfamily Xyeloidea
- Xyelidae 1 species
- Xyela julii
Superfamily Siricoidea
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Sirex woodwasp (Sirex noctilio), a species of horntail.
- Siricidae (horntail, wood wasp) 5 species including
- Urocerus gigas
- Sirex cyaneus
- Sirex juvencus
- Sirex noctilio
- Xeris spectrum
Superfamily Cephoidea (stem sawflies)
- Cephidae 1 species
- Calameuta pallipes
Superfamily Tenthredinoidea
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Alder sawfly (Eriocampa ovata), found in the south of Ireland.
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Club-horned sawfly (Abia sericea), recorded in Counties Sligo and Donegal.[3]
- Argidae (some sawflies) 7 species including
- Arge cyanocrocea
- Arge ustulata
- Sterictiphora geminata
- Cimbicidae (large-bodied, often hairy sawflies) 10 species including
- Abia sericea
- Cimbex femoratus
- Trichiosoma lucorum
- Trichiosoma vitellina
- Diprionidae (conifer sawflies) 3 species including
- Neodiprion sertifer
- Diprion pini
- Tenthredinidae (many sawflies) 239 species[4] including
- Aglaostigma aucupariae
- Aglaostigma fulvipes
- Allantus cinctus
- Amauronematus lateralis
- Aneugmenus padi
- Apethymus serotinus
- Athalia circularis
- Athalia cordata
- Athalia lugens
- Athalia rosae
- Athalia scutellariae
- Calameuta pallipes
- Caliroa cerasi
- Cladius pectinicornis
- Dolerus aeneus
- Dolerus aericeps
- Dolerus bajulus
- Dolerus germanicus
- Dolerus madidus
- Dolerus nitens
- Dolerus picipes
- Dolerus varispinus
- Dolerus vestigialis
- Empria liturata
- Endelomyia aethiops
- Euura pavida
- Eutomostethus ephippium
- Eriocampa ovata
- Fenella nigrita
- Fenusa dohrnii
- Fenusa pumila
- Fenusella hortulana
- Fenusella nana
- Halidamia affinis
- Hemichroa australis
- Hemichroa crocea
- Heterarthrus microcephalus
- Heterarthrus nemoratus
- Heterarthrus vagans
- Hoplocampa pectoralis
- Macrophya duodecimpunctata
- Macrophya punctumalbum
- Mesoneura opaca
- Metallus pumilus
- Monophadnoides rubi
- Monostegia abdominalis
- Monsoma pulveratum
- Nematus lucidus
- Nematus myosotidis
- Nematus ribesii
- Nematus spiraeae
- Nematinus acuminatus
- Nesoselandria morio
- Pachynematus clitellatus
- Pachyprotasis antennata
- Pachyprotasis rapae
- Periclista albida
- Perineura rubi
- Pristiphora geniculata
- Pristiphora cincta
- Pristiphora laricis
- Pristiphora mollis
- Pristiphora staudingeri
- Profenusa pygmaea
- Pseudodineura fuscula
- Rhogogaster viridis
- Selandria serva
- Strombocerus delicatulus
- Strongylogaster multifasciata
- Tenthredo arcuata
- Tenthredo atra
- Tenthredo balteata
- Tenthredo brevicornis
- Tenthredo ferruginea
- Tenthredo livida
- Tenthredo colon
- Tenthredo mesomela
- Tenthredo mioceras
- Tenthredo moniliata
- Tenthredo notha
- Tenthredo obsoleta
- Tenthredo temula
- Tenthredopsis nassata
- Tenthredopsis scutellaris
Suborder Apocrita (wasps, bees, ants)
See List of Hymenoptera (Apocrita) of Ireland
Superfamily Chrysidoidea (parasitoid and cleptoparasitic wasps)
- Dryinidae 18 species
- Bethylidae (aculeate wasps) 3 species
- Chrysididae (cuckoo/emerald wasp) 6 species
Superfamily Vespoidea
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Norwegian wasp (Dolichovespula norwegica)
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European fire ant (Myrmica rubra)
- Tiphiidae (flower wasps) 1 species
- Mutillidae (velvet ants) 1 species
- Formicidae (ants) 20 + species
- Pompilidae (spider wasps) 13 species
- Vespidae (many eusocial and solitary wasps) 14 species
Superfamily Apoidea (sphecoid wasps and bees)
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Tawny mining bee (Andrena fulva), found in Leinster.
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Larvae and eggs of western honey bee (Apis mellifera).
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Common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum), Ireland's most common hymenopteran.[5]
- Sphecidae (many parasitoidal wasps) 2 species
- Crabronidae 39 species
- Apidae (bees) 100 species
- Andrenidae (mining bees)
Suborder Parasitica (parasitoid wasp)
Superfamily Chalcidoidea (chalcid wasps)[6]
- Aphelinidae (tiny parasitic wasps) 11 species
- Chalcididae (parasitoid and hyperparasitoid wasps) 1 species
- Encyrtidae (parasitic wasps) 59 species
- Eulophidae 140 species
- Eupelmidae (parasitic wasps) 3 species including,
- Eupelmus vesicularis 1 species
- Eurytomidae 17 species
- Mymaridae (fairyflies / fairy wasps) 21 species
- Ormyridae (parasitic wasps) 1 species
- Pteromalidae (parasitoid wasps) 167 species
- Tetracampidae (parasitic wasps) 2 species
- Torymidae 32 species
- Trichogrammatidae (tiny wasps) 3 species
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea
- Ichneumonidae (ichneumon wasps) 1,135[7] species including
- Ichneumon sarcitorius
- Ichneumon insidiosus
- Ichneumon extensorius
- Rhyssa persuasoria
- Anomalon cruentatum
- Alomya debellator
- Pimpla rufipes
- Pimpla turionellae
- Pimpla ovivora
- Agrothereutes abbreviatus
- Cratichneumon coruscator
- Amblyjoppa fuscipennis
- Vulgichneumon saturatorius
- Diplazon laetatorius
- Euceros albitarsus
- Astiphromma sericans
- Ophion luteus
- Xorides fuligator
- Braconidae (parasitoid wasps) 529 species[8] including
- Chorebus lateralis
- Cotesia glomerata
- Allurus lituratus
- Agathis breviseta
- Atormus victus
- Blacus humilis
- Centistes ater
- Chorebus lateralis
- Coelinidea elegans
- Dolopsidea indagator
- Hygroplitis rugulosus
- Laotris striatula
- Microplitis spectabilis
- Opius pygmaeator
- Phaedrotoma aethiops
- Praon abjectum
- Synelix semirugosa
- Trachionus hians
- Zele caligatus
Superfamily Evanioidea
- Gasteruptiidae 1 species
- Gasteruption jaculator
Superfamily Platygastroidea
- Platygastridae (parasitoid wasps) 65 species
- Scelionidae (parasitoid wasps) 28 species
Superfamily Proctotrupoidea
- Diapriidae (tiny wasps) 185 species including
- Ismarus dorsiger
- Heloridae 2 species
- Proctotrupidae 36 species
Superfamily Ceraphronoidea
- Ceraphronidae 6 species
- Megaspilidae 13 species[10]
References
- O’Connor, J.P, Nash, R. and Broad, G. 2009 An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Hymenoptera The Irish Biogeographical Society and the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin pdf full text
- Regan, Eugenie; Nelson, Brian; McCormack, Stephen; Nash, Robert; O'Connor, James P. (2010). Countdown to 2010: Can we assess Ireland's insect species diversity and loss. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 110B (2): 109–117.
- "Species Details". maps.biodiversityireland.ie.
- O’Connor, J. P., Liston, A. D. and Speight, M. C. D. (1997) A review of the Irish sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) including a checklist of species. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society 20: 2-99.
- "Species Details". maps.biodiversityireland.ie.
- O’Connor, J. P., Nash, R. and Bouček, Z.,2000 A catalogue of the Irish Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). Occasional Publication of the Irish Biogeographical Society. Number 6.
- O’Connor, J. P., Nash, R. and Fitton, M. G., 2007 A catalogue of the Irish Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea).Occasional Publication of the Irish Biogeographical Society. Number 10. pdf full text Archived 2008-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
- O’Connor, J. P., Nash, R. and van Achterberg, C., 1999) A catalogue of the Irish Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). Occasional Publication of the Irish Biogeographical Society. Number 4.
- O’Connor, J. P., Nash, R., Notton, D. G. and Fergusson, N. D. M. ,2004 A catalogue of the Irish Platygastroidea and Proctotrupoidea (Hymenoptera). Occasional Publication of the Irish Biogeographical Society. Number 7
- O’Connor, J. P., 2007 A review of the Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera) including two species new to Ireland. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society 31: 44-47.
- O’Connor, J. P., 2003 A checklist of the Irish Figitidae excluding Charipinae and Eucoilinae (Hymenoptera). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 16: 229-232.
- O’Connor, J. P., 2004 A checklist of the Irish Eucoilinae (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) including fourteen species new to Ireland. Irish Naturalists’ Journal 27: 382-386.
- O’Connor, J. P. and Nash, R., 1997 A review of the Irish Charipidae (Hymenoptera) including nine species new to Ireland. Irish Naturalists’ Journal 25: 410-412.
- O’Connor, J. P., 2004 A review of the Irish gall-wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) with notes on the gall-midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and gall-mites (Acarina: Eriophyoidea). Irish Naturalists’ Journal 27: 335-343.
- Gavin R. Broad Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera Introduction Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1113 (17 Jun 2014)
- Gavin R. Broad, Mark R. Shaw and H. Charles J. Godfray Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Braconidae Biodiversity Data Journal 2016; (4): e8151.Published online 2016 Apr 21. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8151
- Gavin R. Broad and Laurence Livermore Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Evanioidea Biodivers Data J. 2014; (2): e1116.Published online 2014 Jun 17. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1116
- Gavin R. Broad Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae Biodivers Data J. 2016; (4): e9042.Published online 2016 Jul 5. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e9042
- Peter N. Buhl, Gavin R. Broad and David G. Notton Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Platygastroidea Biodivers Data J. 2016; (4): e7991.Published online 2016 Apr 22. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7991
- Dale-Skey N, Askew R R, Noyes J S, Livermore and Broad GR Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Chalcidoidea and Mymarommatoidea.Biodivers Data J. 2016 Jun 6;(4):e8013. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8013. eCollection 2016.
- Gavin R. Broad Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Proctotrupoidea Biodivers Data J. 2016; (4): e7936.Published online 2016 Apr 15. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7936
- Andrew D. Liston, Guy T. Knight, David A. Sheppard, Gavin R. and Laurence Livermore Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Sawflies, ‘Symphyta’ Biodivers Data J. 2014; (2): e1168.Published online 2014 Aug 29. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1168
- Gavin R Broad Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Trigonaloidea Biodivers Data J. 2016; (4): e7935.Published online 2016 Apr 15. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7935
- George R. Else, Barry Bolton, and Gavin R. Broad Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - aculeates (Apoidea, Chrysidoidea and Vespoidea) Biodivers Data J. 2016; (4): e8050. Published online 2016 Apr 7. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8050
- Gavin R. Broad and Laurence Livermore Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Ceraphronoidea Biodivers Data J. 2014; (2): e1167. Published online 2014 Aug 27. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1167
Further reading
- Edward Saunders, 1896 The Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Islands : a descriptive account of the families, genera, and species indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland, with notes as to habits, localities, habitats London :L. Reeve & Co. online includes coloured plates. Very useful descriptions out of date nomenclature but see plates on commons and BWARS lists (links)
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External links
- West Palearctic distribution Fauna Europaea
- Universal Chalcidoid Database
- Bees, Wasps and Ants - the British and Irish Aculeate Hymenoptera
- Bees of Ireland
- Faune de France Insectes Hyménoptères pdfs free downloads
- Royal Entomological Society Handbooks Out of print parts available as free pdfs are:
- Vol 6 Part 1. Hymenoptera - Introduction and key to families (2nd edition). Owain Westmacott Richards
- Vol 6 Part 2a. Hymenoptera - Symphyta. R. B. Benson
- Vol 6 Part 2b. Hymenoptera - Symphyta. R. B. Benson
- Vol 6 Part 2c. Hymenoptera - Symphyta. R. B. Benson
- Vol 6 Part 3a. Hymenoptera - Bethyloidea (excluding Chrysididae). J. F. Perkins
- Vol 6 Part 3b. Hymenoptera - Aculeata (Scolioidea, Vespoidea and Sphecoidea). O.W.Richards
- Vol 6 Part 3c. Hymenoptera - Formicidae. Barry Bolton & Cedric A. Collingwood
- Vol 6 Part 4. Hymenoptera - Pompilidae. Michael C. Day
- Vol 6 Part 5. Cuckoo-Wasps. Hymenoptera, Chrysididae. D. Morgan
- Vol 7 Part 1. Hymenoptera - Ichneumonoidea (Pimplinae). M. G. Fitton, M. R. Shaw and I. D. Gauld
- Vol 7 Part 2a i. Hymenoptera - Ichneumonoidea. J. F. Perkins
- Vol 7 Part 2a ii. Hymenoptera - Ichneumonoidea. J. F. Perkins
- Vol 7 Part 2b. Ichneumonidae - Orthopelmatinae & Anomaloninae. I. D. Gauld & P. A. Mitchell
- Vol 7 Part 11. Classification & biology of braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). M.R. Shaw & T. Huddleston
- Vol 8 Part 1a. Hymenoptera. Cynipoidea. Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls). R. D. Eady and J. Quinlan
- Vol 8 Part 1b. Hymenoptera. Cynipoidea. Eucoilidae. John Quinlan
- Vol 8 Part 2a. Hymenoptera 2. Chalcidoidea Section (a). Ch. Ferrière and G. J. Kerrich
- Vol 8 Part 2b. Hymenoptera 2. Chalcidoidea Section (b). R. R. Askew
- Vol 8 Part 3d i. Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea. Diapriidae subfamily Diapriinae. G. E. J. Nixon
- Vol 8 Part 3d ii. Hymenoptera. Proctotrupoidea. Diapriidae subfamily Belytinae. G. E. J. Nixon
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