List of Hymenoptera of Ireland

Superfamily Xyeloidea

Xyelidae 1 species

Xyela julii

Superfamily Pamphilioidea

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

Superfamily Siricoidea

Siricidae (horntail, wood wasp) 5 species including

Urocerus gigas

Sirex cyaneus

Sirex juvencus

Sirex noctilio

Superfamily Cephoidea (stem sawflies)

Cephidae 1 species

Calameuta pallipes

Superfamily Tenthredinoidea

Argidae (some sawflies) 7 species including

Arge cyanocrocea

Cimbicidae (large-bodied, often hairy sawflies) 10 species including

Abia sericea

Cimbex femoratus

Diprionidae (conifer sawflies) 3 species including

Neodiprion sertifer

Diprion pini

Tenthredinidae (many sawflies) 239 species including

Monostegia abdominalis

Tenthredo arcuata

Tenthredo livida

Tenthredo colon

Tenthredo mesomela

Tenthredo moniliata

Tenthredo notha

Tenthredo temula

Nematus ribesii

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

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)

Sphecidae (many parasitoidal wasps) 2 species

Crabronidae 39 species

Apidae (bees) 100 species

Andrenidae (mining bees)

Aphelinidae (tiny parasitic wasps) 11 species

Chalcididae (parasitoid and hyperparasitoid wasps) 1 species

Encyrtidae (parasitic wasps) 59 species

Eulophidae 140

Eupelmidae (parasitic wasps) 3 species including

Eupelmus vesicularis

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 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 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

Platygastridae (parasitoid wasps) 65 species

Scelionidae (parasitoid wasps) 28 species

Diapriidae (tiny wasps) 185 species including

Ismarus dorsiger

Heloridae 2 species

Proctotrupidae 36 species

Superfamily Ceraphronoidea

Ceraphronidae 6 species

Megaspilidae 13 species

Superfamily Cynipoidea

Figitidae (parasitoid wasps) 56 species

Cynipidae (gall wasps / gallflies) 39 species

including

Andricus kollari

Andricus foecundatrix

Andricus lignicola

Biorhiza pallida

Neuroterus albipes

Neuroterus anthracinus

Neuroterus numismalis

Neuroterus quercusbaccarum

Ibaliidae 1 species