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

    • Ceratocombus coleoptratus (Zetterstedt, 1819)
    • Cryptostemma alienum Herrich-Schäffer 1835
    • Pachycoleus waltli Fieber 1860

Infraorder Gerromorpha (semiaquatic bugs)

Superfamily Gerroidea

Family Gerridae (water striders)

Family Veliidae (riffle bugs)

Superfamily Hebroidea

Family Hebridae (velvet water bugs)

Superfamily Hydrometroidea

Family Hydrometridae (marsh treaders, water measurers)

Infraorder Leptopodomorpha

Family Saldidae (shore bugs)

Infraorder Nepomorpha (true water bugs)

Superfamily Corixoidea

Family Corixidae (water boatmen)

Superfamily Nepoidea

Family Nepidae (water scorpions, needle bugs)

Superfamily Aphelocheiroidea

Superfamily Notonectoidea

Family Notonectidae (backswimmers)

Superfamily Pleoidea

Family Pleidae

Infraorder Cimicomorpha (Assassin bugs, bed bugs, etc.)

Superfamily Cimicoidea

Family Anthocoridae (minute pirate bugs or flower bugs)

    • 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)

Family Nabidae (damsel bugs)

Family Reduviidae (assassin bugs)

Family Tingidae (lace bugs)

Infraorder Pentatomomorpha

Superfamily Aradoidea

Family Aradidae (flat bugs)

Superfamily Pentatomoidea (shield bugs and relatives)

Family Acanthosomatidae (shield bugs)

Family Cydnidae (burrowing shield bugs)

Family Scutelleridae (jewel bugs or metallic shield bugs)

Family Pentatomidae (stink bugs)

Superfamily Coreoidea

Family Alydidae (broad-headed bugs)

Family Coreidae (leaf-footed bugs)

Family Rhopalidae (scentless plant bugs)

  • Dicranocephalus agilis (Scopoli 1763)

Superfamily Lygaeoidea

Family Berytidae (stilt bugs)

Family Lygaeidae (milkweed bugs, true seed bugs)

Family Piesmatidae (ash-grey leaf bugs)

References

  1. ^ "Species - Biodiversity Maps".
  2. ^ "Water Measurer (Hydrometra stagnorum) - Detail - Biodiversity Maps".
  3. ^ "Sigara (Subsigara) scotti - Detail - Biodiversity Maps".
  • 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.

Taxonomy and images

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

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