List of Hymenoptera (Apocrita) of Ireland
This article contains a list of Hymenoptera Apocrita of Ireland.
Superfamily Chrysidoidea[edit]
Family Dryinidae[edit]
- Anteon arcuatum Kieffer 1905
- Anteon brachycerum (Dalman 1823)
- Anteon ephippiger (Dalman 1818)
- Anteon flavicorne (Dalman 1818)
- Anteon fulviventre (Haliday 1828)
- Anteon gaullei Kieffer 1905
- Anteon infectum (Haliday 1837)
- Anteon jurineanum Latreille 1809
- Anteon pubicorne (Dalman 1818)
- Anteon tripartitum (Kieffer 1905)
- Aphelopus atratus (Dalman 1823)
- Aphelopus melaleucus (Dalman 1818)
- Aphelopus nigriceps Kieffer 1905
- Aphelopus serratus Richards 1939
- Gonatopus bicolor (Haliday 1828)
- Gonatopus clavipes (Thunberg 1827)
- Gonatopus distinguendus Kieffer 1905
- Gonatopus striatus Kieffer 1905
- Lonchodryinus ruficornis (Dalman 1818)
Family Bethylidae[edit]
- Bethylus fuscicornis (Jurine 1807)
- Cephalonomia waterstoni Gahan 1931
Family Chrysididae (cuckoo wasps)[edit]
- Pseudomalus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Chrysis mediata Linsenmaier, 1951
- Chrysis ignita Linnaeus, 1758
- Chrysis rutiliventris Abeille de Perrin, 1879
Superfamily Vespoidea[edit]
Family Tiphiidae (tiphiid wasps)[edit]
- Tiphia minuta Linden 1827
Family Mutillidae (velvet ants)[edit]
- Myrmosa atra Panzer, 1801
Family Formicidae (ants)[edit]
- Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955
- Formica lugubris Zetterstedt 1838
- Formica fusca Linnaeus 1758
- Formica lemani Bondroit 1917
- Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger 1859)
- Lasius flavus (Fabricius 1782)
- Lasius mixtus (Nylander 1846)
- Lasius umbratus (Nylander 1946)
- Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille 1798)
- Lasius alienus (Foerster 1850)
- Lasius niger (Linnaeus 1758)
- Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991
- Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius 1793)
- Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus 1758)
- Myrmica lobicornis Nylander 1846
- Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus 1758)
- Myrmica ruginodis Nylander 1846
- Myrmica sabuleti Meinert 1861
- Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander 1846
- Myrmica schencki Emery 1895
- Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander 1846
- Stenamma debile (Forster 1850)
- Stenamma westwoodi Westwood 1839
- Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus 1758)
- Tetramorium lucayanum Wheeler 1905
Family Pompilidae (spider wasps)[edit]
Sub-family Ceropalinae[edit]
Genus Ceropales[edit]
- Ceropales maculata (Fabricius, 1775)
Sub-family Pepsinae[edit]
Genus Dipogon[edit]
- Dipogon variegatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Historic records
Genus Priocnemis[edit]
- Priocnemis perturbator (Harris, 1780)
Sub-family Pompilinae[edit]
Genus Anoplius[edit]
- Anoplius nigerrimus (Scopoli, 1763)
Genus Episyron[edit]
- Episyron rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Genus Evagetes[edit]
- Evagetes crassicornis (Shuckard, 1835)
Genus Pompilus[edit]
- Pompilus cinereus (Fabricius, 1775)
Family Vespidae[edit]
Subfamily Eumeninae (potter and mason wasps)[edit]
Genus Odynerus[edit]
Subgenus Odynerus[edit]
- Odynerus spinipes (Linnaeus, 1758) Historic records
Genus Ancistrocerus[edit]
- Ancistrocerus antilope (Panzer 1798)
- Ancistrocerus gazella (Panzer 1798)
- Ancistrocerus nigricornis (Curtis 1826)
- Ancistrocerus oviventris (Wesmael 1836)
- Ancistrocerus parietinus (Linnaeus 1761)
- Ancistrocerus scoticus (Curtis 1826)
- Ancistrocerus trifasciatus (Muller 1776)
Genus Symmorphus[edit]
- Symmorphus bifasciatus (Linnaeus 1761)
Subfamily Vespinae (social wasps)[edit]
Genus Dolichovespula[edit]
- Dolichovespula norwegica (Fabricius, 1781)
- Dolichovespula saxonica (Fabricius, 1793)
Subgenus Pseudovespula[edit]
- Dolichovespula sylvestris (Scopoli, 1763)
Genus Vespula (typical social wasps)[edit]
Subgenus Vespula[edit]
- Vespula austriaca (Panzer, 1799)
- Vespula rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subgenus Paravespula[edit]
- Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793)
- Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family Sphecidae[edit]
Genus Ammophila[edit]
- Ammophila sabulosa (Linnaeus 1758)
Genus Podalonia[edit]
- Podalonia affinis (W. Kirby 1798)
- Podalonia hirsuta (Scopoli 1763)
Family Crabronidae[edit]
Genus Argogorytes[edit]
- Argogorytes mystaceus (Linnaeus 1761)
Genus Astata[edit]
- Astata boops (Schrank 1781)
Genus Crabro[edit]
- Crabro peltarius (Schreber 1784)
Genus Crossocerus[edit]
- Crossocerus capitosus (Shuckard 1837)
- Crossocerus cetratus (Shuckard 1837)
- Crossocerus dimidiatus (Fabricius 1781)
- Crossocerus elongatulus (Vander Linden 1829)
- Crossocerus exiguus (Vander Linden 1829)
- Crossocerus megacephalus (Rossi 1790)
- Crossocerus nigritus (Lepeletier & Brullé 1835)
- Crossocerus palmipes (Linnaeus 1767)
- Crossocerus podagricus (Vander Linden 1829)
- Crossocerus quadrimaculatus (Fabricius 1793)
- Crossocerus styrius (Kohl 1892)
- Crossocerus tarsatus (Shuckard 1837)
- Crossocerus varus Lepeletier & Brullé 1835
- Crossocerus walkeri (Shuckard 1837)
- Crossocerus wesmaeli (Vander Linden 1829)
Genus Ectemnius[edit]
- Ectemnius cavifrons (Thomson 1870)
- Ectemnius cephalotes (Olivier 1792)
- Ectemnius continuus (Fabricius 1804)
- Ectemnius lapidarius (Panzer 1804)
- Ectemnius ruficornis (Zetterstedt 1838)
Genus Lindenius[edit]
- Lindenius albilabris (Fabricius 1793)
Genus Mellinus[edit]
- Mellinus arvensis (Linnaeus 1758)
Genus Mimumesa[edit]
- Mimumesa littoralis (Bondroit 1934)
- Mimumesa unicolor (Vander Linden 1829)
Genus Nysson[edit]
- Nysson spinosus (J. Forster 1771)
Genus Oxybelus[edit]
- Oxybelus uniglumis (Linnaeus 1758)
Genus Passaloecus[edit]
- Passaloecus insignis (Vander Linden 1829)
- Passaloecus monilicornis Dahlbom 1842
Genus Pemphredon[edit]
- Pemphredon inornata Say 1824
- Pemphredon lethifer (Shuckard 1837)
- Pemphredon lugubris (Fabricius 1793)
- Pemphredon rugifer (Dahlbom 1844)
Genus Psenulus[edit]
- Psenulus pallipes (Panzer 1798)
Genus Rhopalum[edit]
- Rhopalum clavipes (Linnaeus 1758)
- Rhopalum coarctatum (Scopoli 1763)
Genus Spilomena[edit]
- Spilomena troglodytes (Vander Linden 1829)
Genus Tachysphex[edit]
- Tachysphex pompiliformis (Panzer 1805)
Genus Trypoxylon[edit]
- Trypoxylon attenuatum F. Smith 1851
- Trypoxylon clavicerum Lepeletier & Serville 1828
Superfamily Apoidea[edit]
Family Colletidae[edit]
Genus Colletes (plasterer bees)[edit]
- Colletes daviesanus Smith, 1846
- Colletes floralis Eversmann, 1852
- Colletes fodiens (Geoffroy, 1785)
- Colletes similis Schenk, 1853
- Colletes succinctus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Genus Hylaeus[edit]
- Hylaeus brevicornis Nylander, 1852
- Hylaeus communis Nylander, 1852
- Hylaeus confusus Nylander, 1852
- Hylaeus hyalinatus Smith, 1842
Family Andrenidae (mining bees)[edit]
Genus Andrena (mining bee)[edit]
- Andrena angustior (Kirby, 1802)
- Andrena apicata Smith, 1847
- Andrena barbilabris (Kirby, 1802)
- Andrena bicolor Fabricius, 1775
- Andrena carantonica Perez, 1902
- Andrena cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Andrena clarkella (Kirby, 1802)
- Andrena coitana (Kirby, 1802)
- Andrena denticulata (Kirby, 1802)
- Andrena fucata Smith, 1847
- Andrena fulva (Müller, 1766)
- Andrena fuscipes (Kirby, 1802)
- Andrena haemorrhoa (Fabricius, 1781)
- Andrena hattorfiana (Fabricius, 1775)
- Andrena helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Andrena humilis Imhoff, 1832
- Andrena lapponica Zetterstedt, 1838
- Andrena marginata Fabricius, 1777
- Andrena minutula (Kirby, 1802)
- Andrena nigroaenea (Kirby, 1802)
- Andrena ovatula (Kirby, 1802)
- Andrena pilipes s.s. Fabricius, 1781
- Andrena praecox (Scopoli, 1763)
- Andrena rosae Panzer, 1801
- Andrena semilaevis Perez, 1903
- Andrena stragulata Illiger, 1806
- Andrena subopaca Nylander, 1848
- Andrena tarsata Nylander, 1848
- Andrena trimmerana (Kirby, 1802)
- Andrena wilkella (Kirby, 1802)
Family Halictidae (sweat bees)[edit]
Genus Halictus[edit]
- Halictus rubicundus (Christ, 1791)
- Halictus tumulorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Genus Lasioglossum[edit]
- Lasioglossum albipes (Fabricius, 1781)
- Lasioglossum calceatum (Scopoli, 1763)
- Lasioglossum cupromicans (Pérez, 1903)
- Lasioglossum fratellum (Pérez, 1903)
- Lasioglossum lativentre (Schenck, 1853)
- Lasioglossum leucopus (Kirby, 1802)
- Lasioglossum nitidiusculum (Kirby, 1802)
- Lasioglossum punctatissimum (Schenck, 1853)
- Lasioglossum rufitarse (Zetterstedt, 1838)
- Lasioglossum smeathmanellum (Kirby, 1802)
- Lasioglossum villosulum (Kirby, 1802)
Genus Sphecodes[edit]
- Sphecodes crassus Thomson, 1870
- Sphecodes ephippius (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Sphecodes ferruginatus von Hagens, 1882
- Sphecodes geoffrellus (Kirby, 1802)
- Sphecodes gibbus (Linnaeus 1785)
- Sphecodes hyalinatus von Hagens, 1882
- Sphecodes monilicornis (Kirby, 1802)
- Sphecodes pellucidus Smith, F., 1845
Family Megachilidae[edit]
Genus Osmia (mason bee)[edit]
- Osmia aurulenta (Panzer, 1799)
- Osmia rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Genus Megachile (leafcutter bees)[edit]
- Megachile centuncularis Linnaeus 1758
- Megachile circumcincta Kirby 1802
- Megachile ligniseca Kirby 1802
- Megachile maritima Kirby 1802
- Megachile versicolor Smith 1844
- Megachile willughbiella Kirby 1802
Genus Coelioxys (leaf-cutting cuckoo bees, sharp-tailed bees)[edit]
- Coelioxys elongata Lepeletier, 1841
- Coelioxys inermis Kirby, 1802
Family Apidae[edit]
Genus Nomada[edit]
- Nomada argentata Herrich-Schäffer, 1839
- Nomada fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Nomada flavoguttata (Kirby, 1802)
- Nomada goodeniana (Kirby, 1802)
- Nomada leucophthalma (Kirby, 1802)
- Nomada marshamella (Kirby, 1802)
- Nomada obtusifrons Nylander, 1848
- Nomada panzeri Lepeletier, 1841
- Nomada ruficornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Nomada rufipes Fabricius, 1793
- Nomada sheppardana (Kirby, 1802)
- Nomada striata Fabricius, 1793
Genus Bombus (bumblebees)[edit]
Subgenus Bombus[edit]
- Bombus cryptarum (Fabricius, 1775)
- Bombus lucorum Linnaeus, 1761
- Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Bombus magnus Vogt, 1911
Subgenus Megabombus[edit]
- Bombus (Megabombus) hortorum Linnaeus, 1761
Subgenus Melanobombus[edit]
- Bombus (Melanobombus) lapidarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subgenus Psithyrus[edit]
- Bombus (Psithyrus) barbutellus (Kirby, 1802)
- Bombus (Psithyrus) bohemicus Seidl, 1838
- Bombus (Psithyrus) campestris (Panzer, 1801)
- Bombus (Psithyrus) rupestris (Fabricius, 1793)
- Bombus (Psithyrus) sylvestris (Lepeletier, 1833)
- Bombus (Psithyrus) vestalis Geoffroy, 1785 [1]
Subgenus Pyrobombus[edit]
- Bombus (Pyrobombus) jonellus (Kirby, 1802)
- Bombus (Pyrobombus) monticola Smith, 1849
- Bombus (Pyrobombus) pratorum (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Bombus (Pyrobombus) hypnorum Linnaeus, 1758 [2]
Subgenus Subterraneobombus[edit]
- Bobus (Subterraneobombus) distinguendus Morawitz, 1869
Subgenus Thoracombus[edit]
- Bombus (Thoracombus) muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Bombus (Thoracombus) pascuorum (Scopoli, 1763)
- Bombus (Thoracombus) ruderarius (Müller, 1776)
- Bombus (Thoracombus) sylvarum (Linnaeus, 1761)
Genus Apis (honey bees)[edit]
- Apis mellifera, western honey bee (Linnaeus, 1758)
References[edit]
- ^ An Irish record of Bombus vestalis (Geoffroy, 1785) (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Apinae), after 88 years. Irish Naturalists' Journal Volume 35, Part 1 2016
- ^ O'Donnell, M., 2018 Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a bumblebee new to Ireland Irish Naturalists' Journal Volume 36, Part 1 (published 22 June 2018, print circulation August 2018)
- Else, George "Section 10 - Check List of British Hymenoptera Aculeata" in Archer, Michael (2005) Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society Members' Handbook ISBN 1-870393-79-1
- 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. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8050
- Nelson, B., Ronayne, C., Nash, R. and O’Connor, J.P. 2002. Additions and changes to the Irish aculeate Hymenoptera checklist. Irish Naturalists’ Journal 26: 453-459.