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At least 3,042 species of
Hymenoptera Hymenoptera is a large order (biology), order of insects, comprising the sawfly, sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are Par ...
are known to occur in Ireland. The true number of species occurring in Ireland is thought to be significantly greater than this figure.


Suborder

Symphyta Sawflies are the insects of the suborder Symphyta within the order Hymenoptera, alongside ants, bees, and wasps. The common name comes from the saw-like appearance of the ovipositor, which the females use to cut into the plants where they lay ...
(sawflies)


Superfamily Xyeloidea

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Xyelidae The Xyelidae are a comparatively species-poor family of sawflies comprising about 80 Extant taxon, extant species in five genera worldwide and is the only family in the superfamily Xyeloidea. The fossil record of the family is extensive, comprisi ...
1 species *'' Xyela julii''


Superfamily Pamphilioidea

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Pamphilidae Pamphiliidae (sometimes incorrectly spelled Pamphilidae) is a small wasp family within Symphyta, containing some 200 species from the temperate regions of North America and Eurasia. The larvae feed on plants (often conifers), using silk to buil ...
(leaf-rolling / web-spinning sawflies) 8 species including *''
Pamphilius hortorum ''Pamphilius hortorum'' is a Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm con ...
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Pamphilius betulae ''Pamphilius betulae'' is a Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm con ...
'' *'' Pamphilius sylvaticus''


Superfamily Siricoidea

* Siricidae (horntail, wood wasp) 5 species including *'' Urocerus gigas'' *''
Sirex cyaneus ''Sirex cyaneus'' (blue horntail) is a species of horntail in the genus ''Sirex''. Native to forests in Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three p ...
'' *'' Sirex juvencus'' *'' Sirex noctilio'' *'' Xeris spectrum''


Superfamily Cephoidea (stem sawflies)

* Cephidae 1 species *''
Calameuta pallipes ''Calameuta pallipes'' is a Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm cons ...
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Superfamily Tenthredinoidea

* Argidae (some sawflies) 7 species including *'' Arge cyanocrocea'' *'' Arge ustulata'' *'' Sterictiphora geminata'' *
Cimbicidae Cimbicidae is a family of sawflies in the order Hymenoptera. There are more than 20 genera and 200 described species in Cimbicidae. Larvae are solitary herbivores. The family is distinctive in having antennae with prominent apical clubs or k ...
(large-bodied, often hairy sawflies) 10 species including *''
Abia sericea ''Abia sericea'', common name club horned sawfly or scabious sawfly, is a species of sawflies belonging to the family Cimbicidae. Distribution and habitat This species can be found in most of European countries. It mainly occurs in wet meadows ...
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Cimbex femoratus ''Cimbex femoratus'', the birch sawfly, is a species of sawfly in the family Cimbicidae. Varieties *''Cimbex femoratus var. griffinii'' Leach, 1817 *''Cimbex femoratus var. pallens'' Lepeletier, 1823 *''Cimbex femoratus var. silvarum'' Fabrici ...
'' *'' Trichiosoma lucorum'' *'' Trichiosoma vitellina'' * Diprionidae (conifer sawflies) 3 species including *''
Neodiprion sertifer ''Neodiprion sertifer'', the European pine sawfly or red pine sawfly, is a sawfly species in the genus ''Neodiprion''. Although native to Europe, it was accidentally introduced to North America in 1925. The larvae of '' Exhyalanthrax afer'' fe ...
'' *'' Diprion pini'' * Tenthredinidae (many sawflies) 239 species including *'' Aglaostigma aucupariae'' *'' Aglaostigma fulvipes'' *'' Allantus cinctus'' *'' Amauronematus lateralis'' *'' Aneugmenus padi'' *'' Apethymus serotinus'' *'' Athalia circularis'' *'' Athalia cordata'' *'' Athalia lugens'' *''
Athalia rosae ''Athalia rosae'', the turnip sawfly, cabbage leaf sawfly or beet sawfly, is a Tenthredinidae, typical sawfly with dark green or blackish 18–25  mm long larvae that feed on plants of the cruciferae, brassica family, and can sometimes b ...
'' *'' Athalia scutellariae'' *''
Calameuta pallipes ''Calameuta pallipes'' is a Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm cons ...
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Caliroa cerasi The pear slug or cherry slug is the larva of the sawfly, ''Caliroa cerasi'', a nearly worldwide pest. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. They are not slugs but are a kind ...
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Cladius pectinicornis ''Cladius pectinicornis '' is a Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm ...
'' *'' Dolerus aeneus'' *'' Dolerus aericeps'' *'' Dolerus bajulus'' *'' Dolerus germanicus'' *'' Dolerus madidus'' *''
Dolerus nitens ''Dolerus nitens '' is a Palearctic species of sawfly.Benson, R.B., 1952. ''Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects ''Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects'' is a series of books produced by the Royal Entomological S ...
'' *'' Dolerus picipes'' *'' Dolerus varispinus'' *'' Dolerus vestigialis'' *'' Empria liturata'' *'' Endelomyia aethiops'' *'' Euura pavida'' *''
Eutomostethus ephippium ''Eutomostethus ephippium'' is a species of common sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae. Subspecies These two subspecies belong to the species ''Eutomostethus ephippium'': * ''Eutomostethus ephippium ephippium'' (Panzer, 1798) * ''Eutomostethus ...
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Eriocampa ovata ''Eriocampa ovata'', known generally as the alder sawfly or woolly alder sawfly, is a species of common sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae. The larvae feed on the leaves of the common alder (''Alnus glutinosa'') and the grey alder (''Alnus incan ...
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Fenella nigrita ''Fenella nigrita '' is a Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consi ...
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Fenusa dohrnii ''Fenusa dohrnii'', the European alder leafminer, is a species of common sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae. It is found in Europe. References External links * Tenthredinidae Articles created by Qbugbot {{sawfly-stub ...
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Fenusa pumila ''Fenusa pumila'', the birch leafminer, is a species of sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae. It is found in Europe and has been introduced into North America. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q14622277 Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera of Europe Taxa ...
'' *'' Fenusella hortulana'' *'' Fenusella nana'' *''
Halidamia affinis ''Halidamia affinis'' is a Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm cons ...
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Hemichroa australis ''Hemichroa australis'' is a species of sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae. Description ''Hemichroa australis'' can reach a length of about . Head and thorax are bright red, while the mesopleuron and the abdomen are shiny black. This sawfly ...
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Hemichroa crocea ''Hemichroa crocea'', the striped alder sawfly or banded alder sawfly, is a species of sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae. It is probably native in Europe and has been introduced to North America. The larvae feed on the foliage of several specie ...
'' *'' Heterarthrus microcephalus'' *'' Heterarthrus nemoratus'' *'' Heterarthrus vagans'' *'' Hoplocampa pectoralis'' *''
Macrophya duodecimpunctata ''Macrophya duodecimpunctata '' is a Palearctic species of sawfly.Benson, R.B., 1952. ''Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects ''Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects'' is a series of books produced by the Royal Ento ...
'' *'' Macrophya punctumalbum'' *'' Mesoneura opaca'' *''
Metallus pumilus ''Metallus pumilus '' is a Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consi ...
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Monophadnoides rubi ''Monophadnoides rubi'', the raspberry sawfly, is a species of common sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae. References Further reading * * External linksThe sawflies (Symphyta) of Britain and Ireland * Tenthredinidae Insects desc ...
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Monostegia abdominalis ''Monostegia'' is a genus of sawfly. The authority is based on the description by Achille Costa and Oronzio Costa, although earlier work grants this to Fabricius 1798., though the commonest species, ''M. abdominalis'', bears the authority of ...
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Monsoma pulveratum ''Monsoma pulveratum'', the green alder sawfly, is a species of common sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae. It is a European species that has been accidentally introduced in North America. References Further reading * * * External links ...
'' *'' Nematus lucidus'' *'' Nematus myosotidis'' *''
Nematus ribesii ''Nematus ribesii'' is a species of sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae. English names include common gooseberry sawflyNematus spiraeae ''Nematus spiraeae'' is a species of sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae, known as the aruncus sawfly and sometimes the spiraea sawfly. It is native to central and northern Europe and was first recorded in Britain in 1924. Its larvae feed on the ...
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Nematinus acuminatus ''Nematinus acuminatus'' is a Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm co ...
'' *'' Nesoselandria morio'' *''
Pachynematus clitellatus ''Pachynematus clitellatus'' is a Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The real ...
'' *'' Pachyprotasis antennata'' *'' Pachyprotasis rapae'' *''
Periclista albida ''Periclista albida'' is a Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consi ...
'' *'' Perineura rubi'' *'' Pristiphora geniculata'' *''
Pristiphora cincta ''Pristiphora cincta'' is a Holarctic species of sawfly.Benson, R.B., 1952. '' Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects''. Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Vol 6, Section 2(a-c), Royal Entomological Society, London References External links ...
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Pristiphora laricis ''Pristiphora laricis'' is a Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm con ...
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Pristiphora mollis ''Pristiphora mollis '' is a Holarctic species of sawfly.Benson, R.B., 1952. '' Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects''. Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Vol 6, Section 2(a-c), Royal Entomological Society, London It is typically found in th ...
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Pristiphora staudingeri ''Pristiphora staudingeri '' is a Holarctic species of sawfly.Benson, R.B., 1952. '' Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects''. Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Vol 6, Section 2(a-c), Royal Entomological Society, London References External ...
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Profenusa pygmaea ''Profenusa pygmaea '' is a Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm cons ...
'' *'' Pseudodineura fuscula'' *''
Rhogogaster viridis ''Rhogogaster viridis'', common name green sawfly, is a species of common sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae. Subspecies Subspecies include: *''Rhogogaster viridis subsp. montana'' (Betrem, 1933) *''Rhogogaster viridis subsp. viridis'' Dis ...
'' *'' Selandria serva'' *'' Strombocerus delicatulus'' *'' Strongylogaster multifasciata'' *'' Tenthredo arcuata'' *'' Tenthredo atra'' *'' Tenthredo balteata'' *''
Tenthredo brevicornis ''Tenthredo brevicornis '' is a Palearctic species of sawfly.Benson, R.B., 1952. ''Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects ''Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects'' is a series of books produced by the Royal Entomolog ...
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Tenthredo ferruginea ''Tenthredo ferruginea'' is a Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm co ...
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Tenthredo livida ''Tenthredo livida'' is a sawfly species belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies), subfamily Tenthredininae. Distribution and habitat This species is present in most of Europe. These sawflies mainly inhabit woodland rides, hedge ...
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Tenthredo colon ''Tenthredo colon'' is a sawfly species belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies). Description ''Tenthredo colon'' can reach a length of about . These sawflies have black head and thorax. Abdomen is black with a reddish area tow ...
'' *'' Tenthredo mesomela'' *'' Tenthredo mioceras'' *''
Tenthredo moniliata ''Tenthredo moniliata'' is a sawfly species belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies). Distribution and habitat These sawflies are present in most of European countries and in the eastern Palearctic realm. They usually occurs in ...
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Tenthredo notha ''Tenthredo notha'', a common sawfly, is a species belonging to the family Tenthredinidae subfamily Tenthrediniinae. Distribution This species is mainly present in British Isles, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Austr ...
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Tenthredo obsoleta ''Tenthredo obsoleta'' is a Palearctic species of sawfly.Benson, R.B., 1952. ''Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects''. Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Vol 6, Section 2(a-c), Royal Entomological Society, London References External linksT ...
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Tenthredo temula ''Tenthredo temula'' is a sawfly species of the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies), subfamily Tenthredininae. Distribution This sawfly is a Euro-siberian species, widespread in most of European countries. Habitat This species can be found ...
'' *'' 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 The Bethylidae are a family of aculeate wasps in the superfamily Chrysidoidea. As a family, their biology ranges between parasitoid wasps and hunting wasps. Overview Like most of the Chrysidoidea, the Bethylidae are stinging Hymenoptera and m ...
(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)

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Sphecidae The Sphecidae are a cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps. The name Sphecidae was formerly given to a much larger grouping of wasps. This was found to be p ...
(many parasitoidal wasps) 2 species * Crabronidae 39 species * Apidae (bees) 100 species * Andrenidae (mining bees)


Suborder

Parasitica Parasitica (the parasitican wasps) is an obsolete, paraphyletic infraorder of Apocrita containing the parasitoid wasps. It includes all Apocrita except for the Aculeata. Parasitica has more members as a group than both the Symphyta and the Acule ...
(parasitoid wasp)


Superfamily

Chalcidoidea Chalcid wasps (, , for their metallic colour) are insects within the superfamily Chalcidoidea, part of the order Hymenoptera. The superfamily contains some 22,500 known species, and an estimated total diversity of more than 500,000 species, me ...
(chalcid wasps)

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Aphelinidae The Aphelinidae are a moderate-sized family of tiny parasitic wasps, with about 1100 described species in some 28 genera. These minute insects are challenging to study, as they deteriorate rapidly after death unless extreme care is taken (e.g., p ...
(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 ''Eupelmus'' is a genus of insects belonging to the family Eupelmidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in ...
1 species *
Eurytomidae The Eurytomidae are a family within the superfamily Chalcidoidea. Unlike most chalcidoids, the larvae of many are phytophagous (feeding in stems, seeds, or galls), while others are more typical parasitoids, though even then the hosts are usually ...
17 species * Mymaridae (fairyflies / fairy wasps) 21 species * Ormyridae (parasitic wasps) 1 species *
Pteromalidae The Pteromalidae are a very large family of mostly parasitoid wasps, with some 3,450 described species in about 640 genera (the number was greater, but many species and genera have been reduced by synonymy in recent years). The subfamily-level d ...
(parasitoid wasps) 167 species *
Tetracampidae The Tetracampidae are a small family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea. They are parasitoids of phytophagous insects, primarily flies. The 44 species in 15 genera are almost entirely absent from the New World The term ''N ...
(parasitic wasps) 2 species * Torymidae 32 species * Trichogrammatidae (tiny wasps) 3 species


Superfamily Ichneumonoidea

* Ichneumonidae (ichneumon wasps) 1,135 species including *''
Ichneumon sarcitorius ''Ichneumon sarcitorius'' is a species of wasp belonging to the family Ichneumonidae subfamily Ichneumoninae. Subspecies Subspecies within this species include: * ''Ichneumon sarcitorius albosignatus'' Torka, 1930 * ''Ichneumon sarcitorius cauca ...
'' *'' Ichneumon insidiosus'' *''
Ichneumon extensorius ''Ichneumon extensorius'' is a species of parasitic wasp in the genus '' Ichneumon''. It was described by Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt ...
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Rhyssa persuasoria ''Rhyssa persuasoria'', also known as the sabre wasp, is a species belonging to the family Ichneumonidae subfamily Rhyssinae. Members of this subfamily, including those of ''Rhyssa'' and the allied ''Megarhyssa'', are also known collectively as g ...
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Anomalon cruentatum ''Anomalon cruentatum'' is a species of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. Description ''Anomalon cruentatum'' can reach a body length of , while the front wings reach . Body is mainly black in males, while in females head ...
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Alomya debellator ''Alomya debellator'' is a species of parasitoid wasp in the family Ichneumonidae. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. Description ''Alomya debellator'' can reach a length of 10.5–18 mm. The head, thorax and u ...
'' *'' Pimpla rufipes'' *'' Pimpla turionellae'' *'' Pimpla ovivora'' *'' Agrothereutes abbreviatus'' *''
Cratichneumon coruscator ''Cratichneumon coruscator'' is a species of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae. Description ''Cratichneumon coruscator'' can reach a length of in males, of in females. Adults can be found from May to August. Larvae feed on ''Panolis fla ...
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Amblyjoppa fuscipennis ''Amblyjoppa fuscipennis'' is a species of the parasitic wasp in the family (biology), family Ichneumonidae. It was Species description, first described by Constantin Wesmael in 1844. Subspecies * ''Amblyjoppa fuscipennis nigriventris'' (Haberme ...
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Vulgichneumon saturatorius ''Vulgichneumon saturatorius'' is a species of parasitoid wasp in the ichneumonid family. Description This is one of many quite similar species. The adult is mainly black, with reddish-brown legs, a white spot on top of the thorax between the w ...
'' *'' Diplazon laetatorius'' *''
Euceros albitarsus ''Euceros'' is a worldwide genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. It is the sole genus of the subfamily Eucerotinae. ''Euceros'' species are hyperparasitoids of Ichneumonoidea. First instar larvae hatch from eggs laid on leaf s ...
'' *'' Astiphromma sericans'' *''
Ophion luteus In some versions of Greek mythology, Ophion (; grc-gre, Ὀφίων "serpent"; ''gen''.: Ὀφίωνος), also called Ophioneus () ruled the world with Eurynome before the two of them were cast down by Cronus and Rhea. Mythology Pherecydes of ...
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Xorides fuligator ''Xorides fuligator'' is a parasitoid wasp from Ichneumonid family that parasitizes long-horned beetle The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns, are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species descri ...
'' * Braconidae (parasitoid wasps) 529 species including *''
Chorebus lateralis ''Chorebus lateralis'' is a species of diurnal parasitoid wasp Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eg ...
'' *'' Cotesia glomerata'' *'' Allurus lituratus'' *'' Agathis breviseta'' *'' Atormus victus'' *'' Blacus humilis'' *'' Centistes ater'' *''
Chorebus lateralis ''Chorebus lateralis'' is a species of diurnal parasitoid wasp Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eg ...
'' *'' Coelinidea elegans'' *'' Dolopsidea indagator'' *'' Hygroplitis rugulosus'' *'' Laotris striatula'' *''
Microplitis spectabilis ''Microplitis'' is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are more than 190 described species in ''Microplitis'', found throughout the world. See also * List of Microplitis species These 195 species belong to the genus ''M ...
'' *'' Opius pygmaeator'' *'' Phaedrotoma aethiops'' *'' Praon abjectum'' *'' Synelix semirugosa'' *''
Trachionus hians ''Trachionus'' is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are about 13 described species in ''Trachionus''. Species These 13 species belong to the genus ''Trachionus'': * ''Trachionus agromyzae'' (Rohwer, 1914) * ''Trachionus ...
'' *'' Zele caligatus''


Superfamily

Evanioidea The Evanioidea are a small hymenopteran superfamily that includes three families, two of which (Aulacidae and Gasteruptiidae) are much more closely related to one another than they are to the remaining family, Evaniidae. The rich fossil record, h ...

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Gasteruptiidae The Gasteruptiidae are one of the more distinctive families among the apocritan wasps, with surprisingly little variation in appearance for a group that contains around 500 species in two subfamilies ( Gasteruptiinae and Hyptiogastrinae) and wi ...
1 species *'' Gasteruption jaculator''


Superfamily

Platygastroidea The Hymenopteran superfamily of parasitoid wasps, Platygastroidea, has often been treated as a lineage within the superfamily Proctotrupoidea, but most classifications since 1977 have recognized it as an independent group within the Proctotrupo ...

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 The hymenopteran family Scelionidae is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species in some 176 genera) of exclusively parasitoid wasps, mostly small (0.5–10 mm), often black, often highly sculptured, with (typically) elbowe ...
(parasitoid wasps) 28 species


Superfamily

Proctotrupoidea Proctotrupoidea is a hymenopteran superfamily containing seven extant families, though others have been recognized in the past, most of these having been removed to a recently erected superfamily Diaprioidea. Of the remaining families, only Pr ...

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Diapriidae The Diapriidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. These tiny insects have an average length of 2–4 mm and never exceed 8 mm. They typically attack larvae and pupae of a wide range of insects, especially flies. The about 2,300 described ...
(tiny wasps) 185 species including *'' Ismarus dorsiger'' *
Heloridae Heloridae is a family of wasps in the order Hymenoptera known primarily from fossils, and only one extant genus, '' Helorus'', with 12 species found worldwide. Members of ''Helorus'' are parasitic on green lacewings. Extant genera *'' Helorus'' ( ...
2 species *
Proctotrupidae Proctotrupidae is a family of wasps in the superfamily Proctotrupoidea of the order Hymenoptera. There are about 400 species in more than 30 genera in Proctotrupidae, found throughout most of the world. Proctotrupidae are small parasitoid wasps, ...
36 species


Superfamily

Ceraphronoidea The Ceraphronoidea are a small hymenopteran superfamily that includes only two families, and a total of some 800 species, though a great many species are still undescribed. It is a poorly known group as a whole, and most are believed to be parasi ...

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Ceraphronidae The Ceraphronidae are a small hymenopteran family with 14 genera and some 360 known species, though a great many species are still undescribed. It is a poorly known group as a whole, though most are believed to be parasitoids (especially of f ...
6 species *
Megaspilidae The Megaspilidae are a small hymenopteran family with 13 genera in two subfamilies, and some 450 known species, with a great many species still undescribed. It is a poorly known group as a whole, though most are believed to be parasitoids (espe ...
13 species


Superfamily Cynipoidea

* Figitidae (parasitoid wasps) 56 species * 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 Cola-nut gallsDarlington, Arnold (1975) ''The Pocket Encyclopaedia of Plant Galls in Colour.'' Pub. Blandford Press. Poole. . P. 155. develop as a chemically induced distortion of leaf axillary or terminal buds on pedunculate oak (''Quercus robu ...
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Biorhiza pallida ''Biorhiza pallida'' is a gall wasp species in the family Cynipidae. This species is a member of the tribe Cynipini: the oak gall wasp tribe. Cynipini is the tribe partially responsible for the formation of galls known as oak apples on oak trees ...
'' *'' Neuroterus albipes'' *'' Neuroterus anthracinus'' *''
Neuroterus numismalis ''Neuroterus numismalis'' is a gall wasp that forms chemically induced leaf galls on oak trees. It has both bisexual and agamic (parthenogenetic) generations and forms two distinct galls on oak leaves, the silk button gall and blister gall. The ...
'' *'' 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.e8151Gavin 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.e9042Peter 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.e7991Dale-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.e7936Andrew 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.e1168Gavin 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.e7935George 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

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Edward Saunders Edward Saunders may refer to: *Edward W. Saunders (1860–1921), Virginian politician *Edward Saunders (judge) (died 1576), British judge *Edward Saunders (entomologist) (1848–1910), British entomologist *Edward Saunders (MP) for Coventry (UK Par ...
, 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 DatabaseBees, Wasps and Ants - the British and Irish Aculeate HymenopteraBees of IrelandFaune de France Insectes Hyménoptères
pdfs free downloads * Royal Entomological Society Handbooks Out of print parts available a
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 *Vol 8 Part 2b. Hymenoptera 2. Chalcidoidea Section (b). R. R. Askew *Vol 8 Part 3d i. Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea. Diapriidae subfamily Diapriinae. G. E. J. Nixon *Vol 8 Part 3d ii. Hymenoptera. Proctotrupoidea. Diapriidae subfamily Belytinae. G. E. J. Nixon
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