List of Hemiptera of Ireland
This is a list of the Hemiptera (true bugs) recorded on the island of Ireland.[1]
Suborder Heteroptera (typical bugs)
Infraorder Dipsocoromorpha
Family Ceratocombidae
- Ceratocombus coleoptratus (Zetterstedt, 1819)
Family Dipsocoridae
- Cryptostemma alienum Herrich-Schäffer 1835
- Pachycoleus waltli Fieber 1860
Infraorder Gerromorpha (semiaquatic bugs)
Superfamily Gerroidea
Family Gerridae (water striders)
- Aquarius najas (De Geer 1773)
- Gerris argentatus Schummel 1832
- Gerris costae (Herrich-Schäffer 1850)
- Gerris lacustris (Linnaeus 1758)
- Gerris odontogaster (Zetterstedt 1828)
- Gerris thoracicus Schummel 1832
- Gerris lateralis Schummel 1832
- Limnoporus rufoscutellatus (Latreille 1807)
Family Veliidae (riffle bugs)
- Microvelia reticulata (Burmeister 1835)
- Microvelia pygmaea (Dufour 1833)
- Velia caprai Tamanini 1947
- Velia saulii Tamanini 1947
Superfamily Hebroidea
Family Hebridae (velvet water bugs)
- Hebrus pusillus (Fallen 1807)
- Hebrus ruficeps Thomson, 1871
Superfamily Hydrometroidea
Family Hydrometridae (marsh treaders, water measurers)
- Hydrometra stagnorum (Linnaeus 1758)
- Hydrometra gracilenta Horváth, 1899
Infraorder Leptopodomorpha
Family Saldidae (shore bugs)
- Chartoscirta cincta (Herrich-Schäffer 1841)
- Chartoscirta elegantula (Fallen 1807)
- Chiloxanthus pilosus (Fallen 1807)
- Halosalda lateralis (Fallen 1807)
- Macrosaldula scotica (Curtis 1835)
- Saldula connemarae Walton 1986
- Saldula opacula (Zetterstedt 1838)
- Saldula orthochila (Fieber 1859)
- Saldula pallipes (Fabricius 1794)
- Saldula palustris (Douglas 1874)
- Saldula pilosella (Thomson 1871)
- Saldula saltatoria (Linnaeus 1758)
Family Aepophilidae
- Aepophilus bonnairei Signoret 1879
Infraorder Nepomorpha (true water bugs)
Superfamily Corixoidea
Family Corixidae (water boatmen)
- Arctocorisa carinata (C.R. Sahlberg 1819)
- Arctocorisa germari (Fieber 1848)
- Callicorixa praeusta (Fieber 1848)
- Callicorixa wollastoni (Douglas & Scott, 1865)
- Corixa affinis Leach 1817
- Corixa dentipes Thomson 1869
- Corixa iberica Jansson 1981
- Corixa panzeri Fieber 1848
- Corixa punctata (Illiger 1807)
- Cymatia bonsdorffii (C.R. Sahlberg 1819)
- Glaenocorisa cavifrons (Thomson 1869)
- Hesperocorixa castanea (Thomson 1869)
- Hesperocorixa linnaei (Fieber 1848)
- Hesperocorixa moesta (Fieber 1848)
- Hesperocorixa sahlbergi (Fieber 1848)
- Micronecta griseola Horvath 1899
- Micronecta poweri (Douglas & Scott 1869)
- Paracorixa concinna (Fieber 1848)
- Sigara selecta (Fieber 1848)
- Sigara stagnalis (Leach 1817)
- Sigara nigrolineata (Fieber 1848)
- Sigara limitata (Fieber 1848)
- Sigara semistriata (Fieber 1848)
- Sigara venusta (Douglas & Scott 1869)
- Sigara dorsalis (Leach 1817)
- Sigara distincta (Fieber 1848)
- Sigara falleni (Fieber 1848)
- Sigara fallenoidea (Hungerford 1926)
- Sigara fossarum (Leach 1817)
- Sigara scotti (Douglas & Scott 1868)
- Sigara lateralis (Leach 1817)
Superfamily Nepoidea
Family Nepidae (water scorpions, needle bugs)
- Nepa cinerea Linnaeus 1758
Superfamily Aphelocheiroidea
Family Aphelocheiridae
- Aphelocheirus aestivalis (Fabricius 1794)
Superfamily Notonectoidea
Family Notonectidae (backswimmers)
- Notonecta glauca Linnaeus, 1758
- Notonecta obliqua Thunberg, 1787
- Notonecta viridis Delcourt, 1909
- Notonecta maculata Fabricius, 1794
Superfamily Pleoidea
Family Pleidae
- Plea minutissima Leach 1817
Infraorder Cimicomorpha (Assassin bugs, bed bugs, etc.)
Superfamily Cimicoidea
Family Anthocoridae (minute pirate bugs or flower bugs)
- Acompocoris alpinus Reuter, 1875
- Acompocoris pygmaeus (Fallen 1807)
- Anthocoris butleri Le Quesne, 1954
- Anthocoris confusus Reuter 1884
- Anthocoris gallarumulmi (De Geer 1773)
- Anthocoris limbatus Fieber 1836
- Anthocoris nemoralis (Fabricius 1794)
- Anthocoris nemorum (Linnaeus 1761)
- Anthocoris sarothamni Douglas & Scott 1865
- Dufouriellus ater (Dufour 1833)
- Lyctocoris campestris (Fabricius 1794)
- Orius laticollis (Reuter 1884)
- Orius majusculus (Reuter 1879)
- Orius laevigatus (Fieber 1860)
- Orius niger (Wolff 1811)
- Temnostethus gracilis Horvath 1907
- Temnostethus pusillus (Herrich-Schäffer 1835)
- Temnostethus tibialis Reuter 1888
- Tetraphleps bicuspis (Herrich-Schäffer 1835)
Family Microphysidae
- Loricula elegantula (Baerensprung 1858)
- Loricula exilis (Fallen 1807)
- Loricula inconspicua (Douglas & Scott 1871)
Family Cimicidae (bed bugs, bat bugs)
- Cimex lectularius Linnaeus 1758
- Cimex pipistrelli Jenyns 1839
- Oeciacus hirundinis (Lamarck 1816)
Family Miridae (plant bugs, leaf bugs, grass bugs)
- Adelphocoris lineolatus (Goeze 1778)
- Adelphocoris seticornis (Fabricius 1775)
- Apolygus lucorum (Meyer-Dür 1843)
- Apolygus spinolae (Meyer-Dür 1841)
- Asciodema obsoleta (Fieber 1864)
- Atractotomus magnicornis (Fallen 1807)
- Blepharidopterus angulatus (Fallen 1807)
- Bothynotus pilosus (Boheman 1852)
- Bryocoris pteridis (Fallen 1807)
- Calocoris roseomaculatus (De Geer 1773)
- Camptozygum aequale (Villers 1789)
- Campyloneura virgula (Herrich-Schäffer 1835)
- Capsodes flavomarginatus (Donovan 1798)
- Capsus ater (Linnaeus 1758)
- Charagochilus gyllenhalii (Fallen 1807)
- Chlamydatus pullus (Reuter 1870)
- Closterotomus norwegicus (Gmelin 1790)
- Compsidolon salicellum (Herrich-Schäffer 1841)
- Conostethus brevis Reuter 1877
- Conostethus griseus Douglas & Scott 1870
- Cyllecoris histrionius (Linnaeus 1767)
- Cyrtorhinus caricis (Fallen 1807)
- Deraeocoris ruber (Linnaeus 1758)
- Deraeocoris scutellaris (Fabricius 1794)
- Dichrooscytus rufipennis (Fallen 1807)
- Dicyphus constrictus (Boheman 1852)
- Dicyphus epilobii Reuter 1883
- Dicyphus errans (Wolff 1804)
- Dicyphus stachydis J. Sahlberg 1878
- Dicyphus pallicornis (Fieber 1861)
- Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus (De Geer 1773)
- Fieberocapsus flaveolus (Reuter 1870)
- Globiceps flavomaculatus (Fabricius 1794)
- Globiceps fulvicollis Jakovlev 1877
- Grypocoris stysi (Wagner 1968)
- Hallodapus rufescens (Burmeister 1835)
- Harpocera thoracica (Fallen 1807)
- Heterocordylus tibialis (Hahn 1833)
- Heterotoma planicornis (Pallas 1772)
- Leptopterna dolabrata (Linnaeus 1758)
- Leptopterna ferrugata (Fallen 1807)
- Liocoris tripustulatus (Fabricius 1781)
- Lygocoris pabulinus (Linnaeus 1761)
- Lygocoris rugicollis (Fallen 1807)
- Lygus maritimus Wagner 1949
- Lygus rugulipennis Poppius 1911
- Lygus wagneri Remane 1955
- Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur 1839)
- Macrotylus paykullii (Fallen 1807)
- Malacocoris chlorizans (Panzer 1794)
- Mecomma dispar (Boheman 1852)
- Mecomma ambulans (Fallen 1807)
- Megalocoleus molliculus (Fallen 1807)
- Miris striatus (Linnaeus 1758)
- Monalocoris filicis (Linnaeus 1758)
- Neolygus contaminatus (Fallen 1807)
- Neolygus viridis (Fallen 1807)
- Notostira erratica (Linnaeus 1758)
- Orthocephalus coriaceus (Fabricius 1777)
- Orthocephalus saltator (Hahn 1835)
- Orthonotus rufifrons (Fallen 1807)
- Orthops basalis (A. Costa 1853)
- Orthops campestris (Linnaeus 1758)
- Orthops kalmii (Linnaeus 1758)
- Orthotylus ericetorum (Fallen 1807)
- Orthotylus flavosparsus (C.R. Sahlberg 1841)
- Orthotylus flavinervis (Kirschbaum 1856)
- Orthotylus marginalis Reuter 1883
- Orthotylus nassatus (Fabricius 1787)
- Orthotylus ochrotrichus Fieber 1864
- Orthotylus prasinus (Fallen 1826)
- Orthotylus tenellus (Fallen 1807)
- Orthotylus viridinervis (Kirschbaum 1856)
- Orthotylus adenocarpi (Perris 1857)
- Orthotylus concolor (Kirschbaum 1856)
- Orthotylus virescens (Douglas & Scott 1865)
- Orthotylus bilineatus (Fallen 1807)
- Pachytomella parallela (Meyer-Dür 1843)
- Pantilius tunicatus (Fabricius 1781)
- Phylus coryli (Linnaeus 1758)
- Phylus melanocephalus (Linnaeus 1767)
- Phytocoris ulmi (Linnaeus 1758)
- Phytocoris varipes Boheman 1852
- Phytocoris dimidiatus Kirschbaum 1856
- Phytocoris longipennis Flor 1861
- Phytocoris populi (Linnaeus 1758)
- Phytocoris reuteri Saunders 1876
- Phytocoris tiliae (Fabricius 1777)
- Pinalitus atomarius (Meyer-Dür 1843)
- Pinalitus cervinus (Herrich-Schäffer 1841)
- Pinalitus rubricatus (Fallen 1807)
- Pithanus maerkelii (Herrich-Schäffer 1838)
- Plagiognathus arbustorum (Fabricius 1794)
- Plagiognathus chrysanthemi (Wolff 1804)
- Platycranus bicolor Douglas & Scott 1868
- Plesiodema pinetella (Zetterstedt 1828)
- Polymerus palustris (Reuter 1907)
- Polymerus nigrita (Fallen 1807)
- Psallodema fieberi (Fieber 1864)
- Psallus betuleti (Fallen 1826)
- Psallus perrisi (Mulsant & Rey 1852)
- Psallus variabilis (Fallen 1807)
- Psallus wagneri Ossiannilsson 1953
- Psallus ambiguus (Fallen 1807)
- Psallus quercus (Kirschbaum 1856)
- Psallus confusus Rieger 1981
- Psallus falleni Reuter 1883
- Psallus flavellus Stichel 1933
- Psallus haematodes (Gmelin 1790)
- Psallus lepidus Fieber 1858
- Psallus mollis (Mulsant & Rey 1852)
- Psallus salicis (Kirschbaum 1856)
- Psallus varians (Herrich-Schäffer 1841)
- Rhabdomiris striatellus (Fabricius 1794)
- Stenodema calcarata (Fallen 1807)
- Stenodema holsata (Fabricius 1787)
- Stenodema laevigatum (Linnaeus 1758)
- Stenotus binotatus (Fabricius 1794)
- Teratocoris saundersi Douglas & Scott 1869
- Teratocoris viridis Douglas & Scott 1867
- Trigonotylus ruficornis (Geoffroy 1785)
- Tytthus pubescens (Knight 1931)
- Tytthus pygmaeus (Zetterstedt 1838)
Family Nabidae (damsel bugs)
- Himacerus major (A. Costa 1842)
- Himacerus mirmicoides (O. Costa 1834)
- Himacerus boops (Schiødte 1870)
- Nabis limbatus Dahlbom 1851
- Nabis lineatus Dahlbom 1851
- Nabis flavomarginatus Scholtz 1847
- Nabis ericetorum Scholtz 1847
- Nabis ferus (Linnaeus 1758)
- Nabis rugosus (Linnaeus 1758)
Family Reduviidae (assassin bugs)
- Empicoris culiciformis (De Geer 1773)
- Empicoris vagabundus (Linnaeus 1758)
Family Tingidae (lace bugs)
- Acalypta brunnea (Germar 1837)
- Acalypta carinata (Panzer 1806)
- Acalypta parvula (Fallen 1807)
- Derephysia foliacea (Fallen 1807)
- Dictyla convergens (Herrich-Schäffer 1835)
- Kalama tricornis (Schrank 1801)
- Tingis cardui (Linnaeus 1758)
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Aradoidea
Family Aradidae (flat bugs)
- Aradus depressus (Fabricius 1794)
Superfamily Pentatomoidea (shield bugs and relatives)
Family Acanthosomatidae (shield bugs)
- Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale (Linnaeus 1758)
- Elasmostethus interstinctus (Linnaeus 1758)
- Elasmucha grisea (Linnaeus 1758)
- Cyphostethus tristriatus (Fabricius, 1787)
Family Cydnidae (burrowing shield bugs)
- Sehirus luctuosus Mulsant & Rey 1866
- Thyreocoris scarabaeoides (Linnaeus 1758)
Family Scutelleridae (jewel bugs or metallic shield bugs)
- Eurygaster maura (Linnaeus 1758)
- Eurygaster testudinaria (Geoffroy 1785)
Family Pentatomidae (stink bugs)
- Dolycoris baccarum (Linnaeus 1758)
- Palomena prasina (Linnaeus 1761)
- Pentatoma rufipes(Linnaeus, 1758)
- Picromerus bidens (Linnaeus 1758)
- Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius 1794)
- Rhacognathus punctatus (Linnaeus 1758)
- Troilus luridus (Fabricius 1775)
- Zicrona caerulea (Linnaeus 1758)
Superfamily Coreoidea
Family Alydidae (broad-headed bugs)
- Alydus calcaratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family Coreidae (leaf-footed bugs)
- Coreus marginatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Family Rhopalidae (scentless plant bugs)
- Corizus hyoscyami (Linnaeus 1758)
- Liorhyssus hyalinus (Fabricius 1794)
Family Stenocephalidae
- Dicranocephalus agilis (Scopoli 1763)
Superfamily Lygaeoidea
Family Berytidae (stilt bugs)
- Berytinus minor (Herrich-Schäffer 1835)
- Berytinus montivagus (Meyer-Dür 1841)
- Berytinus signoreti (Fieber 1859)
- Gampsocoris punctipes (Germar 1822)
- Metatropis rufescens (Herrich-Schäffer 1835)
- Neides tipularius (Linnaeus 1758)
Family Lygaeidae (milkweed bugs, true seed bugs)
- Acompus rufipes (Wolff 1804)
- Chilacis typhae (Perris 1857)
- Cymus claviculus (Fallen 1807)
- Cymus glandicolor Hahn 1832
- Drymus pilicornis (Mulsant & Rey 1852)
- Drymus brunneus (R.F. Sahlberg 1848)
- Drymus ryeii Douglas & Scott 1865
- Drymus sylvaticus (Fabricius 1775)
- Gastrodes grossipes (De Geer 1773)
- Heterogaster urticae (Fabricius 1775)
- Ischnocoris angustulus (Boheman 1852)
- Ischnodemus sabuleti (Fallen 1826)
- Kleidocerys resedae (Panzer 1797)
- Lamproplax picea (Flor 1860)
- Lasiosomus enervis (Herrich-Schäffer 1835)
- Macrodema microptera (Curtis 1836)
- Megalonotus chiragra (Fabricius 1794)
- Megalonotus dilatatus (Herrich-Schäffer 1840)
- Nysius thymi (Wolff 1804)
- Pachybrachius fracticollis (Schilling 1829)
- Peritrechus geniculatus (Hahn 1832)
- Peritrechus lundii (Gmelin 1790)
- Plinthisus brevipennis (Latreille 1807)
- Scolopostethus affinis (Schilling 1829)
- Scolopostethus decoratus (Hahn 1833)
- Scolopostethus grandis Horvath 1880
- Scolopostethus puberulus Horvath 1887
- Scolopostethus thomsoni Reuter 1875
- Stygnocoris fuligineus (Geoffroy 1785)
- Stygnocoris rusticus (Fallen 1807)
- Stygnocoris sabulosus (Schilling 1829)
- Taphropeltus contractus (Herrich-Schäffer 1835)
- Trapezonotus arenarius (Linnaeus 1758)
Family Piesmatidae (ash-grey leaf bugs)
- Parapiesma quadratum (Fieber 1844)
- Piesma maculatum (Laporte 1833)
References
- O’Connor. J.P. and Nelson, B., 2012, An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Hemiptera and Small Orders.The Irish Biogeographical Society and the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin
- Berend Aukema and Christian Rieger (Editors) Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region (5-Volumes and supplement) Amsterdam : The Netherlands Entomological Society(Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging) 1995-2006 ISBN 9071912280
Further reading
- Edward Saunders, 1892 The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands : a descriptive account of the families, genera, and species indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland : with notes as to localities, habitats, etc. London :L. Reeve & Co. online includes coloured plates
- T. R. E. Southwood & Dennis Leston, 1959 Land & Water Bugs of the British Isles Frederick Warne & Co.
External links
Taxonomy and images
- Consortium for the Barcode of Life Hemiptera images of most Irish species via taxonomy or search
- Encyclopedia of Life online has many images via search
- Danmarks Blomstertæger
- AMNH Plant Bugs Inventory Synonymy
- Biolib
Identification
- Faune de France Insectes Insectes Hémiptères pdfs free downloads
- Royal Entomological Society Handbooks Out of print parts available as free pdfs are:
- Vol 2 Part 2a. Hemiptera - Cicadomorpha (excluding Deltocephalinae and Typhlocybinae). Walter J. Le Quesne
- Vol 2 Part 2b. Hemiptera - Cicadomorpha - Deltocephalinae. Walter J. Le Quesne
- Vol 2 Part 2c. Cicadellidae (Typhlocybinae) with a checklist of the British Auchenorhyncha (Hemiptera, Homoptera) W. J. Le Quesne and K. R. Payne
- Vol 2 Part 3. Hemiptera - Fulgoromorpha. Walter J. Le Quesne
- Vol 2 Part 4a. Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part) - Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae. H. L. G. Stroyan
- Vol 2 Part 5a. Homoptera - Psylloidea. I. D. Hodkinson & I. M. White
Economic