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List of Hymenoptera of Ireland

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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.

Contents

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

    • References

    List of Hymenoptera of Ireland Wikipedia
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