List of Hymenoptera of Ireland

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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

Superfamily Pamphilioidea

  • Pamphilidae (leaf-rolling / web-spinning sawflies) 8 species

Superfamily Siricoidea

File:Sirex noctilio female 3 small.jpg
Sirex woodwasp (Sirex noctilio), a species of horntail.

Superfamily Cephoidea (stem sawflies)

Superfamily Tenthredinoidea

File:Eriocampa ovata (Tenthredinidae sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 2.jpg
Alder sawfly (Eriocampa ovata), found in the south of Ireland.
File:Cimbicidae - Abia sericea (female).JPG
Club-horned sawfly (Abia sericea), recorded in Counties Sligo and Donegal.[3]

Suborder Apocrita (wasps, bees, ants)

See List of Hymenoptera (Apocrita) of Ireland

Superfamily Chrysidoidea (parasitoid and cleptoparasitic wasps)

Superfamily Vespoidea

File:Dolichovespula norwegica.png
Norwegian wasp (Dolichovespula norwegica)
File:Myrmica rubra casent0010684 profile 1.jpg
European fire ant (Myrmica rubra)

Superfamily Apoidea (sphecoid wasps and bees)

File:Andrena fulva01.jpg
Tawny mining bee (Andrena fulva), found in Leinster.
Larvae and eggs of western honey bee (Apis mellifera).
Common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum), Ireland's most common hymenopteran.[5]

Suborder Parasitica (parasitoid wasp)

Superfamily Chalcidoidea (chalcid wasps)

[6]

Superfamily Ichneumonoidea

Superfamily Platygastroidea

[9]

Superfamily Proctotrupoidea

[10]

Superfamily Ceraphronoidea

Superfamily Cynipoidea

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/SpeciesGroup/23/Species/62326?FullDictionary=false&UseCommonNames=false
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/SpeciesGroup/23/Species/56027?FullDictionary=false&UseCommonNames=false
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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
  10. ↑ 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
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ 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.

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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