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.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 textRegan, 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.
Suborder Symphyta (sawflies)
Superfamily Xyeloidea
Xyelidae 1 species Xyela julii
Superfamily Pamphilioidea
Pamphilidae (leaf-rolling / web-spinning sawflies) 8 species including Pamphilius hortorum Pamphilius betulae Pamphilius sylvaticus
Superfamily Siricoidea
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
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 speciesO’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. 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
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)
Suborder Parasitica (parasitoid wasp)
Superfamily Chalcidoidea (chalcid wasps) Source: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. 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) 1,135O’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 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 speciesO’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. 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 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
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 speciesO’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.
Superfamily Cynipoidea
Figitidae (parasitoid wasps) 56 speciesO’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. Cynipidae (gall wasps / gallflies) 39 speciesO’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. including Andricus kollari Andricus foecundatrix Andricus lignicola Biorhiza pallida Neuroterus albipes Neuroterus anthracinus Neuroterus numismalis Neuroterus quercusbaccarum Ibaliidae 1 species
References
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)
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