List of Hemiptera of Ireland

This is a list of the Hemiptera (true bugs) recorded on the island of Ireland.[1]

Infraorder Dipsocoromorpha

Family Ceratocombidae

Family Dipsocoridae

Infraorder Gerromorpha (semiaquatic bugs)

Superfamily Gerroidea

Family Gerridae (water striders)

Two water skaters (Aquarius najas) mating.

Family Veliidae (riffle bugs)

Water cricket (Velia caprai)

Superfamily Hebroidea

Family Hebridae (velvet water bugs)

Superfamily Hydrometroidea

Family Hydrometridae (marsh treaders, water measurers)

Hydrometra stagnorum, a water measurer especially common in Ulster and coastal areas.[2]

Infraorder Leptopodomorpha

Family Saldidae (shore bugs)

Macrosaldula scotica, a species of shore bug.
  • 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

Infraorder Nepomorpha (true water bugs)

Superfamily Corixoidea

Family Corixidae (water boatmen)

Sigara scotti, a species of water boatman found mostly in the west of Ireland.[3]

Superfamily Nepoidea

Family Nepidae (water scorpions, needle bugs)

Superfamily Aphelocheiroidea

Family Aphelocheiridae

Superfamily Notonectoidea

Family Notonectidae (backswimmers)

Compound eye of Notonecta glauca, the object of much study.

Superfamily Pleoidea

Family Pleidae

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

Superfamily Cimicoidea

Family Anthocoridae (minute pirate bugs or flower bugs)

Anthocoris nemorum
  • 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

Family Cimicidae (bed bugs, bat bugs)

Common bed bug (Cimex lectularius), which causes skin rashes, psychological effects, and allergic symptoms in the humans it bites.

Family Miridae (plant bugs, leaf bugs, grass bugs)

Nymph (immature form) of the common nettle bug (Liocoris tripustulatus).

Family Nabidae (damsel bugs)

Nabis rugosus, a predatory damsel bug.

Family Reduviidae (assassin bugs)

Family Tingidae (lace bugs)

Tingis cardui, lace bug found in coastal parts of Ireland.

Infraorder Pentatomomorpha

Superfamily Aradoidea

Family Aradidae (flat bugs)

Superfamily Pentatomoidea (shield bugs and relatives)

Parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) with eggs.

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)

Family Stenocephalidae

Superfamily Lygaeoidea

Family Berytidae (stilt bugs)

Neides tipularius, a stilt bug.

Family Lygaeidae (milkweed bugs, true seed bugs)

Pinecone bug (Gastrodes grossipes)
  • 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)

References

  1. ↑ http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/SpeciesGroup/29/Species?FullDictionary=false&UseCommonNames=false
  2. ↑ http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/SpeciesGroup/29/Species/84672?FullDictionary=false&UseCommonNames=false
  3. ↑ http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/SpeciesGroup/29/Species/85709?FullDictionary=false&UseCommonNames=false

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