List of Hemiptera of Ireland

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

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)

Two water skaters (Aquarius najas) mating.

• • 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)

Water cricket (Velia caprai)

• • 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, a water measurer especially common in Ulster and coastal areas.

• • Hydrometra stagnorum (Linnaeus 1758)
  • Hydrometra gracilenta Horváth, 1899

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

• • Aepophilus bonnairei Signoret 1879

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.

• 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)

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

• • 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)

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

• • Loricula elegantula (Baerensprung 1858)
  • Loricula exilis (Fallen 1807)
  • Loricula inconspicua (Douglas & Scott 1871)

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.

• • Cimex lectularius Linnaeus 1758
  • Cimex pipistrelli Jenyns 1839
  • Oeciacus hirundinis (Lamarck 1816)

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

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

• 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)

Nabis rugosus, a predatory damsel bug.

• • 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)

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

• • 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)

Parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) with eggs.

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)

Neides tipularius, a stilt bug.

• • 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)

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)

• • 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

• British Isles Bugs
• Shieldbugs of Ireland
• DEpository

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

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