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. 2016 Apr 7;(4):e8050. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8050

Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - aculeates (Apoidea, Chrysidoidea and Vespoidea)

George R Else ‡, Barry Bolton §, Gavin R Broad |,✉
PMCID: PMC4867696  PMID: 27226757

Abstract Abstract

Background

The checklist of British and Irish aculeate Hymenoptera (Apoidea, Chrysidoidea and Vespoidea) is revised. Species distribution is summarised for all species at the level of country (England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Isle of Man).

New information

The 601 native species represent an increase of 25 on the 1978 checklist, comprising mostly new discoveries. This increase is nearly balanced by the 23 species now presumed to be extinct in Britain and Ireland.

Keywords: Britain, Ireland, bees, ants, wasps, fauna

Introduction

The checklist of British and Irish aculeates is essentially that of Else et al. (2004) but with several additions and updated taxonomy. This continues the series of chapters, starting with Broad and Livermore (2014a), Broad and Livermore (2014b) and Liston et al. (2014) comprising the first complete updating of the 1978 Hymenoptera checklist (Fitton et al. 1978).

Unlike most groups of Hymenoptera, the aculeate ants, bees and wasps are well-served by identification literature and are actively collected and recorded by a relatively large number of amateur as well as professional entomologists. We thus have a better idea of the actual size of the fauna than we do for sawflies and parasitoid wasps. There is thus a much better idea of change in the aculeate fauna and numerous extinctions and colonisations have been documented.

The aculeate Hymenoptera encompass three superfamilies and 18 families in Britain and Ireland (as discussed in Broad 2014, this figure is likely to change), with a wide range of ecologies and body forms. Figs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 depict some of this variety (and the website of the Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society has many more images). With multiple evolutions of eusociality, importance as pollinators, predators and parasitoids and general conspicuousness, the aculeates have always attracted attention and very good summaries of their biology can be found in a diverse array of texts for a variety of different audiences, from Lubbock (1882) to Gauld and Bolton (1988).

Representative British crabronid and sphecid wasps

Figure 1a.

Figure 1a.

Astata boops (Schrank) (Crabronidae) with gorse shieldbug prey (courtesy of J. Early)

Figure 1b.

Figure 1b.

Crossocerus binotatus (Lepeletier & Brullé) female (Crabronidae) (courtesy of J. Early)

Figure 1c.

Figure 1c.

Pemphredon lugubris (Fabricius) (Crabronidae) approaching nest with aphid prey (courtesy of J. Early)

Figure 1d.

Figure 1d.

Ammophila pubescens Curtis (Sphecidae) with pebble (courtesy of J. Early)

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Representative British bees

Figure 2a.

Figure 2a.

Andrena hattorfiana (Fabricius) (Andrenidae) female on Knautia arvensis (courtesy of J. Early)

Figure 2b.

Figure 2b.

Nomada panzeri Lepeletier (Apidae) female (courtesy of J. Early)

Figure 2c.

Figure 2c.

Colletes sp. (Colletidae) (courtesy of P. Adams)

Figure 2d.

Figure 2d.

Coelioxys conoidea (Illiger) (Megachilidae) female (courtesy of J. Early)

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Representative British Chrysidoidea

Figure 3a.

Figure 3a.

Laelius sp. (Bethylidae) female (courtesy of P. Adams)

Figure 3b.

Figure 3b.

Chrysis viridula Linnaeus (Chrysididae) female (courtesy of J. Early)

Figure 3c.

Figure 3c.

Dryinus collaris (Linnaeus) (Dryinidae) female (courtesy of J. Early)

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Representative British Vespoidea

Figure 4a.

Figure 4a.

Formica rufa Linnaeus (Formicidae) worker with ladybird (courtesy of J. Early)

Figure 4b.

Figure 4b.

Smicromyrme rufipes (Fabricius) (Mutillidae) female (courtesy of J. Early)

Figure 4c.

Figure 4c.

Cryptocheilus notatus (Rossi) (Pompilidae) female with Drassodes cupreus prey (courtesy of J. Early)

Figure 4d.

Figure 4d.

Ceropales maculata (Fabricius) (Pompilidae) female (courtesy of J. Early)

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Representative British Vespoidea

Figure 5a.

Figure 5a.

Sapyga quinquepunctata (Fabricius) (Sapygidae) female (courtesy of J. Early)

Figure 5b.

Figure 5b.

Methocha articulata Latreille (Tiphiidae) female (courtesy of J. Early)

Figure 5c.

Figure 5c.

Methocha articulata Latreille (Tiphiidae) male (courtesy of J. Early)

Figure 5d.

Figure 5d.

Tiphia femorata Fabricius (Tiphiidae) female on Daucus carota (courtesy of J. Early)

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Representative British Vespidae

Figure 6a.

Figure 6a.

Ancistrocerus nigricornis (Curtis) approaching nest with prey (courtesy of J. Early)

Figure 6b.

Figure 6b.

Dolichovespula media (Retzius) dark worker (courtesy of J. Early)

Figure 6c.

Figure 6c.

Dolichovespula saxonica (Fabricius) queen (courtesy of J. Early)

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Materials and methods

The rationale and background to the updated Hymenoptera checklist are laid out in Broad (2014). The aim is to account for all the names in the 1978 checklist, document all additions to and deletions from that list and to list the distributions of all species at the country level, i.e. England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland (as one unit) and the Isle of Man. We do not usually report distribution data for introduced species that only reproduce indoors or in greenhouses.

Sources of classification are listed under each superfamily. The checklist of bees is essentially similar to that of Else's (in prep.) handbook to the British fauna, except that we employ six families rather than including all bees in Apidae and, as discussed in the introduction to this checklist series (Broad 2014), we do not consider the fauna of the Channel Islands. We adopt a multi-family classification of the bees to maintain unity with larger-scale checklists (particularly that of M. Kuhlmann's Checklist of the Western Palaearctic Bees) and because this is the system employed in the most authoritative treatise on bee classification (Michener 2007), as well as most recent papers dealing with bee phylogeny.

Country-level distribution data mostly derive from the distribution atlases produced by the Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society (Edwards 1997, Edwards 1998, Edwards and Telfer 2001, Edwards and Telfer 2002, Edwards and Broad 2005, Edwards and Broad 2006, Edwards and Roy 2009, Collins and Roy 2012, with maps updated on their website), the catalogue of Irish Hymenoptera (O'Connor et al. 2009), and some additional literature references. Note that the Bethylidae, Dryinidae and Embolemidae are particularly poorly recorded.

The following abbreviations and conventions are employed:

[species] taxon deleted from the British and Irish list

NHM Natural History Museum, London

# known or suspected introductions with at least temporarily self-sustaining populations

? status (including uncertain synonymy) or identification in the British Isles uncertain

misident. has been misidentified as this name

nom. dub. nomen dubium, a name of unknown or doubtful application

nom. ob. nomen oblitum, ‘forgotten name’, does not have priority over a younger name

nom. nov. nomen novum, a replacement name

nom. nud. nomen nudum, an unavailable name, with no type specimen

preocc. name preoccupied (junior homonym)

stat. rev. status revocatus, revived status (e.g., raised from synonymy)

unavailable not meeting the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

var. variety, only available as a valid name under the provisions of article 45.6 of the ICZN

Text and spreadsheet versions of the checklists are available as supplementary files: Suppl. materials 1, 2.

Checklists

Apoidea

APOIDEA

Latreille, 1802

Notes

The higher-level classification of the Apoidea follows Pulawski (2013) Engel (2005) and M. Kuhlmann's online checklist of Western Palaearctic bees. The ‘traditional’ family Sphecidae is paraphyletic with respect to the bee families (here referred to as the Anthophila, an informal taxon, following Engel 2005) and in Britain and Ireland comprises the families Crabronidae and Sphecidae. Species-level classification of Crabronidae and Sphecidae follows Pulawski (2013). Figs 1, 2: habitus of selected British Apoidea.

Crabronidae

Latreille, 1802

Astatinae

Lepeletier, 1845

Astata

Latreille, 1796

  • DIMORPHA Panzer, 1806

Astata boops

(Schrank, 1781)

  • Sphex boops Schrank, 1781

  • abdominalis (Panzer, 1798, Tiphia)

  • pompiliformis (Panzer, 1804, Larra)

  • oculata (Jurine, 1807, Dimorpha)

  • victor Curtis, 1829

  • vanderlindeni Robert, 1833

  • agilis Smith, 1875

Distribution

England

Dryudella

Spinola, 1843

Dryudella pinguis

(Dahlbom, 1832)

  • Larra pinguis Dahlbom, 1832

  • stigma misident.

  • pinguis (Zetterstedt, 1838, Larra) preocc.

  • jaculator (Smith, 1845, Astata)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Bembicinae

Latreille, 1802

Alyssontini

Dalla Torre, 1897

Didineis

Wesmael, 1852

Didineis lunicornis

(Fabricius, 1798)

  • Pompilus lunicornis Fabricius, 1798

  • kenedii (Curtis, 1836, Alyson)

Distribution

England

Bembicini

Latreille, 1802

Argogorytes

Ashmead, 1899

Argogorytes fargeii

(Shuckard, 1837)

  • Gorytes fargeii Shuckard, 1837

  • campestris misident.

  • mongolensis Tsuneki, 1971

  • przewalskyi Kazenas, 1971

Distribution

England, Wales

Argogorytes mystaceus

(Linnaeus, 1761)

  • Sphex mystaceus Linnaeus, 1761

  • campestris (Linnaeus, 1761, Vespa)

  • inimica (Harris, 1776, Vespa)

  • longicornis (Rossi, 1790, Sphex)

  • bicinctus (Fabricius, 1793, Crabro)

  • arpactus (Fabricius, 1804, Mellinus)

  • flavicincta (Donovan, 1808, Vespa)

  • croceipes (Eversmann, 1849, Gorytes)

  • tonsus (Bondroit, 1933, Gorytes)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Gorytes

Latreille, 1805

  • ARPACTUS Panzer, 1805

  • EUZONIA Stephens, 1829

  • EUSPONGUS Lepeletier, 1832

  • HOPLISUS Lepeletier, 1832

  • LAEVIGORYTES Zavadil, 1948

Gorytes laticinctus

(Lepeletier, 1832)

  • Euspongus laticinctus Lepeletier, 1832

Distribution

England, Wales

Gorytes quadrifasciatus

(Fabricius, 1804)

  • Mellinus quadrifasciatus Fabricius, 1804

  • vicinus (Lepeletier, 1832, Euspongus)

  • montivagus (Mocsáry, 1878, Hoplisus)

Distribution

England, Wales

Harpactus

Shuckard, 1837

  • ARPACTUS Jurine, 1807

  • HARPACTES Dahlbom, 1843

  • DIENOPLUS Fox, 1893

Harpactus tumidus

(Panzer, 1801)

  • Pompilus tumidus Panzer, 1801

  • japonensis (Tsuneki, 1963, Dienoplus)

  • transiliensis Kazenas, 1989

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Lestiphorus

Lepeletier, 1832

  • HYPOMELLINUS Asmead, 1899

  • MELLINOGASTRA Asmead, 1899

Lestiphorus bicinctus

(Rossi, 1794)

  • Crabro bicinctus Rossi, 1794

Distribution

England

Nyssonini

Latreille, 1804

Nysson

Latreille, 1796

  • SYNNEVRUS Costa, 1859

Nysson dimidiatus

Jurine, 1807

  • wesmaeli Lepeletier, 1845

  • distinguendus Chevrier, 1867

Distribution

England, Wales

Nysson interruptus

(Fabricius, 1798)

  • Mellinus interruptus Fabricius, 1798

  • spinosus (Fabricius, 1804, Ceropales)

  • panzeri Lepeletier, 1845

  • shukardi Wesmael, 1852

Distribution

England

Nysson spinosus

(Forster, 1771)

  • Sphex spinosus Forster, 1771

  • bidens (Linnaeus, 1767, Vespa)

  • spinosus (Fabricius, 1775, Crabro) preocc.

  • tricinctus (Fabricius, 1793, Mellinus)

  • trilineata (Turton, 1802, Vespa)

  • geniculatus Lepeletier, 1845

  • malasei Gussakovskij, 1932

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Nysson trimaculatus

(Rossi, 1790)

  • Crabro trimaculatus Rossi, 1790

Distribution

England, Wales

Crabroninae

Latreille, 1802

Crabronini

Latreille, 1802

Crabro

Fabricius, 1775

  • THYREOPUS Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • ANOTHYREUS Dahlbom, 1845

  • THYREOCNEMUS Costa, 1871

  • PARANOTHYREUS Ashmead, 1899

  • SYNOTHYREOPUS Ashmead, 1899

  • AGNOSICRABRO Pate, 1944

  • DYSCOLOCRABRO Pate, 1944

  • HEMITHYREOPUS Pate, 1944

  • NORUMBEGA Pate, 1947

  • PARANOTHYREUS Pate, 1944

  • PARATHYREOPUS Pate, 1944

  • PEMPHILIS Pate, 1944

  • OTHYREUS Marshakov, 1977

Crabro cribrarius

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Vespa cribraria Linnaeus, 1758

  • patellarius (Schreber, 1784, Sphex)

  • argus (Christ, 1791, Sphex)

  • longa (Christ, 1791, Sphex)

  • lunatus (Christ, 1791, Sphex)

  • palmatus Panzer, 1797

  • inornatus Mocsáry, 1901

  • hypotheticus Kokujev, 1927

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man

Crabro peltarius

(Schreber, 1784)

  • Sphex peltarius Schreber, 1784

  • patellatus Panzer, 1797

  • dentipes Panzer, 1797

  • mediatus Fabricius, 1798

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Crabro scutellatus

(von Scheven, 1781)

  • Sphex scutellatus von Scheven, 1781

  • scutularius (Schreber, 1784, Sphex)

  • pterotus Panzer, 1801

  • reticulatus (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Ceratocolus)

Distribution

England

Crossocerus

Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

Ablepharipus

Perkins, 1913

Crossocerus (Ablepharipus) congener

(Dahlbom, 1844)

  • Crabro congener Dahlbom, 1844

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Archer (2007) based on a pers. comm. from D. Baldock

Crossocerus (Ablepharipus) podagricus

(Vander Linden, 1829)

  • Crabro podagricus Vander Linden, 1829

  • vicinus Dahlbom, 1842

  • punctata Šnoflak, 1948

  • snoflaki Zavadil, 1948

Distribution

England, Wales

Acanthocrabro

Perkins, 1913

  • CORENOCRABRO Tsuneki, 1974

Crossocerus (Acanthocrabro) vagabundus

(Panzer, 1798)

  • Crabro vagabundus Panzer, 1798

  • varus (Panzer, 1799, Crabro) preocc.

  • bojus (Schrank, 1802, Crabro)

  • quinquemaculatus (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Blepharipus)

  • lefebvrei Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • fasciatus (Costa, 1871, Crabro)

  • esakii (Yasumatsu, 1942, Crabro)

  • ectemiformis (Tsuneki, 1974, Corenocrabro)

Distribution

England, Wales

Blepharipus

Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • COELOCRABRO Thomson, 1874

Crossocerus (Blepharipus) annulipes

(Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835)

  • Blepharipus annulipes Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • gonager (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Blepharipus)

  • nigritus (Gimmerthal, 1836, Crabro)

  • ambiguus (Dahlbom, 1842, Crabro)

  • capito (Dahlbom, 1845, Crabro)

  • parkeri (Banks, 1921, Blepharipus)

  • davidsoni (Sandhouse, 1938, Crabro)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Crossocerus (Blepharipus) capitosus

(Shuckard, 1837)

  • Crabro capitosus Shuckard, 1837

  • annulus (Dahlbom, 1838, Crabro)

  • yezo Tsuneki, 1960

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Crossocerus (Blepharipus) cetratus

(Shuckard, 1837)

  • Crabro cetratus Shuckard, 1837

  • vanderlindeni (Dahlbom, 1838, Crabro)

  • dilatatus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1841, Crabro)

  • inornatus (Matsumura, 1912, Crabro)

  • dentsukanus Tsuneki, 1976

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Crossocerus (Blepharipus) leucostomus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Sphex leucostoma Linnaeus, 1758

  • carbonarius (Dahlbom, 1838, Crabro)

  • rugosus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1841, Crabro)

  • melanarius (Wesmael, 1852, Crabro)

  • cinctipes (Provancher, 1882, Blepharipus)

  • niger (Provancher, 1888, Crabro)

  • nigror (Fox, 1895, Crabro)

  • servus (Dalla Torre, 1897, Crabro)

  • cinctitarsis (Ashmead, 1901, Stenocrabro)

  • columbiae (Bradley, 1906, Blepharipus)

  • stygius (Mickel, 1916, Thyreopus)

  • utensis (Mickel, 1916, Thyreopus)

Distribution

England, Scotland

Crossocerus (Blepharipus) megacephalus

(Rossi, 1790)

  • Crabro megacephalus Rossi, 1790

  • leucostoma misident.

  • bidens (Haliday, 1833, Crabro)

  • niger Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • rufipes Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • laeviceps (Smith, 1856, Crabro)

  • bison (Costa, 1884, Crabro)

  • zaidamensis (Radoszkowski, 1887, Crabro)

  • leucostomoides (Richards, 1935, Coelocrabro)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Crossocerus (Blepharipus) nigritus

(Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835)

  • Blepharipus nigritus Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • pubescens (Shuckard, 1837, Crabro)

  • diversipes Herrich-Schäffer, 1841

  • inermis (Thomson, 1870, Crabro)

  • melanogaster Kohl, 1880

  • nigricornis (Provancher, 1888, Blepharipus)

  • sambucicola (Verhoeff, 1891, Crabro)

  • verhoeffi Tsuneki, 1967

  • sudai Tsuneki, 1976

  • babai Tsuneki, 1979

Distribution

England, Wales

Crossocerus (Blepharipus) styrius

(Kohl, 1892)

  • Crabro styrius Kohl, 1892

  • pauxillus (Gussakovskij, 1932, Crabro)

  • sugiharai (Iwata, 1938, Crabro)

  • pilicornis Tsuneki, 1977

Distribution

England

Crossocerus (Blepharipus) walkeri

(Shuckard, 1837)

  • Crabro walkeri Shuckard, 1837

  • aphidium misident.

  • geniculatus (Shuckard, 1837, Crabro)

  • clypearis (Schenck, 1857, Crabro)

  • cloevorax (Nielson, 1901, Crabro)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Crossocerus

Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • STENOCRABRO Ashmead, 1899

  • ISCHNOLYNTHUS Holmberg, 1903

Crossocerus (Crossocerus) distinguendus

(Morawitz, 1866)

  • Crabro distinguendus Morawitz, 1866

  • mucronatus (Thomson, 1870, Crabro)

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Packer (1981)

Crossocerus (Crossocerus) elongatulus

(Vander Linden, 1829)

  • Crabro elongatulus Vander Linden, Crabro

  • annulatus Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • varipes Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • affinis Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • luteipalpis Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • morio Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • pallidipalpis Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • proximus (Shuckard, 1837, Crabro)

  • hyalinus (Shuckard, 1837, Crabro)

  • transversalis (Shuckard, 1837, Crabro)

  • obliquus (Shuckard, 1837, Crabro)

  • propinquus (Shuckard, 1837, Crabro)

  • brevis (Eversmann, 1849, Crabro)

  • scutellaris (Smith, 1851, Crabro)

  • sulcus (Fox, 1895, Crabro)

  • plesius (Rohwer, 1912, Stenocrabro)

  • berlandi (Richards, 1928, Crabro)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man

Notes

The British population is considered to belong to the subspecies annulatus Lepeletier & Brullé (synonyms: proximus, hyalinus, transversalis, obliquus, propinquus, berlandi).

Crossocerus (Crossocerus) exiguus

(Vander Linden, 1829)

  • Crabro exiguus Vander Linden, Crabro

  • aphidum Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

Distribution

England

Crossocerus (Crossocerus) ovalis

Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • punctum (Zetterstedt, 1838, Crabro)

  • anxius (Wesmael, 1852, Crabro)

  • shuckardi (Smith, 1856, Crabro)

  • ovatus (Schulz, 1906, Crabro)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Crossocerus (Crossocerus) palmipes

(Linnaeus, 1767)

  • Sphex palmipes Linnaeus, 1767

  • palmarius (Schreber, 1784, Sphex)

  • scutatus (Fabricius, 1787, Crabro)

  • ornatus Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • scutellaris (Gimmerthal, 1836, Crabro)

  • gracilis (Eversmann, 1849, Crabro)

  • decoratus (Smith, 1856, Crabro)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Isle of Man

Crossocerus (Crossocerus) tarsatus

(Shuckard, 1837)

  • Crabro tarsatus Shuckard, 1837

  • palmipes misident.

  • palmatus De Stefani Perez, 1884 preocc,

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Crossocerus (Crossocerus) varus

Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835 nomen protectum

  • varius misspelling

  • pusillus Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • striatulus Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • spinipectus (Shuckard, 1837, Crabro)

  • striatus Lepeletier, 1845

  • intricatus (Smith, 1856, Crabro)

  • lepeletieri (Smith, 1856, Crabro)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Crossocerus (Crossocerus) wesmaeli

(Vander Linden, 1829)

  • Crabro wesmaeli Vander Linden, Crabro

  • maurus (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Ceratocolus)

  • ziegleri (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Ceratocolus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Cuphopterus

Morawitz, 1866

Crossocerus (Cuphopterus) binotatus

Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • signatus (Panzer, 1798, Crabro) preocc.

  • monstrosus (Dahlbom, 1845, Crabro)

  • confusus (Schulz, 1906, Crabro)

Distribution

England, Wales

Crossocerus (Cuphopterus) dimidiatus

(Fabricius, 1781)

  • Crabro dimidiatus Fabricius, 1781

  • subpunctatus (Rossi, 1790, Crabro)

  • sexmaculatus (Olivier, 1792, Crabro)

  • signatus (Olivier, 1792, Crabro)

  • serripes (Panzer, 1797, Crabro)

  • notatus (Illiger, 1807, Crabro)

  • pauperatus (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Blepharipus)

  • armipes (von Sebold, 1844, Crabro)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Hoplocrabro

Thomson, 1874

Crossocerus (Hoplocrabro) quadrimaculatus

(Fabricius, 1793)

  • Crabro quadrimaculatus Fabricius, 1793

  • quadripunctatus (Fabricius, 1793, Crabro)

  • murorum (Latreille, 1805, Crabro)

  • levipes Vander Linden, 1829, Crabro)

  • bimaculatus Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • quniquemaculatus (Dahlbom, 1838, Crabro)

  • rotundarius (Dahlbom, 1838, Crabro)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Ectemnius

Dahlbom, 1845

Clytochrysus

Morawitz, 1864

Ectemnius (Clytochrysus) cavifrons

(Thomson, 1870)

  • Crabro cavifrons Thomson, 1870

  • cephalotes misident.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Ectemnius (Clytochrysus) lapidarius

(Panzer, 1804)

  • Crabro lapidarius Panzer, 1804

  • cinctus (Spinola, 1806, Crabro)

  • chrysostomus (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Crabro)

  • comptus (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Crabro)

  • xylurgus (Shuckard, 1837, Crabro)

  • interstinctus (Smith, 1856, Crabro)

  • obscurus (Smith, 1856, Crabro)

  • gracilissimus (Packard, 1866, Crabro)

  • denticulatus (Packard, 1866, Crabro)

  • effosus (Packard, 1866, Crabro)

  • papagorum (Viereck, 1908, Crabro)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Ectemnius (Clytochrysus) ruficornis

(Zetterstedt, 1838)

  • Crabro ruficornis Zetterstedt, 1838

  • aurilabris (Herrich-Schäffer, 1841, Crabro)

  • nigrifrons (Cresson, 1865, Crabro)

  • contiguus (Cresson, 1865, Crabro)

  • septentrionalis (Packard, 1866, Crabro)

  • planifrons (Thomson, 1870, Crabro)

  • longipalpis (Verhöff, 1892, Crabro)

  • lineatotarsis (Matsumura, 1911, Crabro)

  • chipsani (Matsumura, 1912, Crabro)

Distribution

England, Wales

Ectemnius (Clytochrysus) sexcinctus

(Fabricius, 1775)

  • Crabro sexcinctus Fabricius, 1775

  • planifrons misident.

  • quadricinctus (Fabricius, 1787, Crabro)

  • interruptefasciatus (Retzius, 1783, Sphex)

  • tibialis (Olivier, 1792, Crabro)

  • maculata (Preyssler, 1793, Crabro)

  • zonatus (Panzer, 1797, Crabro)

  • vespiformis (Panzer, 1798, Crabro)

  • octomaculatus (Schrank, 1802, Crabro)

  • cinctus (Spinola, 1806, Crabro)

  • flavipes (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Crabro)

  • tetraedrus (Blanchard, 1940, Crabro)

  • saundersi (Perkins, 1899, Crabro)

  • yosemite Pate, 1946

Distribution

England, Wales

Ectemnius

Dahlbom, 1845

Ectemnius (Ectemnius) borealis

(Zetterstedt, 1838)

  • Crabro borealis Zetterstedt, 1838

  • bipunctatus (Zetterstedt, 1838, Crabro)

  • nigrinus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1841, Crabro)

  • parvulus (Packard, 1866, Crabro)

  • gredleri (Kohl, 1878, Lindenius)

  • proletarius (Mickel, 1916, Crabro)

Distribution

England

Ectemnius (Ectemnius) dives

(Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835)

  • Solenius dives Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • octonotatus (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Solenius)

  • octavonotatus (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Solenius)

  • alatulus (Dahlbom, 1838, Crabro)

  • pictipes (Herrich-Schäffer, 1841, Crabro)

  • auratus (Smith, 1856, Crabro)

  • montanus (Cresson, 1865, Crabro) preocc.

  • cristatus (Packard, 1866, Crabro)

  • cubiceps (Packard, 1866, Crabro)

  • heraclei (Rohwer, 1908, Crabro)

  • montivagans (Strand, 1916, Crabro)

Distribution

England, Wales

Hypocrabro

Ashmead, 1899

  • XESTOCRABRO Ashmead, 1899

Ectemnius (Hypocrabro) continuus

(Fabricius, 1804)

  • Crabro continuus Fabricius, 1804

  • vagus misident.

  • sexmaculatus (Say, 1824, Crabro) preocc.

  • fuscitarsis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1841, Crabro)

  • vagatus (Smith, 1869, Crabro)

  • pumilus (Costa, 1871, Crabro)

  • granulatus (Walker, 1871, Crabro)

  • rugopunctatus (Taschenberg, 1875, Crabro)

  • validus (De Stefani Perez, 1884, Crabro)

  • bizexmaculatus (Viereck, 1910, Crabro)

  • sayi (Cockerell, 1910, Crabro)

  • giffardi (Rohwer, 1917, Solenius)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Ectemnius (Hypocrabro) rubicola

(Dufour & Perris, 184)

  • Solenius rubicola Dufour & Perris, 1840

  • microstictus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1841, Crabro)

  • larvatus (Wesmael, 1852, Crabro)

  • pumilus (Costa, 1871, Crabro)

Distribution

England, Wales

Metacrabro

Ashmead, 1899

Ectemnius (Metacrabro) cephalotes

(Olivier, 1792)

  • Crabro cephalotes Olivier, 1792

  • quadricinctus misident.

  • floralis (Olivier, 1792, Crabro)

  • geniculatus (Olivier, 1792, Crabro)

  • tibialis (Olivier, 1792, Crabro)

  • cephalotes (Panzer, 1799, Crabro)

  • striatus (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Crabro)

  • ornatus (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Crabro)

  • striatulus (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Blepharipus)

  • lindenius (Shuckard, 1837, Crabro)

  • shuckardi (Dahlbom, 1838, Crabro)

  • interruptus (Dahlbom, 1845, Crabro) preocc.

  • fargeii (Smith, 1856, Crabro)

  • aciculatus (Provancher, 1882, Crabro)

  • ruthenicus (Morawitz, 1892, Crabro)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Ectemnius (Metacrabro) lituratus

(Panzer, 1805)

  • Crabro lituratus Panzer, 1805

  • petiolatus (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Solenius)

  • fasciatus (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Ceratocolus)

  • reticulatus (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Ceratoculus [lapsus])

  • kollari (Dahlbom, 1845, Crabro)

  • argenteus (Schenck, 1857, Crabro)

  • vestitus (Smith, 1858, Crabro)

  • intermedius (Morawitz, 1866, Crabro)

  • luxuriosus (Costa, 1871, Crabro)

Distribution

England, Wales

Entomognathus

Dahlbom, 1844

  • KOXINGA Pate, 1944

  • MASHONA Pate, 1944

  • TONCAHUA Pate, 1944

  • FLORKINUS Leclercq, 1956

  • BIHARGNATHUS Leclercq, 1977

Entomognathus brevis

(Vander Linden, 1829)

  • Crabro brevis Vander Linden, 1829

  • apicalis (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Lindenius)

  • nasutus (Gribodo, 1884, Lindenius)

Distribution

England, Wales

Lestica

Billberg, 1820

Clypeocrabro

Richards, 1935

  • THYREUS Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835 preocc.

Lestica (Clypeocrabro) clypeata

(Schreber, 1759)

  • Apis clypeata Schreber, 1759

  • ovata (Christ, 1791, Sphex)

  • vexillata (Panzer, 1797, Crabro)

  • lapidaria (Fabricius, 1804, Crabro) preocc.

  • clypeata (Thunberg, 1815, Philanthus)

  • nigridens (Herrich-Schäffer, 1841, Crabro)

  • quadrifer (Dufour, 1841, Crabro)

Distribution

England

Lindenius

Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • CHALCOLAMPRUS Wesmael, 1852

  • TRACHELOSIMUS Morawitz, 1866

Lindenius albilabris

(Fabricius, 1793)

  • Crabro albilabris Fabricius, 1793

  • aenescens (Dahlbom, 1838, Crabro)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Lindenius panzeri

(Vander Linden, 1829)

  • Crabro panzeri Vander Linden, 1829

  • venustus Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • latebrosus (Kohl, 1905, Crabro)

  • harbinensis Tsuneki, 1967

  • mongolicus Tsuneki, 1972

Distribution

England

Lindenius pygmaeus

(Rossi, 1794)

  • Crabro pygmaeus Rossi, 1794

  • curtus Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • kratochvili (Šnoflak, 1948, Crabro)

Distribution

England

Notes

Represented by the subspecies armatus (Vander Linden, 1829, Crabro).

Rhopalum

Stephens, 1829

Rhopalum

Stephens, 1829

  • EUPLILIS Risso, 1826 nom. ob.

  • PHYSOSCELUS Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

Rhopalum (Rhopalum) clavipes

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Sphex clavipes Linnaeus, 1758

  • rufiventris (Panzer, 1799, Crabro)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Corynopus

Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

  • DRYPHUS Herrich-Schäffer, 1840

  • ALLIOGNATHUS Ashmead, 1899

Rhopalum (Corynopus) coarctatum

(Scopoli, 1763)

  • Sphex coarctata Scopoli, 1763

  • crassipes (Fabricius, 1798, Crabro)

  • tibiale (Fabricius, 1798, Crabro) preocc.

  • modestum Rohwer, 1908

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Rhopalum (Corynopus) gracile

Wesmael, 1852

  • nigrinum Kiesenwetter, 1849 preocc.

  • kiesenwetteri (Morawitz, 1866, Crabro)

  • simplicipes (Morawitz, 1888, Corynopus)

Distribution

England

Larrini

Latreille, 1810

Tachysphex

Kohl, 1883

  • SCHISTOSPHEX Arnold, 1922

  • ATELOSPHEX Arnold, 1923

Tachysphex nitidus

(Spinola, 1805)

  • Astata nitida Spinola, 1805

  • unicolor misident.

  • ibericus (de Saussure, 1867, Tachytes)

Distribution

England, Wales, Isle of Man

Notes

Added by Edwards (1998); earlier records of unicolor mostly refer to nitidus.

Tachysphex obscuripennis

(Schenck, 1857)

  • Tachytes obscuripennis Schenck, 1857

  • lativalvis (Thomson, 1870, Tachytes)

Distribution

England

Notes

Only recorded as a vagrant in Deal, Kent; resident on the Channel Isles, which lie outside of the geographical coverage of this checklist.

Tachysphex pompiliformis

(Panzer, 1805)

  • Larra pompiliformis Panzer, 1805

  • pectinipes misident.

  • nigripennis (Spinola, 1808, Tachytes)

  • dimidiata (Panzer, 1809, Larra)

  • jokischiana (Panzer, 1809, Larra)

  • parvula (Cresson, 1865, Larrada)

  • quebecensis (Provancher, 1882, Larra)

  • decorus Fox, 1894

  • tenuipunctus Fox, 1894

  • consimilis Fox, 1894

  • rufoniger Bingham, 1897

  • projectus Nurse, 1903

  • argyrotrichus Rohwer, 1911

  • granulosus Mickel, 1916

  • erythraeus Mickel, 1916

  • angularis Mickel, 1916

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Tachysphex unicolor

(Panzer, 1809)

  • Larra unicolor Panzer, 1809

  • nitidus misident.

  • jurinii (Drapiez, 1819, Larra)

Distribution

England

Miscophini

Fox, 1894

Miscophus

Jurine, 1807

  • NITELOPTERUS Ashmead, 1897

  • HYPOMISCOPHUS Cockerell, 1898

  • MISCOPHINUS Ashmead, 1898

Miscophus ater

Lepeletier, 1845

  • maritimus Smith, 1858

Distribution

England

Miscophus bicolor

Jurine, 1807

  • dubius (Panzer, 1809, Larra)

  • metallicus Verhöff, 1890

  • tsunekii de Andrade, 1960

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Knowles and Else (2006)

Miscophus concolor

Dahlbom, 1844

  • bicolor misident.

  • moravicus Balthazar, 1957

Distribution

England

Nitela

Latreille, 1809

  • TENILA Brèthes, 1913

  • RHINONITELA Williams, 1928

Nitela borealis

Valkeila, 1974

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Felton (1987)

Nitela lucens

Gayubo & Felton, 2000

  • spinolae misident.

Distribution

England

Notes

Added by Felton (1987), initially as Nitela spinolae Latreille, 1809 but described later as a new species (Gayubo and Felton 2000).

Oxybelini

Leach, 1815

Oxybelus

Latreille, 1796

  • NOTOGLOSSA Dahlbom, 1845

  • ALEPIDASPIS Costa, 1882

  • ANOXYBELUS Kohl, 1924

  • GONIOXYBELUS Pate, 1937

  • ORTHOXYBELUS Pate, 1937

  • LATROXYBELUS Noskiewicz & Chudoba, 1950

Oxybelus argentatus

Curtis, 1833

  • mucronatus misident.

  • decimmaculata (Donovan, 1806, Vespa)

  • ferox Shuckard, 1837

  • nigricornis Shuckard, 1837

Distribution

England, Wales

Oxybelus mandibularis

Dahlbom, 1845

  • sericatus Gerstäcker, 1867

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man

Oxybelus uniglumis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Vespa uniglumis Linnaeus, 1758

  • punctata (Fabricius, 1793, Nomada)

  • tridens (Fabricius, 1798, Crabro)

  • decimmaculata (Donovan, 1806, Vespa)

  • pygmaeus Olivier, 1812

  • quadrinotatus Say, 1824

  • impatiens Smith, 1856

  • interruptus Cresson, 1865

  • fallax Gerstäcker, 1867

  • brodiei Provancher, 1883

  • hispanicus Giner Marí, 1943

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Trypoxylini

Lepeletier, 1845

Trypoxylon

Latreille, 1796

  • APIUS Panzer, 1806

  • APIUS Jurine, 1807

  • TRYPARGILUM Richards, 1934

  • ASACONOTON Arnold, 1959

Trypoxylon attenuatum

Smith, 1851

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Trypoxylon clavicerum

Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

  • tibiale Zetterstedt, 1840

  • batumicum Antropov, 1985

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Trypoxylon figulus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Sphex figulus Linnaeus, 1758

  • fuliginosa (Scopoli, 1763, Sphex)

  • apicale Fox, 1891

  • yezo Tsuneki, 1956

  • barbarum de Beaumont, 1957

  • fieuzeti Giner Marí, 1959

Distribution

England, Wales

Trypoxylon medium

de Beaumont, 1945

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Notes

added by Pulawski (1984)

Trypoxylon minus

de Beaumont, 1945

  • koma Tsuneki, 1956

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Felton (1988)

Dinetinae

Fox, 1895

Dinetus

Panzer, 1806

  • DINETUS Jurine, 1807 preocc.

Dinetus pictus

(Fabricius, 1793)

  • Crabro pictus Fabricius, 1793

  • guttatus (Fabricius, 1793, Sphex) preocc.

Distribution

England

Mellininae

Latreille, 1802

Mellinus

Fabricius, 1790

Mellinus arvensis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Vespa arvensis Linnaeus, 1758

  • vagus (Linnaeus, 1758, Sphex)

  • superbus (Harris, 1776, Vespa)

  • tricinctus (Schrank, 1781, Vespa)

  • clavatus (Retzius, 1783, Sphex)

  • infundibuliformis (Geoffroy, 1785, Vespa)

  • petiolatus (Geoffroy, 1785, Vespa)

  • bipunctatus (Fabricius, 1787, Crabro)

  • gibbus (Villers, 1789, Sphex) preocc.

  • melanostictus (Gmelin, 1790, Vespa)

  • arthriticus (Rossi, 1790, Crabro)

  • rachiticus (Rossi, 1790, Crabro)

  • annularis (Christ, 1791, Sphex)

  • succinctus (Olivier, 1792, Vespa)

  • diversus (Olivier, 1792, Vespa)

  • labiatus (Olivier, 1792, Crabro)

  • quinquemaculatus (Fabricius, 1793, Philanthus)

  • u-flavum (Panzer, 1794, Crabro)

  • capistratus (Schrank, 1796, Crabro)

  • pratensis Jurine, 1807

  • compactus Handlirsch, 1888

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Mellinus crabroneus

(Thunberg, 1791)

  • Sphex crabronea Thunberg, 1791

  • sabulosus (Fabricius, 1787, Crabro) preocc.

  • ruficornis (Villers, 1789, Sphex) preocc.

  • sabulosus (Olivier, 1792, Crabro) preocc.

  • ruficornis Fabricius, 1793 preocc.

  • frontalis (Panzer, 1797, Crabro)

  • petiolatus (Panzer, 1797, Crabro)

  • fulvicornis Fabricius, 1804

Distribution

England, Wales

Pemphredoninae

Dahlbom, 1835

Pemphredonini

Dahlbom, 1835

Diodontus

Curtis, 1834

  • XYLOCELIA Rohwer, 1915

  • NEODIODONTUS Tsuneki, 1972

  • CORENIUS Tsuneki, 1974

Diodontus insidiosus

Spooner, 1938

  • friesei misident.

Distribution

England

Diodontus luperus

Shuckard, 1837

Distribution

England, Wales

Diodontus minutus

(Fabricius, 1793)

  • Crabro minutus Fabricius, 1793

  • franclemonti Krombein, 1939

Distribution

England, Wales, Isle of Man

Diodontus tristis

(Vander Linden, 1829)

  • Pemphredon tristis Vander Linden, 1829

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Passaloecus

Shuckard, 1837

  • XYLOECUS Shuckard, 1837

  • COELOECUS Verhöff, 1890

  • HEROECUS Verhöff, 1890

Passaloecus clypealis

Faester, 1947

  • angustus Gussakovskij, 1952

Distribution

England

Passaloecus corniger

Shuckard, 1837

Distribution

England, Wales

Passaloecus eremita

Kohl, 1893

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Richards (1980)

Passaloecus gracilis

(Curtis, 1834)

  • Diodontus gracilis Curtis, 1834

  • insignis misident.

  • turionum misident.

  • brevicornis Morawitz, 1864

Distribution

England

Passaloecus insignis

(Vander Linden, 1829)

  • Pemphredon insignis Vander Linden, 1829

  • roettgeni Verhöff, 1890

  • shuckardi Yasumatsu, 1934

Distribution

England, Wales

Passaloecus monilicornis

Dahlbom, 1842

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Passaloecus singularis

Dahlbom, 1844

  • gracilis misident.

  • tenuis Morawitz, 1864

  • gertrudis Krombein, 1938

Distribution

England, Wales

Passaloecus turionum

Dahlbom, 1844

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Guichard (2002)

Pemphredon

Latreille, 1796

  • CEMONUS Panzer, 1806

  • DINEURUS Westwood, 1837

  • CERATOPHORUS Shuckard, 1837

  • DIPHLEBUS Westwood, 1840

  • CHEVRIERIA Kohl, 1883

  • SUSANOWO Tsuneki, 1972

Notes

Taxonomy follows Dollfuss (1995).

Pemphredon austriaca

(Kohl, 1888)

  • Diphlebus austriacus Kohl, 1888

  • enslini misident.

  • coracina Valkeila, 1972

  • tener Valkeila, 1972

  • nescia Merisuo, 1972

Distribution

England

Notes

Richards (1980) refers to this species as Pemphredon enslini (Wagner, 1932, Dineurus). There has been much confusion over the identities of these taxa (see Knowles in Collins and Roy 2012) but Pulawski (2013) treats austriaca and enslini as separate species.

Pemphredon inornata

Say, 1824

  • shuckardi (Morawitz, 1864, Cemonus)

  • dentata (Puton, 1871, Cemonus)

  • tenax Fox, 1829

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Pemphredon lethifer

(Shuckard, 1837)

  • Cemonus lethifer Shuckard, 1837

  • lethifera misspelling

  • austriaca misident.

  • strigatus (Chevrier, 1870, Cemonus)

  • fabricii (Müller, 1911, Cemonus)

  • fuscatus (Wagner, 1918, Diphlebus)

  • littoralis (Wagner, 1918, Diphlebus)

  • neglectus (Wagner, 1918, Diphlebus)

  • minutus (Wagner, 1918, Diphlebus)

  • enslini Wagner, 1931

  • brevipetiolata Wagner, 1932

  • platyura Gussakovskij, 1952

  • minor Gussakovskij, 1952

  • levinota Merisuo, 1972

  • nannophyes Merisuo, 1972

  • dispar Valkeila, 1972

  • gemina Valkeila, 1972

  • trichogastor Valkeila, 1972

  • sudaorum Tsuneki, 1977

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Pemphredon lugubris

(Fabricius, 1793)

  • Crabro lugubris Fabricius, 1793

  • concolor Say, 1824

  • ocellaris Gimmerthal, 1836

  • luctuosa Shuckard, 1837

  • morio Cresson, 1865 preocc.

  • cressoni Dalla Torre, 1897

  • provancheri Dalla Torre, 1897

  • tinctipennis Cameron, 1908

  • shawii Rohwer, 1917

  • pacifica Gussakovkij, 1932

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Pemphredon morio

Vander Linden, 1829

  • anthracinus (Smith, 1851, Ceratophorus)

  • carinata Thomson, 1870

  • clypealis Thomson, 1870

  • intermedia Tsuneki, 1951

Distribution

England, Wales

Pemphredon rugifer

(Dahlbom, 1844)

  • Cemonus rugifer Dahlbom, 1844

  • rugifera misspelling

  • unicolor (Panzer, 1798, Sphex) preocc.

  • pilosa (Gimmerthal, 1836, Cemonus)

  • wesmaeli (Morawitz, 1864, Cemonus)

  • scotica Perkins, 1929

  • solivaga (Bondroit, 1931, Cemonus)

  • bucharicus Gussakovskij, 1952

  • mortifer Valkeila, 1972

  • punctifer Valkeila, 1972

  • scytica Valkeila, 1972

Distribution

England, Scotland

Spilomena

Shuckard, 1838

  • CELIA Shuckard, 1837 preocc.

  • MICROGLOSSA Rayment, 1930 preocc.

  • MICROGLOSSELLA Rayment, 1935

  • TAIALIA Tsuneki, 1971

Spilomena beata

Blüthgen, 1953

  • exspectata Valkeila, 1957

Distribution

England

Spilomena differens

Blüthgen, 1953

  • curruca misident.

Distribution

England

Notes

Has been called curruca (Dahlbom, 1844, Celia) in several publications, following the synonymy by Dollfuss (1986), but was reinstated as a valid species by Vikberg (2000).

Spilomena curruca

(Dahlbom, 1844)

  • Celia curruca Dahlbom, 1844

  • pulawskii Dolfuss, 1983

  • nikkoensis Tsuneki, 1971

Distribution

England

Spilomena enslini

Blüthgen, 1953

Distribution

England, Ireland

Spilomena troglodytes

(Vander Linden, 1829)

  • Stigmus troglodytes Vander Linden, 1829

  • minutissimus (Radoszkowski, 1877, Stigmus)

  • vagans Blüthgen, 1953

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Stigmus

Panzer, 1805

  • ANTRONIUS Zetterstedt, 1838

  • GONOSTIGMUS Rohwer, 1911

  • ATOPOSTIGMUS Krombein, 1973

Stigmus pendulus

Panzer, 1804

  • ater Jurine, 1807

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Allen (1987)

Stigmus solskyi

Morawitz, 1864

  • europaeus Tsuneki, 1954

  • verhoeffi Tsuneki, 1954

Distribution

England, Wales

Psenini

Costa, 1858

Mimesa

Shuckard, 1837

  • APORIA Wesmael, 1852 preocc.

  • APORINA Gussakovskij, 1937 preocc.

Mimesa bicolor

(Jurine, 1807)

  • Psen bicolor Jurine, 1807

  • equestris misident.

  • rufa (Panzer, 1805, Psen)

Distribution

England

Mimesa bruxellensis

Bondroit, 1934

  • rossicus (Gussakovskij, 1937, Psen)

Distribution

England, Wales

Mimesa equestris

(Fabricius, 1804)

  • Trypoxylon equestre Fabricius, 1804

  • bicolor misident.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Mimesa lutaria

(Fabricius, 1787)

  • Sphex lutarius Fabricius, 1787

  • shuckardi Wesmael, 1852

  • basirufa Packard, 1867

  • nebrascensis Smith, 1908

  • dispar (Gussakovskij, 1937, Psen)

  • mallochi Finnamore, 1980

Distribution

England, Wales

Mimumesa

Malloch, 1933

Mimumesa atratina

(Morawitz, 1891)

  • Mimesa atratina Morawitz, 1891

  • carbonaria (Tournier, 1899, Mimesa)

  • belgica (Bondroit, 1932, Mimesa)

  • longula (Gussakovskij, 1932, Mimesa)

  • sameshimai (Yasumatsu, 1937, Psen)

Distribution

England

Mimumesa dahlbomi

(Wesmael, 1852)

  • Mimesa dahlbomi Wesmael, 1852

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Mimumesa littoralis

(Bondroit, 1934)

  • Mimesa littoralis Bondroit, 1934

  • unicolor misident.

  • fulvitarsis (Gussakovskij, 1934, Psen)

  • fulvitarsis (Gussakovskij, 1937, Psen) preocc.

  • celtica (Spooner, 1948, Mimesa)

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Mimumesa spooneri

(Richards, 1948)

  • Mimesa spooneri Richards, 1948

Distribution

England

Mimumesa unicolor

(Vander Linden, 1829)

  • Psen unicolor Vander Linden, 1829

  • borealis (Dahlbom, 1842, Mimesa)

  • palliditarsis (Saunders, 1904, Mimesa)

  • oresterus (van Lith, 1976, Psen)

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Else and Felton (1994)

Psen

Latreille, 1796

  • PSENUS Rafinesque, 1815

  • PSENIA Stephens, 1829

  • DAHLBOMIA Wissmann, 1849

  • MESOPORA Wesmael, 1852

  • CAENOPSEN Cameron, 1899

Psen ater

(Olivier, 1792)

  • Crabro ater Olivier, 1792

  • ater (Fabricius, 1794, Sphex) preocc.

  • compressicornis (Fabricius, 1804, Pelopoeus)

  • atratus (Jurine, 1807, Psen)

  • serraticornis (Jurine, 1807, Psen)

Distribution

England

Psenulus

Kohl, 1897

  • DIODONTUS misident.

  • NEOFOXIA Viereck, 1901

  • STENOMELLINUS Schulz, 1911

  • EOPSENULUS Gussakovskij, 1934

  • NIPPONOPSEN Yasumatsu, 1938

Notes

Diodontus is a misidentification by American authors in the older literature

Psenulus concolor

(Dahlbom, 1843)

  • Psen concolor Dahlbom, 1843

  • intermedius (Schenck, 1857, Psen)

  • ambiguus (Schenck, 1857, Psen)

Distribution

England, Wales

Psenulus pallipes

(Panzer, 1798)

  • Sphex pallipes Panzer, 1798

  • atratus (Fabricius, 1804, Trypoxylon)

  • montanus (Costa, 1861, Psen)

  • haemorrhoidalis (Costa, 1871, Psen)

  • minutus (Tournier, 1899, Psen)

  • chevrieri (Tournier, 1899, Psen)

  • nigricornis (Tournier, 1899, Psen)

  • pygmaeus (Tournier, 1899, Psen)

  • rubicola Harttig, 1931

  • brevitarsis Merisuo, 1937

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Psenulus schencki

(Tournier, 1889)

  • Psen schencki Tournier, 1889

  • simplex (Tournier, 1899, Psen)

  • longulus (Tournier, 1899, Psen)

Distribution

England

Philanthinae

Latreille, 1802

Cercerini

Lepeletier, 1845

Cerceris

Latreille, 1802

  • NECTANEBUS Spinola, 1839

  • DIAMMA Dahlbom, 1844

  • DIDESMUS Dahlbom, 1845

  • APIRAPTRIX Shestakov, 1923

  • PARACERCERIS Brèthes, 1913

  • BUCERCERIS Minkiewicz, 1934

  • STERCOBATA Gussakovskij, 1935

  • APICERCERIS Pate, 1937

Cerceris arenaria

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Sphex arenarius Linnaeus, 1758

  • xanthocephala (Forster, 1771, Sphex)

  • exulta (Harris, 1776, Vespa)

  • petulans (Harris, 1776, Vespa)

  • serripes (Fabricius, 1781, Vespa)

  • arenosa (Gmelin, 1790, Vespa)

  • aurita (Fabricius, 1794, Philanthus)

  • striolata Schletterer, 1887

Distribution

England, Wales

Cerceris quadricincta

(Panzer, 1799)

  • Philanthus quadricinctus Panzer, 1799

  • fasciata Spinola, 1806

Distribution

England

Cerceris quinquefasciata

(Rossi, 1792)

  • Crabro quinquefasciatus Rossi, 1792

  • interrupta misident.

  • nasuta Dahlbom, 1844 preocc.

  • subdepressa Lepeletier, 1845

Distribution

England

Cerceris ruficornis

(Fabricius, 1793)

  • Philanthus ruficornis Fabricius, 1793

  • labiata misident.

  • bidens (Schrank, 1802, Crabro)

  • cunicularia (Schrank, 1802, Crabro)

  • quadricincta (Fabricius, 1804, Mellinus)

  • trifidus (Fabricius, 1804, Philanthus)

  • nasuta Latreille, 1809

  • laminifera Costa, 1867

Distribution

England

Cerceris rybyensis

(Linnaeus, 1771)

  • Sphex rybyensis Linnaeus, 1771

  • ornata (Fabricius, 1790, Philanthus)

  • apifalco (Christ, 1791, Sphex)

  • semicincta (Panzer, 1797, Philanthus)

  • hortorum (Panzer, 1799, Philanthus)

  • variabilis (Schrank, 1802, Crabro)

  • biguttata (Thunberg, 1815, Philanthus)

  • colon (Thunberg, 1815, Philanthus)

  • kashmirensis Nurse, 1903

  • dittrichi Schulz, 1904

  • reginae Eck, 1979

Distribution

England

Cerceris sabulosa

(Panzer, 1799)

  • Philanthus sabulosus Panzer, 1799

  • emarginata (Panzer, 1799, Philanthus)

  • tricincta (Spinola, 1805, Philanthus)

  • pygmaea (Thunberg, 1815, Philanthus)

  • minuta Lepeletier, 1845

  • superba Shestakov, 1923

Distribution

England

Philanthini

Latreille, 1802

Philanthus

Fabricius, 1790

  • SYMBLEPHILUS Panzer, 1806

  • SIMBLEPHILUS Jurine, 1807

  • CHEILOPOGONUS Westwood, 1835

  • ANTHOPHILUS Dahlbom, 1844

  • EPHIPHILANTHUS Ashmead, 1899

  • PSEUDOPHILANTHUS Ashmead, 1899

  • OCLOCLETES Banks, 1913

Philanthus triangulum

(Fabricius, 1775)

  • Vespa triangulum Fabricius, 1775

  • ruspatrix (Linnaeus, 1767, Vespa) nom. ob.

  • fasciatus (Geoffroy, 1785, Vespa)

  • maculatus (Christ, 1791, Sphex)

  • limbatus (Olivier, 1792, Vespa)

  • androgynus (Rossi, 1792, Crabro)

  • pictus Panzer, 1797

  • discolor Panzer, 1799

  • apivorus Latreille, 1799

  • allionii Dahlbom, 1845

Distribution

England, Wales

Sphecidae

Latreille, 1802

Ammophilinae

André, 1886

Ammophila

Kirby, 1798

  • SPHEX misident.

  • MISCUS Jurine, 1807

  • COLOPTERA Latreille, 1845

  • ARGYRAMMOPHILA Gussakovskij, 1928

  • APYCNEMIA Leclercq, 1961

Ammophila pubescens

Curtis, 1836

  • campestris misident.

  • arvensis (Dahlbom, 1843, Miscus)

  • susterai Šnoflak, 1943

  • adriaansei Wilcke, 1945

Distribution

England, Wales

Ammophila sabulosa

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Sphex sabulosus Linnaeus, 1758

  • hortensis (Poda, 1761, Sphex)

  • frischii (Geoffroy, 1785, Ichneumon)

  • dimidiata (Christ, 1791, Sphex) preocc.

  • vulgaris Kirby, 1798

  • pulvillata Sowerby, 1805

  • mucronata (Jurine, 1807, Sphex)

  • cyanescens Dahlbom, 1845

  • vischu Cameron, 1889

  • kamtschatica Gussakovskij, 1932

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Podalonia

Fernald, 1927

  • PSAMMOPHILA Dahlbom, 1842 preocc.

  • PODALONIA Spinola, 1853 suppressed

Podalonia affinis

(Kirby, 1798)

  • Ammophila affinis Kirby, 1798

  • lutaria misident.

  • ariasi (Mercet, 1906, Ammophila)

Distribution

England, Wales

Podalonia hirsuta

(Scopoli, 1763)

  • Sphex hirsutus Scopoli, 1763

  • viatica misident.

  • arenaria (Fabricius, 1787, Sphex) preocc.

  • arenosa (Gmelin, 1790, Sphex)

  • argentea (Kirby, 1798, Ammophila)

Distribution

England, Wales

Anthophila

Latreille, 1804

Notes

Engel (2005) proposed that the informal name Anthophila, without formal rank, be used for the bees (here denoted as an 'infraorder' due to restrictions in the available fields). Note that 'apiformes' and the corresponding 'spheciformes') is an equivalent term proposed by Brothers (1975)

Andrenidae

Latreille, 1802

Andreninae

Latreille, 1802

Andrena

Fabricius, 1775

Notes

Taxonomy mostly follows Gusenleitner and Schwarz (2002).

Andrena

Fabricius, 1775

  • ANTHRENA Illiger, 1801

  • ANTHOCHARESSA Gistel, 1850

Andrena (Andrena) apicata

Smith, 1847

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Andrena (Andrena) clarkella

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta clarkella Kirby, 1802

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Andrena (Andrena) fucata

Smith, 1847

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Andrena (Andrena) fulva

(Müller, 1766)

  • Apis fulva Müller, 1766

  • armata (Gmelin, 1790, Apis)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Andrena (Andrena) helvola

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis helvola Linnaeus, 1758

  • subdentata (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Andrena (Andrena) lapponica

Zetterstedt, 1838

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Andrena (Andrena) praecox

(Scopoli, 1763)

  • Apis praecox Scopoli, 1763

  • smithella (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • clypeata Smith, 1855 preocc.

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Andrena (Andrena) synadelpha

Perkins, 1914

  • ambigua Perkins, 1895, preocc.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Andrena (Andrena) varians

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta varians Kirby, 1802

  • varians (Rossius, 1792, Apis): misident.

  • angulosa (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England, Wales

Charitandrena

Hedicke, 1933

Andrena (Charitandrena) hattorfiana

(Fabricius, 1775)

  • Nomada hattorfiana Fabricius, 1775

  • lathamana (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England, Wales

Chlorandrena

Pérez, 1890

Andrena (Chlorandrena) humilis

Imhoff, 1832

  • fulvescens Smith, 1847

Distribution

England, Wales, Isle of Man

Chrysandrena

Hedicke, 1933

Andrena (Chrysandrena) fulvago

(Christ, 1791)

  • Apis fulvago Christ, 1791

  • constricta Smith, 1849

Distribution

England, Wales

Cnemidandrena

Hedicke, 1933

Andrena (Cnemidandrena) denticulata

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta denticulata Kirby, 1802

  • listerella (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Andrena (Cnemidandrena) fuscipes

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta fuscipes Kirby, 1802

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Andrena (Cnemidandrena) nigriceps

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta nigriceps Kirby, 1802

  • lanifrons (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Andrena (Cnemidandrena) simillima

Smith, 1851

Distribution

England

Andrena (Cnemidandrena) tridentata

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta tridentata Kirby, 1802

  • rufitarsis (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Euandrena

Hedicke, 1933

  • XANTHANDRENA Lanham, 1949

  • GEANDRENA LaBerge, 1964

Andrena (Euandrena) bicolor

Fabricius, 1775

  • picicornis (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • pilosula (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • gwynana (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • proxima Smith, 1847 preocc.

  • aestiva Smith, 1849

  • consimilis Smith, 1849 preocc.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Andrena (Euandrena) ruficrus

Nylander, 1848

Distribution

England, Scotland

Holandrena

Pérez, 1890

Andrena (Holandrena) labialis

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta labialis Kirby, 1802

  • separata Smith, 1847

Distribution

England, Wales, Isle of Man

Hoplandrena

Pérez, 1890

Andrena (Hoplandrena) bucephala

Stephens, 1846

  • eximia Smith, 1847

  • longipes Smith, 1847

Distribution

England, Wales

Andrena (Hoplandrena) ferox

Smith, 1847

  • distincta Smith, 1847

Distribution

England

Andrena (Hoplandrena) rosae

Panzer, 1801

  • eximia misident.

  • zonalis (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • stragulata Illiger, 1806

  • strangulata misspelling

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Notes

stragulata is the summer brood of rosae

Andrena (Hoplandrena) scotica

Perkins, 1916

  • carantonica misident.

  • jacobi Perkins, 1921

  • johnsoni Perkins, 1921

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Notes

Although usually referred to as scotica in Britain (e.g. Else et al. 2004), Schwarz et al. (1996) and Gusenleitner and Schwarz (2002) have treated scotica as a synonym of carantonica Peréz, 1916; however, Else (in prep.), following P. Westrich’s (in lit.) interpretation of the type of carantonica, regards this is a separate species, with carantonica a junior synonym of trimmerana.

Andrena (Hoplandrena) trimmerana

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta trimmerana Kirby, 1802

  • spinigera (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • carantonica Peréz, 1916

Distribution

England, Wales

Leucandrena

Hedicke, 1933

Andrena (Leucandrena) argentata

Smith, 1844

Distribution

England

Andrena (Leucandrena) barbilabris

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta barbilabris Kirby, 1802

  • sericea (Christ, 1791, Apis) preocc.

  • albicrus (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Margandrena

Warncke, 1968

Andrena (Margandrena) marginata

Fabricius, 1776

  • cetii (Schrank, 1781, Apis)

  • schrankella (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • frontalis Smith, 1849

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Melandrena

Pérez, 1890

  • GYMNANDRENA Hedicke, 1933

  • CRYPTANDRENA Lanham, 1949 preocc.

  • BYTHANDRENA Lanham, 1950

Andrena (Melandrena) cineraria

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis cineraria Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Andrena (Melandrena) nigroaenea

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta nigroaenea Kirby, 1802

  • aprilina Smith, 1848

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Notes

The population on the Isles of Scilly and Channel Islands has been described as the subspecies sarnia Richards, 1979.

Andrena (Melandrena) nitida

(Müller, 1776)

  • Apis nitida Müller, 1776

  • pubescens Olivier, 1789

  • consimilis Smith, 1847

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Andrena (Melandrena) thoracica

(Fabricius, 1775)

  • Apis thoracica Fabricius, 1775

  • melanocephala (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England, Wales

Andrena (Melandrena) vaga

Panzer, 1799

Distribution

England

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Micrandrena

Ashmead, 1899

  • ANDRENELLA Hedicke, 1933

Andrena (Micrandrena) alfkenella

Perkins, 1914

  • moricella Perkins, 1914

Distribution

England

Andrena (Micrandrena) falsifica

Perkins, 1915

Distribution

England

Andrena (Micrandrena) floricola

Eversmann, 1852

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Andrena (Micrandrena) minutula

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta minutula Kirby, 1802

  • parvula (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • nigrifrons Smith, 1855 preocc.

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Andrena (Micrandrena) minutuloides

Perkins, 1914

  • parvuloides Perkins, 1914

Distribution

England

Andrena (Micrandrena) nana

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta nana Kirby, 1802

Distribution

England

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Andrena (Micrandrena) nanula

Nylander, 1848

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Andrena (Micrandrena) niveata

Friese, 1887

  • spreta misident.

Distribution

England, Wales

Andrena (Micrandrena) semilaevis

Pérez, 1903

  • nana misident.

  • saundersella Perkins, 1914

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Andrena (Micrandrena) subopaca

Nylander, 1848

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Notandrena

Pérez, 1890

Andrena (Notandrena) chrysosceles

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta chrysosceles Kirby, 1802

  • connectens (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Andrena (Notandrena) nitidiuscula

Schenck, 1853

  • lucens Imhoff, 1868

Distribution

England

Oreomelissa

Hirashima & Tadauchi, 1975

Andrena (Oreomelissa) coitana

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta coitana Kirby, 1802

  • shawella (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Plastandrena

Hedicke, 1933

  • SCHIZANDRENA Hedicke, 1933

  • GLYPHANDRENA Hedicke, 1933

  • MITSUKURIELLA Hirashima & LaBerge, 1965

  • MITSUKURIAPIS Hirashima, LaBerge & Ikudomem 1884

Andrena (Plastandrena) bimaculata

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta bimaculata Kirby, 1802

  • articulata Smith, 1847

  • conjuncta Smith, 1847

  • decorata Smith, 1847

  • vitrea Smith, 1847

Distribution

England, Wales

Andrena (Plastandrena) nigrospina

Thomson, 1872

Distribution

England

Notes

Although treated as a synonym of pilipes by Gusenleitner and Schwarz (2002) here nigrospina is treated as a valid species, following Baker (1994).

Andrena (Plastandrena) pilipes

Fabricius, 1781

  • carbonaria misident.

  • spectabilis Smith, 1853

  • praetexta Smith, 1872

Distribution

England

Andrena (Plastandrena) tibialis

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta tibialis Kirby, 1802

  • mouffetella (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • atriceps (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England

Poecilandrena

Hedicke, 1933

Andrena (Poecilandrena) labiata

Fabricius, 1781

  • cingulata misident.

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Poliandrena

Warncke, 1968

Andrena (Poliandrena) florea

Fabricius, 1793

  • rubricata Smith, 1847

Distribution

England

Andrena (Poliandrena) polita

Smith, 1847

Distribution

England

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Proxiandrena

Schmid-Egger, 2005

Andrena (Proxiandrena) proxima

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta proxima Kirby, 1802

  • digitalis (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England, Wales

Ptilandrena

Robertson, 1902

  • EREMANDRENA LaBerge, 1964

Andrena (Ptilandrena) angustior

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta angustior Kirby, 1802

  • lacinia Smith, 1847

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Simandrena

Pérez, 1890

  • PLATANDRENA Viereck, 1924

  • STENANDRENA Timberlake, 1949

Andrena (Simandrena) congruens

Schmiedeknecht, 1884

  • confinis Stöckhert, 1930

Distribution

England, Wales

Andrena (Simandrena) dorsata

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta dorsata Kirby, 1802

  • collinsonana (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • lewinella (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • nudiuscula (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • subincana (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England, Wales

Andrena (Simandrena) lepida

Schenck, 1861

Distribution

England

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Taeniandrena

Hedicke, 1933

Andrena (Taeniandrena) lathyri

Alfken, 1899

Distribution

England

Andrena (Taeniandrena) ovatula

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta ovatula Kirby, 1802

  • afzeliella (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • barbata (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • fuscata (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • picipes (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • albofasciata Thomson, 1870

Distribution

England, Wales

Andrena (Taeniandrena) similis

Smith, 1849

  • ocreata Christ, 1791 nom. dub.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Andrena (Taeniandrena) wilkella

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta wilkella Kirby, 1802

  • barbatula (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • convexiuscula (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • xanthura (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Tarsandrena

Osytshnjuk, 1984

Andrena (Tarsandrena) tarsata

Nylander, 1848

  • analis misident.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Trachandrena

Robertson, 1902

Andrena (Trachandrena) haemorrhoa

(Fabricius, 1781)

  • Apis haemorrhoa Fabricius, 1781

  • albicans misident.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Zonandrena

Hedicke, 1933

Andrena (Zonandrena) flavipes

Panzer, 1799

  • contigua (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • fulvicrus (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • extricata Smith, 1849

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Andrena (Zonandrena) gravida

Imhoff, 1832

  • fasciata Nylander, 1852 preocc.

  • picicrus Schenck, 1853

Distribution

England

Panurginae

Leach, 1815

Panurgini

Leach, 1815

Panurgus

Panzer, 1806

Panurgus banksianus

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis banksiana Kirby, 1802

  • ursinus misident.

Distribution

England, Wales

Panurgus calcaratus

(Scopoli, 1763)

  • Apis calcarata Scopoli, 1763

  • linnaeella (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution

England, Wales

Apidae

Latreille, 1802

Apinae

Latreille, 1802

Anthophorini

Dahlbom, 1835

Anthophora

Latreille, 1803

Anthophora

Latreille, 1803

Anthophora (Anthophora) plumipes

(Pallas, 1772)

  • Apis plumipes Pallas, 1772

  • acervorum misident.

  • pilipes (Fabricius, 1775, Apis)

Distribution

England, Wales

Clisodon

Patton, 1879

Anthophora (Clisodon) furcata

(Panzer, 1798)

  • Apis furcata Panzer, 1798

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Dasymegilla

Brooks, 1988

Anthophora (Dasymegilla) quadrimaculata

(Panzer, 1798)

  • Apis quadrimaculata Panzer, 1798

  • subglobosa (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution

England, Wales

Heliophila

Klug, 1807

  • SAROPODA Latreille, 1809

Anthophora (Heliophila) bimaculata

(Panzer, 1798)

  • Apis bimaculata Panzer, 1798

Distribution

England, Ireland

Pyganthophora

Brooks, 1988

Anthophora (Pyganthophora) retusa

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis retusa Linnaeus, 1758

  • haworthana (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • pennipes (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution

England

Apini

Latreille, 1802

Apis

Linnaeus, 1758

Apis mellifera

Linnaeus, 1758

  • mellifica Linnaeus, 1761

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Notes

There have been various subspecies names proposed for honey bees, with the supposedly native north west European population being A. mellifera mellifera. See Engel (1999) for a full taxonomy of Apis mellifera.

Bombini

Latreille, 1802

Bombus

Latreille, 1802

Notes

Various subspecific names have been used for British Bombus but these are generally poorly justified and we have treated these as synonymous here. Subgeneric classification follows Williams et al. (2008).

Bombus

Latreille, 1802

  • TERRESTRIBOMBUS Vogt, 1911

Notes

Full synonymy for this subgenus is given by Williams et al. (2012), who shed some light on the confusing classification of cryptarum and magnus relative to lucorum.

Bombus (Bombus) cryptarum

(Fabricius, 1775)

  • Apis cryptarum Fabricius, 1775

Distribution

Scotland, Ireland

Notes

added by Bertsch et al. (2005)

Bombus (Bombus) lucorum

(Linnaeus, 1761)

  • Apis lucorum Linnaeus, 1761

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Bombus (Bombus) magnus

Vogt, 1911

Distribution

Scotland, Ireland

Bombus (Bombus) terrestris

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis terrestris Linnaeus, 1758

  • audax (Harris, 1776, Apis)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Cullumanobombus

Vogt, 1911

Bombus (Cullumanobombus) cullumanus

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis cullumana Kirby, 1802

Distribution

England

Notes

Extinct in Britain since the 1940s.

Kallobombus

Dalla Torre, 1880

Bombus (Kallobombus) soroeensis

(Fabricius, 1777)

  • Apis soroeensis Fabricius, 1777

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Megabombus

Dalla Torre, 1880

  • HORTOBOMBUS Vogt, 1911

Bombus (Megabombus) hortorum

(Linnaeus, 1761)

  • Apis hortorum Linnaeus, 1761

  • flavonigrescens Smith, 1846

  • ivernicus Sladen, 1912

  • splendida Stelfox, 1938

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Notes

Populations in Ireland have been referred to the subspecies B. hortorum ivernicus.

Bombus (Megabombus) ruderatus

(Fabricius, 1775)

  • Apis ruderata Fabricius, 1775

  • perniger (Harris, 1776, Apis)

  • harrisellus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • tunstallanus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution

England

Notes

English populations have been referred to the subspecies B. ruderatus perniger.

Melanobombus

Dalla Torre, 1880

  • LAPIDARIOBOMBUS Vogt, 1911

Bombus (Melanobombus) lapidarius

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis lapidaria Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Psithyrus

Lepeletier, 1832

  • ALLOPSITHYRUS Popov, 1931

  • ASHTONIPSITHYRUS Frison, 1927

  • FERNALDAEPSITHYRUS Frison, 1927

  • METAPSITHYRUS Popov, 1931

Bombus (Psithyrus) barbutellus

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis barbutella Kirby, 1802

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Bombus (Psithyrus) bohemicus

(Seidl, 1837)

  • Apis bohemicus Seidl, 1837

  • distinctus (Pérez, 1884, Psithyrus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Bombus (Psithyrus) campestris

(Panzer, 1801)

  • Apis campestris Panzer, 1801

  • rossiellus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • leeanus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • francisanus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • swynnertoni (Richards, 1936, Psithyrus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Notes

Populations in Western Scotland have been referred to the subspecies B. campestris swynnertoni.

Bombus (Psithyrus) rupestris

(Fabricius, 1793)

  • Apis rupestris Fabricius, 1793

  • albinellus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Bombus (Psithyrus) sylvestris

(Lepeletier, 1832)

  • Psithyrus sylvestris Lepeletier, 1832

  • quadricolor misident.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Bombus (Psithyrus) vestalis

(Geoffroy, 1785)

  • Apis vestalis Geoffroy, 1785

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Pyrobombus

Dalla Torre, 1880

  • PRATOBOMBUS Vogt, 1911

Bombus (Pyrobombus) hypnorum

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis hypnorum Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Notes

added by Goulson and Williams (2001)

Bombus (Pyrobombus) jonellus

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis jonella Kirby, 1802

  • nivalis misident.

  • scrimshiranus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • atrocorbiculosus Vogt, 1911

  • hebridensis Wild, 1931

  • vogtii Richards, 1933 preocc.

  • monapiae Kruseman, 1953

  • vogtianus Rasmont, 1983

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Notes

The following populations have been given subspecies names: B. jonellus hebridensis on the Hebrides; B. jonellus monapiae on the Isle of Man; B. jonellus vogtianus on the Shetlands (vogtianus is a replacement name for the preccupied vogtii).

Bombus (Pyrobombus) monticola

Smith, 1849

  • lapponicus misident.

  • scoticus Pittioni, 1942

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Bombus (Pyrobombus) pratorum

(Linnaeus, 1761)

  • Apis pratorum Linnaeus, 1761

  • subinterruptus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • donovanella (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • burrellana (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Subterraneobombus

Vogt, 1911

Bombus (Subterraneobombus) distinguendus

Morawitz, 1869

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Bombus (Subterraneobombus) subterraneus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis subterranea Linnaeus, 1758

  • collinus Smith, 1844

  • latreillellus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution

England, Wales

Notes

Extinct in Britain since the 1980s but an attempt is being made to reintroduce the species to southern England. British populations have been referred to the subspecies B. subterraneus latreillellus whereas the introduced individuals from Sweden have been ascribed to the nominate subspecies.

Thoracobombus

Dalla Torre, 1880

  • POMOBOMBUS Krüger, 1917

Bombus (Thoracobombus) humilis

Illiger, 1806

  • solstitialis Panzer, 1806

  • helferanus Seidl, 1837

  • venustus Smith, 1876 preocc.

  • anglicus Yarrow, 1978

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man

Bombus (Thoracobombus) muscorum

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis muscorum Linnaeus, 1758

  • arcticus misident.

  • smithianus misident.

  • pallidus Evans, 1901 preocc.

  • laevis Vogt, 1909

  • sladeni Vogt, 1911

  • allenellus Stelfox, 1933

  • orcadensis Richards, 1935

  • scyllonius Richards, 1935

  • celticus Yarrow, 1978

  • agricolae Baker, 1996

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Notes

The following populations have been given subspecies names: B. muscorum sladeni on the Irish mainland and southern England; B. muscorum allenellus on the Aran islands; B. muscorum orcadensis on Orkney; B. muscorum scyllonius on the Isles of Scilly; B. muscorum celticus in mainland Scotland and Northern England; B. muscorum agricolae on the Shetland islands.

Bombus (Thoracobombus) pascuorum

(Scopoli, 1763)

  • Apis pascuorum Scopoli, 1763

  • vulgo (Harris, 1776, Apis)

  • agrorum (Fabricius, 1787, Apis) preocc.

  • floralis (Gmelin, 1790, Apis)

  • francillonellus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • sowerbianus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • beckwithella (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • curtisellus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • forsterellus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • cognatus Stevens, 1846

  • smithianus White, 1851

  • septentrionalis Vogt, 1909

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Notes

The following populations have been given subspecies names: B. pascuorum vulgo in southern England and Wales; B. pascuorum floralis in Ireland; B. pascuorum septentrionalis in Scotland and Northern England.

Bombus (Thoracobombus) ?pomorum

(Panzer, 1805)

  • Bremus pomorum Panzer, 1805

Distribution

England

Notes

There is confusion surrounding the dates of capture of the supposedly British specimens of pomorum, collected near Deal in Kent (summarised by Alford 1975).

Bombus (Thoracobombus) ruderarius

(Müller, 1776)

  • Apis ruderaria Müller, 1776

  • derhamellus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • raiellus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Bombus (Thoracobombus) sylvarum

(Linnaeus, 1761)

  • Apis sylvarum Linnaeus, 1761

  • nigrescens Pérez, 1879

  • distinctus Vogt, 1909

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Eucerini

Latreille, 1802

Eucera

Scopoli, 1770

Eucera

Scopoli, 1770

Eucera (Eucera) longicornis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis longicornis Linnaeus, 1758

  • linguaria (Fabricius, 1775, Apis)

Distribution

England, Wales

Eucera (Eucera) nigrescens

Pérez, 1879

  • tuberculata misident. [?]

Distribution

England

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Melectini

Westwood, 1840

Melecta

Latreille, 1802

Melecta albifrons

(Forster, 1771)

  • Apis albifrons Forster, 1771

  • punctata (Fabricius, 1775, Apis)

  • armata (Panzer, 1799, Andrena) preocc.

Distribution

England, Wales

Melecta luctuosa

(Scopoli, 1770)

  • Apis luctuosa Scopoli, 1770

Distribution

England

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Nomadinae

Latreille, 1802

Epeolini

Roberston, 1903

Epeolus

Latreille, 1802

Epeolus cruciger

(Panzer, 1799)

  • Nomada crucigera Panzer, 1799

  • rufipes Thomson, 1870

Distribution

England, Wales

Epeolus variegatus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis variegata Linnaeus, 1758

  • notatus misident.

  • productus Thomson, 1870

Distribution

England, Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man

Nomadini

Latreille, 1802

Nomada

Scopoli, 1763

Nomada argentata

Herrich-Schäffer, 1839

  • atrata Smith, 1846

Distribution

England, Ireland

Nomada armata

Herrich-Schäffer, 1839

  • kirbyella Stephens, 1846

Distribution

England, Wales

Nomada baccata

Smith, 1844

  • alboguttata misident.

Distribution

England

Nomada conjungens

Herrich-Schäffer, 1839

Distribution

England

Nomada errans

Lepeletier, 1841

Distribution

England

Nomada fabriciana

(Linnaeus, 1767)

  • Apis fabriciana Linnaeus, 1767

  • fabriciella (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • quadrinotata (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Nomada ferruginata

(Linnaeus, 1767)

  • Apis ferruginata Linnaeus, 1767

  • lateralis misident.

  • xanthosticta (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • bridgmaniana Smith, 1876

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Nomada flava

Panzer, 1798

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Nomada flavoguttata

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis flavoguttata Kirby, 1802

  • rufocincta (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Nomada flavopicta

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis flavopicta Kirby, 1802

  • jacobaeae misident. [?]

Distribution

England, Wales

Nomada fucata

Panzer, 1798

Distribution

England, Wales

Nomada fulvicornis

Fabricius, 1793

  • lineola Panzer, 1798

  • sexcincta (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • caprea (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • cornigera (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • subcornuta (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution

England, Wales

Nomada goodeniana

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis goodeniana Kirby, 1802

  • succincta misident.

  • alternata (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Nomada guttulata

Schenck, 1861

Distribution

England

Nomada hirtipes

Pérez, 1884

  • bucephalae Perkins, 1917

Distribution

England, Wales

Nomada integra

Brullé, 1832

  • ferruginata misident.

  • germanica misident.

  • pleurosticta misident.

  • stigma misident.

  • cinctiventris Friese, 1921

Distribution

England, Wales

Nomada lathburiana

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis lathburiana Kirby, 1802

  • rufiventris (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution

England, Wales

Nomada leucophthalma

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis leucophthalma Kirby, 1802

  • borealis Zetterstedt, 1838

  • inquilina Smith, 1844

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Nomada marshamella

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis marshamella Kirby, 1802

  • alternata misident.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Nomada obtusifrons

Nylander, 1848

  • mistura Smith, 1851

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Nomada panzeri

Lepeletier, 1841

  • ruficornis misident.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Nomada roberjeotiana

Panzer, 1799

  • tormentillae Alfken, 1901

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man

Nomada ruficornis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis ruficornis Linnaeus, 1758

  • bifida Thomson, 1872

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Nomada rufipes

Fabricius, 1793

  • solidaginis misident.

  • picta (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • rufopicta (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Nomada sexfasciata

Panzer, 1799

  • connexa (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • schaefferella (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution

England

Nomada sheppardana

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis sheppardana Kirby, 1802

  • furva misident.

  • dalii Curtis, 1832

Distribution

England, Wales

Nomada signata

Jurine, 1807

Distribution

England, Wales

Nomada striata

Fabricius, 1793

  • hillana (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • ochrostoma (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

  • vidua Smith, 1844

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Xylocopinae

Latreille, 1802

Ceratinini

Latreille, 1802

Ceratina

Latreille, 1802

Euceratina

Hirashima, Moure & Daly, 1971

Ceratina (Euceratina) cyanea

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis cyanea Kirby, 1802

Distribution

England

Xylocopini

Latreille, 1802

Xylocopa

Latreille, 1809

Xylocopa

Latreille, 1809

Xylocopa (Xylocopa) violacea

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis violacea Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

England

Colletidae

Lepeletier, 1841

Colletinae

Lepeletier, 1841

Colletes

Latreille, 1802

Colletes cunicularius

(Linnaeus, 1761)

  • Apis cunicularia Linnaeus, 1761

Distribution

England, Wales

Notes

The British population has been described as a separate subspecies, C. cunicularius celticus O’Toole, 1974, and Else, Field & O’Toole (in Edwards 1997) suggest that the British population may be specifically distinct.

Colletes daviesanus

Smith, 1846

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Colletes floralis

Eversmann, 1852

  • montanus Morawitz, 1876

Distribution

England, Scotland, Ireland

Colletes fodiens

(Geoffroy, 1785)

  • Apis fodiens Geoffroy, 1785

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Colletes halophilus

Verhoeff, 1944

Distribution

England

Colletes hederae

Schmidt & Westrich, 1993

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Cross (2002)

Colletes marginatus

Smith, 1846

Distribution

England, Wales

Colletes similis

Schenck, 1853

  • picistigma Thomson, 1872

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Colletes succinctus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis succincta Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Hylaeinae

Viereck, 1916

Hylaeus

Fabricius, 1793

Abrupta

Popov, 1939

Hylaeus (Abrupta) cornutus

Curtis, 1831

  • plantarius Smith, 1842

Distribution

England

Hylaeus

Fabricius, 1793

Hylaeus (Hylaeus) communis

Nylander, 1852

  • rupestris (Smith, 1872, Prosopis)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Koptogaster

Alfken, 1912

Hylaeus (Koptogaster) punctulatissimus

Smith, 1842

Distribution

England

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain

Lamdopsis

Popov, 1939

Hylaeus (Lamdopsis) annularis

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Mellita annularis Kirby, 1802

  • euryscapus misident.

  • spilotus Forster, 1871

  • masoni (Saunders, 1894, Prosopis)

Distribution

England

Notes

Notton and Dathe (2008) designated as lectotype a female specimen that corresponds to the species here called annularis, with the species generally called annularis taking the name dilatatus.

Hylaeus (Lamdopsis) dilatatus

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Mellita dilatata Kirby, 1802

  • annularis misident.

Distribution

England, Wales

Paraprosopis

Popov, 1939

Hylaeus (Paraprosopis) pictipes

Nylander, 1852

  • varipes (Smith, 1853, Prosopis)

Distribution

England

Prosopis

Fabricius, 1804

  • NESOPROSOPIS Perkins, R.C.L., 1899

Hylaeus (Prosopis) brevicornis

Nylander, 1852

  • rubicola (Smith, 1869, Prosopis) preocc.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Hylaeus (Prosopis) confusus

Nylander, 1852

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Notes

The subspecies perkinsi Blüthgen, 1926, is recognised from Britain.

Hylaeus (Prosopis) incongruus

Förster, 1871

  • gibbus misident.

  • genalis Thomson, 1872

Distribution

England, Wales

Hylaeus (Prosopis) pectoralis

Förster, 1871

  • kriechbaumeri Förster, 1871

  • palustris (Perkins, 1900, Prosopis)

Distribution

England

Hylaeus (Prosopis) signatus

(Panzer, 1798)

  • Sphex signata Panzer, 1798

Distribution

England, Wales

Spatulariella

Popov, 1939

Hylaeus (Spatulariella) hyalinatus

Smith, 1842

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Halictidae

Thomson, 1869

Halictinae

Thomson, 1869

Halictus

Latreille, 1804

Halictus

Latreille, 1804

Halictus (Halictus) eurygnathus

Blüthgen, 1931

  • quadricinctus misident.

  • tetrazonius misident.

Distribution

England

Halictus (Halictus) maculatus

Smith, 1848

Distribution

England

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Halictus (Halictus) rubicundus

(Christ, 1791)

  • Apis rubicunda Christ, 1791

  • quadrifasciatus Smith, 1870

  • nesiotis Perkins, 1922

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Seladonia

Robertson, 1918

Halictus (Seladonia) confusus

Smith, 1853

  • alpinus Alfken, 1907

  • confusus perkinsi Blüthgen, 1926

  • flavipes misident.

Distribution

England

Halictus (Seladonia) subauratus

(Rossi, 1792)

  • Apis subaurata Rossi, 1792

  • gramineus Smith, 1849

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Halictus (Seladonia) tumulorum

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis tumulorum Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Lasioglossum

Curtis, 1833

Notes

Nomenclature for some species ('Evylaeus' s. l.) updated from Pesenko (2007) but, as Pesenko’s study was limited to the Palaearctic region, we do not follow his elevation of Evylaeus to a valid genus, nor have we adopted his numerous subgenera.

Dialictus

Robertson, 1902

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) cupromicans

(Pérez, 1903)

  • Halictus cupromicans Pérez, 1903

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Notes

The Irish population has been described as the subspecies hibernicum Ebmer, 1970, with other populations referred to the subspecies scoticum Ebmer, 1970.

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) leucopus

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta leucopus Kirby, 1802

  • aeratum (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • semiaeneum (Brullé, 1832, Halictus)

  • viridaeneum (Blüthgen, 1918, Halictus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) morio

(Fabricius, 1793)

  • Hylaeus morio Fabricius, 1793

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) smeathmanellum

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta smeathmanella Kirby, 1802

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man

Hemihalictus

Cockerell, 1897

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) angusticeps

(Perkins, 1895)

  • Halictus angusticeps Perkins, 1895

Distribution

England

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) brevicorne

(Schenck, 1869)

  • Halictus brevicornis Schenck, 1869

Distribution

England

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) minutissimum

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta minutissima Kirby, 1802

  • arnoldi (Saunders, 1910, Halictus)

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) nitidiusculum

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta nitidiuscula Kirby, 1802

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) parvulum

(Schenck, 1853)

  • Hylaeus parvulus Schenck, 1853

  • minutum misident.

Distribution

England, Wales

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) pauperatum

(Brullé, 1832)

  • Halictus pauperatus Brullé, 1832

  • breviceps (Saunders, 1879, Halictus)

Distribution

England

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) punctatissimum

(Schenck, 1853)

  • Hylaeus punctatissimus Schenck, 1853

  • longiceps (Saunders, 1879, Halictus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) puncticolle

(Morawitz, 1872)

  • Halictus puncticollis Morawitz, 1872

Distribution

England

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) rufitarse

(Zetterstedt, 1838)

  • Halictus rufitarsis Zetterstedt, 1838

  • atricorne (Smith, 1870, Halictus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) semilucens

(Alfken, 1914)

  • Halictus semilucens Alfken, 1914

Distribution

England

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) sexstrigatum

(Schenck, 1870)

  • Halictus sexstrigatus Schenck, 1870

  • sabulosum (Warncke, 1986, Halictus)

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Hawkins (2011)

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) villosulum

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta villosula Kirby, 1802

  • punctulatum (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Lasioglossum

Curtis, 1833

Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) laevigatum

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta laevigata Kirby, 1802

  • lugubris (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England, Wales

Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) lativentre

(Schenck, 1853)

  • Hylaeus lativentris Schenck, 1853

  • decipiens (Perkins, 1913, Halictus)

Distribution

England, Wales

Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) prasinum

(Smith, 1848)

  • Halictus prasinus Smith, 1848

Distribution

England, Wales

Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) quadrinotatum

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta quadrinotata Kirby, 1802

Distribution

England

Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) sexnotatum

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta sexnotata Kirby, 1802

  • nitidum misident.

Distribution

England

Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) xanthopus

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta xanthopus Kirby, 1802

  • tricingulum Curtis, 1833

Distribution

England, Wales

Leuchalictus

Warncke, 1975

Lasioglossum (Leuchalictus) leucozonium

(Schrank, 1781)

  • Apis leucozonia Schrank, 1781

  • similis (Smith, 1853, Halictus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Lasioglossum (Leuchalictus) zonulum

(Smith, 1848)

  • Halictus zonulus Smith, 1848

Distribution

England, Wales

Sphecodogastra

Ashmead, 1899

Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) albipes

(Fabricius, 1781)

  • Apis albipes Fabricius, 1781

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) calceatum

(Scopoli, 1763)

  • Apis calceata Scopoli, 1763

  • cylindricum (Fabricius, 1793, Hylaeus)

  • fulvocinctum (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • obovatum (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) fratellum

(Pérez, 1903)

  • Halictus fratellus Pérez, 1903

  • nigrum misident.

  • subfasciatum (Nylander, 1848, Halictus)

  • freygessneri (Alfken, 1905, Halictus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) fulvicorne

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta fulvicornis Kirby, 1802

  • subfasciatum misident.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) laeve

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta laevis Kirby, 1802

Distribution

England

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) laticeps

(Schenck, 1869)

  • Halictus laticeps Schenck, 1869

  • semipunctulatum misident.

Distribution

England

Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) malachurum

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta malachura Kirby, 1802

  • longulum (Smith, 1848, Halictus)

Distribution

England

Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) pauxillum

(Schenck, 1853)

  • Hylaeus pauxillus Schenck, 1853

  • immarginatum (Schenck, 1853, Hylaeus)

Distribution

England, Wales

Sphecodes

Latreille, 1804

Sphecodes crassus

Thomson, 1870

  • variegatus von Hagens, 1874

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Sphecodes ephippius

(Linnaeus, 1767)

  • Sphex ephippia Linnaeus, 1767

  • divisus (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • similis Wesmael, 1835

Distribution

England, Wales, Isle of Man

Sphecodes ferruginatus

von Hagens, 1882

Distribution

England, Wales

Sphecodes geoffrellus

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta geofrella Kirby, 1802

  • affinis von Hagens, 1882

  • fasciatus von Hagens, 1882

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Sphecodes gibbus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Sphex gibba Linnaeus, 1758

  • picea (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

  • sphecoides (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Sphecodes hyalinatus

von Hagens, 1882

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Sphecodes longulus

von Hagens, 1882

Distribution

England, Wales

Sphecodes miniatus

von Hagens, 1882

  • dimidiatus von Hagens, 1882

Distribution

England

Sphecodes monilicornis

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Melitta monilicornis Kirby, 1802

  • subquadratus Smith, 1845

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Sphecodes niger

von Hagens, 1874

Distribution

England

Sphecodes pellucidus

Smith, 1845

  • pilifrons Thomson, 1870

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Sphecodes puncticeps

Thomson, 1870

Distribution

England, Wales

Sphecodes reticulatus

Thomson, 1870

Distribution

England, Wales

Sphecodes rubicundus

von Hagens, 1875

  • ruficrus misident.

  • rufiventris misident.

Distribution

England, Wales

Sphecodes scabricollis

Wesmael, 1835

Distribution

England, Wales

Sphecodes spinulosus

von Hagens, 1875

Distribution

England, Wales

Rophitinae

Schenck, 1866

Dufourea

Lepeletier, 1841

Dufourea halictula

(Nylander, 1852)

  • Rhophites halictulus Nylander, 1852

Distribution

England

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Dufourea minuta

Lepeletier, 1841

  • vulgaris Schenck, 1861

Distribution

England

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Rophites

Spinola, 1808

Rophites quinquespinosus

Spinola, 1808

Distribution

England

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Megachilidae

Latreille, 1802

Megachilinae

Latreille, 1802

Anthidiini

Ashmead, 1899

Anthidium

Fabricius, 1804

Anthidium manicatum

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis manicata Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Notes

Represented by the subspecies nigrithorax Dalla Torre, 1877

Stelis

Panzer, 1806

Stelis breviuscula

Nylander, 1848

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Else and Spooner (1987)

Stelis ornatula

(Klug, 1807)

  • Gyrodroma ornatula Klug, 1807

  • octomaculata Smith, 1843

Distribution

England, Wales

Stelis phaeoptera

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis phaeoptera Kirby, 1802

Distribution

England, Wales

Stelis punctulatissima

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis punctulatissima Kirby, 1802

  • aterrima (Panzer, 1798, Apis) preocc.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Megachilini

Latreille, 1802

Coelioxys

Latreille, 1809

Allocoelioxys

Tkalcu, 1974

Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) afra

Lepeletier, 1841

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Boreocoelioxys

Mitchell, 1973

Coelioxys (Boreocoelioxys) inermis

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis inermis Kirby, 1802

  • Coelioxys (Boreocoelioxys) inermis acuminata Nylander, 1852 preocc.

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Coelioxys (Boreocoelioxys) mandibularis

Nylander, 1848

Distribution

England, Wales

Coelioxys

Latreille, 1809

Coelioxys (Coelioxys) conoidea

(Illiger, 1806)

  • Anthophora conoidea Illiger, 1806

  • vectis Curtis, 1831

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Coelioxys (Coelioxys) elongata

Lepeletier, 1841

  • sponsa Smith, 1855

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Coelioxys (Coelioxys) quadridentata

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis quadridentata Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

England, Wales

Coelioxys (Coelioxys) rufescens

Lepeletier & Serville, 1825

  • umbrina Smith, 1843

Distribution

England, Wales

Megachile

Latreille, 1802

Eutricharaea

Thomson, 1872

Megachile (Eutricharaea) leachella

Curtis, 1828

Distribution

England, Wales

Megachile

Latreille, 1802

Megachile (Megachile) centuncularis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis centuncularis Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Megachile (Megachile) lapponica

Thomson, 1872

Distribution

England

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Megachile (Megachile) ligniseca

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis ligniseca Kirby, 1802

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Megachile (Megachile) versicolor

Smith, 1844

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Notes

Includes the subspecies hiberniae Perkins, 1925.

Pseudomegachile

Friese, 1899

Megachile (Pseudomegachile) ericetorum

(Lepeletier, 1841)

  • Megachile ericetorum Lepeletier, 1841

  • fasciata (Smith, 1844, Megachile)

  • rufitarsis (Smith, 1844, Megachile)

Distribution

England

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Xanthosarus

Robertson, 1903

Megachile (Xanthosarus) circumcincta

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis circumcincta Kirby, 1802

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Megachile (Xanthosarus) maritima

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis maritima Kirby, 1802

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Megachile (Xanthosarus) willughbiella

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis willughbiella Kirby, 1802

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Notes

Includes the nominate subspecies and hibernica Perkins, 1925

Osmiini

Newman, 1834

Chelostoma

Latreille, 1809

Chelostoma campanularum

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis campanularum Kirby, 1802

Distribution

England

Chelostoma florisomne

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis florisomnis Linnaeus, 1758

  • maxillosum (Linnaeus, 1767, Apis)

Distribution

England, Wales

Heriades

Spinola, 1808

Heriades rubicola

Peréz, 1890

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Else (in prep.)

Heriades truncorum

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis truncorum Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

England

Hoplitis

Klug, 1807

Alcidamea

Cresson, 1864

Hoplitis (Alcidamea) claviventris

(Thomson, 1872)

  • Osmia claviventris Thomson, 1872

  • leucomelana misident.

Distribution

England, Wales

Hoplitis (Alcidamea) leucomelana

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis leucomelana Kirby, 1802

  • parvula (Dufour & Perris, 1840, Osmia)

Distribution

England

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain.

Anthocopa

Lepeletier & Serville, 1825

Hoplitis (Anthocopa) spinulosa

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis spinulosa Kirby, 1802

Distribution

England, Wales

Osmia

Panzer, 1806

Helicosmia

Thomson, 1872

Osmia (Helicosmia) aurulenta

Panzer, 1799

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Osmia (Helicosmia) caerulescens

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis caerulescens Linnaeus, 1758

  • aenea (Linnaeus, 1761, Apis)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Osmia (Helicosmia) niveata

(Fabricius, 1804)

  • Apis niveata Fabricius, 1804

  • fulviventris (Panzer, 1798, Apis)

Distribution

England

Osmia (Helicosmia) leaiana

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis leaiana Kirby, 1802

  • fulviventris misident.

Distribution

England, Wales

Melanosmia

Schmiedeknecht, 1884

Osmia (Melanosmia) inermis

(Zetterstedt, 1838)

  • Anthophora inermis Zetterstedt, 1838

  • parietina misident.

Distribution

Scotland

Osmia (Melanosmia) parietina

Curtis, 1828

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Osmia (Melanosmia) pilicornis

Smith, 1846

Distribution

England, Wales

Osmia (Melanosmia) uncinata

Gerstäcker, 1869

Distribution

Scotland

Notes

added by Else in Else and Spooner (1987)

Osmia (Melanosmia) xanthomelana

(Kirby, 1802)

  • Apis xanthomelana Kirby, 1802

  • atricapilla Curtis, 1828

Distribution

England, Wales

Neosmia

Tkalc, 1974

Osmia (Neosmia) bicolor

(Schrank, 1781)

  • Apis bicolor Schrank, 1781

Distribution

England, Wales

Osmia

Panzer, 1806

Osmia (Osmia) bicornis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis bicornis Linnaeus, 1758

  • rufa (Linnaeus, 1758, Apis)

  • hedera Smith, 1844

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Melittidae

Schenck, 1860

Dasypodainae

Börner, 1919

Notes

According to Danforth et al. (2006), Dasypodainae may be better treated as a separate family, but this requires further corroboration.

Dasypoda

Latreille, 1802

Dasypoda hirtipes

(Fabricius, 1793)

  • Andrena hirtipes Fabricius, 1793

  • altercator (Harris, 1776, Apis) nom. dub.

  • plumipes (Panzer, 1797, Andrena)

  • swammerdamella (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution

England, Wales

Macropidinae

Robertson, 1904

Macropis

Panzer, 1809

Macropis europaea

Warncke, 1973

  • labiata misident.

Distribution

England

Melittinae

Schenck, 1860

Melitta

Kirby, 1802

Cilissia

Leach, 1815

  • PSEUDOCILISSA Radoszkowski, 1891

Melitta (Cilissia) dimidiata

Morawitz, 1876

Distribution

England

Melitta (Cilissia) haemorrhoidalis

(Fabricius, 1775)

  • Andrena haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1775

  • chrysura Kirby, 1802

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man

Melitta

Kirby, 1802

Melitta (Melitta) leporina

(Panzer, 1799)

  • Apis leporina Panzer, 1799

Distribution

England, Wales

Melitta (Melitta) tricincta

Kirby, 1802

  • melanura (Nylander, 1852, Kirbya)

Distribution

England, Wales

Chrysidoidea

CHRYSIDOIDEA

Notes

Some distribution records taken from Archer and Burn (2012). Fig. 3: habitus of selected British Chrysidoidea.

Bethylidae

Haliday, 1833

Notes

Taxonomy mostly follows Gordh and Móczár (1990). Distribution data from Perkins (1976).

Bethylinae

Haliday, 1833

Bethylus

Latreille, 1802

Bethylus boops

(Thomson, 1862)

  • Anoxus boops Thomson, 1862

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Burn (1997)

Bethylus cephalotes

(Förster, 1860)

  • Perisemus cephalotes Förster, 1860

  • fuscicornis var. tibialis Kieffer, 1905

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man

Bethylus dendrophilus

Richards, 1939

Distribution

England

Bethylus fuscicornis

(Jurine, 1807)

  • Omalus fuscicornis Jurine, 1807

  • sygenesiae Haliday, 1834

  • fulvicornis Curtis, 1838

  • triareolatus Förster, 1851

  • variabilis (Thomson, 1862, Episemus)

  • hyalinus (Marshall, 1874, Perisemus) synonymy by Rond (1994)

  • fuscicornis var. maurus Kieffer, 1905

  • brevipennis Hellén, 1920

  • berlandi Arle, 1929

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Goniozus

Förster, 1856

  • PARASIEROLA Cameron, 1883

  • PROGONIOZUS Kieffer, 1905

  • PERISIEROLA Kieffer, 1914

Goniozus claripennis

(Förster, 1851)

  • Bethylus claripennis Förster, 1851

  • fuscipennis (Förster, 1851, Bethylus)

  • distigmus Thomson, 1862

  • audouinii Westwood, 1874

  • claripennis var. fuscipennis Kieffer, 1905 preocc.

  • claripennis var. tibialis Kieffer, 1905

Distribution

England

Epyrinae

Kieffer, 1914

Cephalonomia

Westwood, 1833

  • HOLOPEDINA Förster, 1850

  • CEPHALOMIA Kirchner, 1867

Cephalonomia formiciformis

Westwood, 1833

  • polypori (Förster, 1850, Holopedina)

  • brevipennis Kieffer, 1906

  • formiciformis var. sulcata Kieffer, 1906

Distribution

England, Ireland

Notes

Cephalonomia brevipennis is listed as a separate species (described from English specimens, now missing) by Gordh and Móczár (1990) but we follow Richards (1939) who believed this not to be a separate species from formiciformis.

# Cephalonomia gallicola

(Ashmead, 1887)

  • Sclerochroa gallicola Ashmead, 1887

  • nubilipennis (Ashmead, 1887, Holopedina)

  • xambeui Girad, 1898

  • quadridentata Duchaussoy, 1920

  • strandi Hoffer, 1936

Cephalonomia hammi

Richards, 1939

Distribution

England

# Cephalonomia tarsalis

(Ashmead, 1893)

  • Ateleopterus tarsalis Ashmead, 1893

  • carinata Kieffer, 1907

  • meridionalis Brethes, 1913

  • kiefferi Fouts, 1920

# Cephalonomia waterstoni

Gahan, 1931

Epyris

Westwood, 1832

  • DOLUS Motshultsky, 1863

  • MUELLERELLA Saussure, 1892

  • HOMOGLENUS Kieffer, 1904 synonymy by Terayama (2003)

  • PAREPYRIS Kieffer, 1913

  • PSILEPYRIS Kieffer, 1913

  • ARTIEPYRIS Kieffer, 1913

Epyris bilineatus

Thomson, 1862

  • fraternus Westwood, 1874

  • saeva Westwood, 1874

  • multidentatus Keiffer, 1906

  • multidentatus var. angustipennis Kieffer, 1906

Distribution

England

Epyris niger

Westwood, 1832

Distribution

England

[? Epyris tricolor

Cameron, 1888]

Notes

Supposedly described from the New Forest, the type is lost and the species has not been satisfactorily interpreted since.

Holepyris

Kieffer, 1905

  • MISEPYRIS Kieffer, 1913

  • PAREPYRIS Brethes, 1913

# Holepyris glabratus

(Fabricius, 1798)

  • Tiphia glabrata Fabricius, 1798

  • hawaiiensis (Ashmead, 1901, Holepyris)

# Holepyris sylvanidis

(Brethes, 1913)

  • Parepyris sylvanidis Brethes, 1913

  • zeae (Turner & Waterston, 1921, Rhabdepyris)

Laelius

Ashmead, 1893

Notes

see Notton et al. (2014) for synonymy and distribution

Laelius femoralis

(Förster, 1860)

  • Bethylus femoralis Förster, 1860

  • microneurus (Kieffer, 1906, Allepyris)

  • nigricrus (Kieffer, 1906, Allepyris)

Distribution

England

# Laelius pedatus

(Say, 1836)

  • Bethylus pedatus Say, 1836

Distribution

England

Notes

Added by Notton et al. (2014); probably an accidental introduction.

Plastanoxus

Kieffer, 1905

  • SNAPPANIA Hedqvist, 1975

Plastanoxus chittendenii

(Ashmead, 1893)

  • Anoxus chittendenii Ashmead, 1893

Distribution

England

Plastanoxus # munroi

Richards, 1939

Plastanoxus # westwoodi

(Kieffer, 1914)

  • Cephalonomia westwoodi Kieffer, 1914

  • kiefferi Gahan, 1931

Pristocerinae

Kieffer, 1914

Pristocera

Klug, 1808

  • ACREPYRIS Kieffer, 1905

  • MANGESIA Kieffer, 1911

  • TRICHELOBRACHIUM Kieffer, 1914

Pristocera depressa

(Fabricius, 1805)

  • Bethylus depressus Fabricius, 1805

  • roubali (Menozzi, 1925, Pseudisobrachium)

Distribution

England

Pseudisobrachium

Kieffer, 1904

  • MONEPYRIS Kieffer, 1905

  • XESTOBETHYLUS Cameron, 1909

  • PLUTOBETHYLUS Kieffer, 1910

  • LYSSEPYRIS Kieffer, 1913

  • XANTEPYRIS Kieffer, 1913

  • PARISOBRACHIUM Kieffer, 1914

  • AFRISOBRACHIUM Benoit, 1957

  • EDAPHOLIGON Oglobin, 1963

Pseudisobrachium subcyaneum

(Haliday, 1838)

  • Epyris subcyaneus Haliday, 1838

  • halidaii (Westwood, 1874, Epyris)

  • carpentieri Kieffer, 1906

  • carpentieri var. septemfasciatum Kieffer, 1906

  • cantianum Chitty, 1906

  • concolor Kieffer, 1906

Distribution

England

Chrysididae

Latreille, 1802

Cleptinae

Morice, 1900

Cleptes

Latreille, 1802

Cleptes

Latreille, 1802

Cleptes (Cleptes) semiauratus

(Linnaeus, 1761)

  • Sphex semiaurata Linnaeus, 1761

  • auratus (Panzer, 1798, Ichneumon)

  • pallipes Lepeletier, 1805

  • diana Mocsáry, 1889

Distribution

England, Wales

Notes

Synonymy follows Rosa et al. (2015).

Leiocleptes

Móczár, 1962

Cleptes (Leiocleptes) nitidulus

(Fabricius, 1793)

  • Ichneumon nitidulus Fabricius, 1793

Distribution

England

Chrysidinae

Latreille, 1802

Notes

Some distribution data from Morgan (1984).

Chrysidini

Latreille, 1802

Chrysis

Linnaeus, 1761

Notes

The number of species recognised in the Chrysis ignita group has varied from author to author. Soon et al. (2014) analysed species limits and found there to be 15 described European species plus cryptic species, a result more in line with Morgan’s (Morgan 1984) recognition of multiple species than, for example, Kunz’s (Kunz 1994) much more conservative treatment.

Chrysis angustula

Schenck, 1856

  • brevidens Tournier, 1879

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Chrysis corusca

Valkeila, 1971

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Soon et al. (2014)

Chrysis fulgida

Linnaeus, 1761

Distribution

England

Chrysis gracillima

Förster, 1853

  • saussurei Chevrier, 1862

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Morgan (1984)

Chrysis ignita

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Sphex ignita Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Chrysis illigeri

Wesmael, 1839

  • chrysoprasina Hellén, 1919 preocc.

  • helleni Linsenmaier, 1959

  • succincta misident.

Distribution

England

Chrysis impressa

Schenck, 1856

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Chrysis longula

Abeille de Perrin, 1879

Distribution

England, Scotland

Chrysis mediata

Linsenmaier, 1951

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Chrysis pseudobrevitarsis

Linsenmaier, 1951

Distribution

England

Chrysis ruddii

Shuckard, 1836

  • auripes Wesmael, 1839

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man

Chrysis schencki

Linsenmaier, 1968

  • schenckiana Linsenmaier, 1959 preocc.

Distribution

England

Chrysis terminata

Dahlbom, 1854

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Soon et al. (2014)

Chrysis vanlithi

Linsenmaier, 1959

  • rutiliventris misident.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Chrysis viridula

Linnaeus, 1761

  • bidentata Linnaeus, 1767

Distribution

England, Wales

Chrysura

Dahlbom, 1845

Chrysura hirsuta

(Gerstäcker, 1869)

  • Chrysis hirsuta Gerstäcker, 1869

  • osmiae (Thomson, 1870, Chrysis)

Distribution

Scotland

Chrysura radians

(Harris, 1776)

  • Chrysis radians Harris, 1776

  • pustulosa (Abeille de Perrin, 1878, Chrysis)

Distribution

England, Wales

Pseudospinolia

Linsenmaier, 1951

Pseudospinolia neglecta

(Shuckard, 1836)

  • Chrysis neglecta Shuckard, 1836

Distribution

England, Wales

Trichrysis

Lichtenstein, 1876

Trichrysis cyanea

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Sphex cyanea Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Elampini

Dahlbom, 1854

Elampus

Spinola, 1806

  • NOTOZUS Förster, 1853

Elampus panzeri

(Fabricius, 1804)

  • Chrysis panzeri Fabricius, 1804

  • scutellaris (Panzer, 1798, Chrysis) preocc.

  • constrictus misident.

Distribution

England

Hedychridium

Abeille de Perrin, 1878

Hedychridium ardens

(Latreille, 1801)

  • Chrysis ardens Latreille, 1801

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Hedychridium coriaceum

(Dahlbom, 1854)

  • Hedychrum coriaceum Dahlbom, 1854

Distribution

England

Hedychridium cupreum

(Dahlbom, 1845)

  • Hedychrum cupreum Dahlbom, 1845

  • integrum (Dahlbom, 1854, Hedychrum) synonymy by Morgan (1984)

Distribution

England, Wales

Hedychridium roseum

(Rossi, 1790)

  • Chrysis rosea Rossi, 1790

Distribution

England

Hedychrum

Latreille, 1802

Hedychrum niemelai

Linsenmaier, 1959

  • nobile misident.

Distribution

England

Hedychrum nobile

(Scopoli, 1763)

  • Sphex nobilis Scopoli, 1763

  • lucidula (Fabricius, 1775, Chrysis)

  • regia (Fabricius, 1793, Chrysis)

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Baldock and Hawkins (2013); tentative identification but subsequently confirmed (e.g. Earwaker and Sutton 2015).

Hedychrum rutilans

Dahlbom, 1854

  • intermedium misident.

Distribution

England

Omalus

Panzer, 1801

Omalus aeneus

(Fabricius, 1787)

  • Chrysis aenea Fabricius, 1787

Distribution

England, Wales

Omalus puncticollis

(Mocsáry, 1887)

  • Ellampus puncticollis Mocsáry, 1887

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Notes

Treated as a subspecies of aeneus in Fauna Europaea.

Philoctetes

Abeille de Perrin, 1879

Philoctetes truncatus

(Dahlbom, 1831)

  • Chrysis truncata Dahlbom, 1831

Distribution

England

Pseudomalus

Ashmead, 1902

Pseudomalus auratus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Sphex aurata Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Pseudomalus violaceus

(Scopoli, 1763)

  • Sphex violacea Scopoli, 1763

Distribution

England, Wales

Dryinidae

Haliday, 1833

Notes

Some distributional data and synonymy from Olmi (1984), supplemented by Perkins (1976) and Olmi (1989).

Anteoninae

Perkins, 1912

Anteon

Jurine, 1807

  • CHELOGYNUS Haliday, 1838

  • NEOCHELOGYNUS Perkins, 1905

Anteon arcuatum

Kieffer, 1905

  • imberbis Kieffer, 1905

  • bensoni Richards, 1939

  • jurineanum in part, Perkins, 1976

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Anteon brachycerum

(Dalman, 1823)

  • Dryinus brachycerus Dalman, 1823

  • lyde (Walker, 1837, Dryinus)

  • nigricornis Kieffer, 1905

  • triareolatus Kieffer, 1905

  • brevicollis Kieffer, 1905

  • flavitarsis Kieffer, 1905

  • indivisus Kieffer, 1905

  • nigroclavatus Kieffer, 1905

  • curvatus Kieffer, 1906

  • obscuricornis Kieffer, 1906

  • suffolciensis (Chitty, 1908, Antaeon)

  • curvus Kieffer, 1914

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Anteon ephippiger

(Dalman, 1818)

  • Gonatopus ephippiger Dalman, 1818

  • collaris (Dalman, 1818, Gonatopus)

  • facialis (Thomson, 1860, Dryinus)

  • albidicollis Kieffer, 1905

  • rubrifrons Kieffer, 1905

  • rufovariegatus (Berland, 1928, Chelogynus)

  • albidocolle Richards, 1939

  • pyonganensis Moczar, 1983

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Anteon exiguum

(Haupt, 1941)

  • Chelogynus exiguus Haupt, 1941

  • subarcticus Hellén, 1935 nom. nud.

  • flaviscapus Jansson, 1950

  • subarcticus Hellén, 1953

Distribution

England, Wales

Notes

added by Burn (1995)

Anteon faciale

(Thomson, 1860)

  • Dryinus facialis Thomson, 1860

  • pseudohilare Burn, 1990

Distribution

England

Anteon flavicorne

(Dalman, 1818)

  • Gonatopus flavicornis Dalman, 1818

  • sericeus Kieffer, 1905

  • subflavicornis Haupt, 1941

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Anteon fulviventre

(Haliday, 1828)

  • Dryinus fulviventris Haliday, 1828

  • fuscipes (Thomson, 1860, Dryinus)

  • similis Kieffer, 1905

  • gracilicollis Kieffer, 1905

  • flavinervis Kieffer, 1905

  • parvulus Kieffer, 1905

  • xanthostigma Kieffer, 1905

  • flaviscapus Kieffer, 1905

  • parvus Kieffer, 1906

  • alutaceus (Richards, 1935, Chelogynus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Anteon gaullei

Kieffer, 1905

  • cameroni Kieffer, 1905

  • trivialis Kieffer, 1905

  • rufulocollis (Chitty, 1908, Antaeon)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Anteon infectum

(Haliday, 1837)

  • Dryinus infectus Haliday, 1837

  • luteicornis misident. sensuRichards (1939) and Perkins (1976)

  • inclytus (Haliday, 1837, Dryinus)

  • lateralis (Thomson, 1860, Dryinus)

  • fusiformis Kieffer, 1905

  • punctatus Kieffer, 1905

  • ellimani (Chitty, 1908, Antaeon)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Ireland

Anteon jurineanum

Latreille, 1809

  • brevicornis (Dalman, 1818, Gonatopus)

  • cursor (Haliday, 1828, Dryinus)

  • otiartes (Walker, 1837, Dryinus)

  • sisithrus (Walker, 1837, Dryinus)

  • nanus (Haliday, 1837, Dryinus)

  • crenulatus Kieffer, 1905

  • thomsoni Kieffer, 1905

  • vicinus Kieffer, 1905

  • marginatus Kieffer, 1905

  • rectus Kieffer, 1905

  • scoticus Kieffer, 1905

  • barbatus (Chitty, 1908, Antaeon)

  • brunneipes (Berland, 1928, Xenanteon)

  • nec jurineanum Richards, 1939

  • nec jurineanum Perkins, 1976

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Anteon pubicorne

(Dalman, 1818)

  • Gonatopus pubicornis Dalman, 1818

  • tenuicornis (Dalman, 1823, Dryinus)

  • cephalotes (Ljungh, 1824, Gonatopus)

  • lucidus (Haliday, 1828, Dryinus)

  • penidas (Walker, 1837, Dryinus)

  • alorus (Walker, 1837, Dryinus)

  • fuscoclavatus Kieffer, 1905

  • triangularis Kieffer, 1905

  • divisus Kieffer, 1905

  • vulgaris Kieffer, 1905

  • breviventralis (Chitty, 1908, Antaeon)

  • delicatulus (Chitty, 1908, Antaeon)

  • serratus (Maneval, 1935, Chelogynus)

  • exiguus (Haupt, 1941, Chelogynus)

  • mongolicum Moczar, 1983

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Notes

Included as a synonym of brachycerum by Richards (1978).

Anteon reticulatum

Kieffer, 1905

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Olmi (1989)

Anteon scapulare

(Haliday, 1837)

  • Dryinus scapularis Haliday, 1837

  • longiforceps Kieffer, 1905

  • carinatus Kieffer, 1905

  • lanionis (Haupt, 1941, Chelogynus)

Distribution

England

Anteon tripartitum

Kieffer, 1905

  • tricarinatus Kieffer, 1905

  • kiefferi (Chitty, 1908, Antaeon)

  • angusticollis (Berland, 1928, Chelogynus)

  • prehensor (Maneval, 1935, Chelogynus)

  • berlandi (Richards, 1936, Chelogynus)

  • silvaticus (Ponomarenko, 1970, Chelogynus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Ireland

Lonchodryinus

Kieffer, 1905

  • PRENANTEON Kieffer, 1913

  • PSILANTEON Kieffer, 1913

Lonchodryinus ruficornis

(Dalman, 1818)

  • Gonatopus ruficornis Dalman, 1818

  • basalis (Dalman, 1818, Gonatopus)

  • frontalis (Dalman, 1818, Gonatopus)

  • fuscicornis (Dalman, 1818, Gonatopus)

  • longicornis (Dalman, 1823, Dryinus)

  • crassimanus (Haliday, 1828, Dryinus)

  • daos (Walker, 1837, Dryinus)

  • ilus (Walker, 1837, Dryinus)

  • misor (Walker, 1837, Dryinus)

  • lapponicus (Thomson, 1860, Dryinus)

  • retusus (Thomson, 1860, Dryinus)

  • lepidus (Förster, 1861, Chelogynus)

  • subapterus (Kieffer, 1905, Anteon)

  • aequalis (Kieffer, 1905, Anteon)

  • melanocera (Kieffer, 1905, Anteon)

  • vitellinipes (Kieffer, 1905, Anteon)

  • procericornis (Kieffer, 1905, Anteon)

  • declivis (Kieffer, 1905, Anteon)

  • pallidinervis (Kieffer, 1905, Anteon)

  • integer (Kieffer, 1905, Anteon)

  • curvinervis (Kieffer, 1905, Anteon)

  • fractinervis (Kieffer, 1905, Anteon)

  • hyalinipennis (Kieffer, 1905, Anteon)

  • longifilis (Kieffer, 1906, Anteon)

  • halidayi (Kieffer, 1906, Anteon)

  • morleyi (Chitty, 1908, Antaeon)

  • luffnessensis (Chitty, 1908, Antaeon)

  • beaumonti (Chitty, 1908, Antaeon)

  • walkeri (Kieffer, 1914, Chelogynus)

  • parcepunctatus (Kieffer, 1914, Prenanteon)

  • palustris (Oglobin, 1924, Prenanteon)

  • filicornis (Oglobin, 1924, Prenanteon)

  • euscelisi (Haupt, 1941, Prenanteon)

  • semenovi (Ponomarenko, 1970, Prenanteon)

  • foveatus (Richards, 1971, Prenanteon)

  • pektusanense (Moczar, 1983, Prenanteon)

  • clavatum (Moczar, 1983, Prenanteon)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Aphelopinae

Perkins, 1912

Aphelopus

Dalman, 1823

  • ANTAPHELOPUS Benoit, 1951

  • GYMNAPHELOPUS Benoit, 1951

Notes

Data on five species reared in Wales from Jervis (1977).

Aphelopus atratus

(Dalman, 1823)

  • Dryinus atratus Dalman, 1823

  • holomelas Richards, 1939

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Aphelopus camus

Richards, 1939

  • heidelbergensis Richards, 1939

Distribution

England, Wales

Aphelopus melaleucus

(Dalman, 1818)

  • Gonatopus melaleucus Dalman, 1818

  • albipes (Ratzeburg, 1848, Ceraphron)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Aphelopus nigriceps

Kieffer, 1905

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Aphelopus querceus

Olmi, 1984

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Burn (1995)

Aphelopus serratus

Richards, 1939

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Bocchinae

Richards, 1939

Mystrophorus

Förster, 1856

Mystrophorus formicaeformis

Ruthe, 1859

Distribution

England

Dryininae

Kieffer, 1906

Dryinus

Latreille, 1804

  • CAMPYLONYX Westwood, 1835

  • PARADRYINUS Perkins, 1905

  • CHLORODRYINUS Perkins, 1905

  • PLASTODRYINUS Kieffer, 1906

  • MESODRYINUS Kieffer, 1906

  • HESPERODRYINUS Perkins, 1907

Dryinus collaris

(Linnaeus, 1767)

  • Sphex collaris Linnaeus, 1767

  • formicarius Latreille, 1805

  • ampuliciformis (Westwood, 1835, Campylonyx)

  • corsicae (Kieffer, 1914, Lestodryinus)

Distribution

England

Dryinus niger

Kieffer, 1904

  • brittanicus (Richards, 1939, Mesodryinus)

Distribution

England

Gonatopodinae

Kieffer, 1906

Gonatopus

Ljungh, 1810

  • DICONDYLUS Haliday, 1829-30

  • LABEO Haliday, 1833

  • PSEUDOGONATOPUS Perkins, 1905

  • NEOGONATOPUS Perkins, 1905

  • PACHYGONATOPUS Perkins, 1905

  • CHALCOGONATOPUS Perkins, 1905

  • EUGONATOPUS Perkins, 1905

  • PLATYGONATOPUS Kieffer, 1906

  • AGONATOPUS Perkins, 1907

  • AGONATOPOIDES Perkins, 1907

  • EUCAMPTONYX Perkins, 1907

  • CYRTOGONATOPUS Kieffer, 1907

  • DIGONATOPUS Kieffer, 1913

  • LABERIUS Kieffer, 1914

  • TRICHOGONATOPUS Hellén, 1930

  • METAGONATOPUS Oglobin, 1932

  • ALLOGONATOPUS Haupt, 1938

  • DONISTHORPINA Richards, 1939

  • PLECTROGONATOPUS Richards, 1939

  • TETRODONTOCHELYS Richards, 1939

  • EPIGONATOPOIDES Richards, 1939

  • RHYNCHOGONATOPUS Benoit, 1953

  • MADECAGONATOPUS Benoit, 1953

  • CYRTOGONATOPOIDES Ponomarenko, 1966

  • MEGAGONATOPUS Olmi & Currado, 1976

  • TETRADONTOCHELYS Perkins, 1976

Gonatopus albosignatus

Kieffer, 1905

Distribution

England, Wales

Gonatopus bicolor

(Haliday, 1828)

  • Dryinus bicolor Haliday, 1828

  • vitripennis (Haliday, 1833, Labeo)

  • excisus (Westwood, 1833, Antaeon)

  • conjunctus Kieffer, 1905

  • bifarius Kieffer, 1906

  • decretorius Haupt, 1916

  • lindbergi (Heikinheimo, 1957, Dicondylus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Gonatopus clavipes

(Thunberg, 1827)

  • Gelis clavipes Thunberg, 1827

  • sepsoides Westwood, 1833

  • pilosus Thomson, 1860

  • nigerrimus (Förster, 1861, Labeo)

  • pusillus Szépligeti, 1901, Labeo)

  • hispanicus Kieffer, 1905

  • sociabilis Kieffer, 1907

  • borealis Sahlberg, 1910

  • wagneri Strand, 1919

  • barbatellus Richards, 1939

  • campestris Ponomarenko, 1965

  • rhaensis Ponomarenko, 1970

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Gonatopus distinctus

Kieffer, 1905

  • septemdentatus Sahlberg, 1910

  • robustus (Ceballos, 1927, Dicondylus)

Distribution

England, Wales

Gonatopus distinguendus

Kieffer, 1905

  • flavicornis Thomson, 1860 preocc.

  • luteicornis Kieffer, 1905

  • excavatus Sahlberg, 1910

  • liechtensteini Picard, 1932

  • procerus (Haupt, 1938, Allogonatopus)

  • thomsoni Hellén, 1953

  • rossicus Ponomarenko, 1965

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Gonatopus formicicolus

(Richards, 1939)

  • Donisthorpina formicicola Richards, 1939

Distribution

England, Wales

Gonatopus helleni

Raatikainen, 1961

  • dichromus Kieffer, 1906

  • rufescens Hellén, 1935

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Burn (1997)

Gonatopus lunatus

Klug, 1810

  • bifasciatus Kieffer, 1904

  • gracilicornis Kieffer, 1904

  • filicornis Kieffer, 1905

  • gracilis Kieffer, 1905

  • marshalli Kieffer, 1905

  • myrmecophilus Kieffer, 1905

  • gracilipes Kieffer, 1906

  • raptoripes Strand, 1919

Distribution

England, Wales

Gonatopus pedestris

Dalman, 1818

  • ljunghii Westwood, 1833

  • leucostomus Sahlberg, 1910

  • arnoldii (Ponomarenko, 1966, Pachygonatopus)

Distribution

England

Gonatopus striatus

Kieffer, 1905

  • richardsi (Moczar, 1965, Plectrogonatopus)

  • tauricus (Ponomarenko, 1965, Agonatopoides)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Haplogonatopus

Perkins, 1905

  • MONOGONATOPUS Richards, 1939

Haplogonatopus oratorius

(Westwood, 1833)

  • Gonatopus oratorius Westwood, 1833

Distribution

England

Embolemidae

Förster, 1856

Embolemus

Westwood, 1833

  • MYRMECOMORPHUS Westwood, 1833

  • POLYPLANUS Nees, 1834

  • EMBOLIMUS Agassiz, 1846

  • FORMILA De Romand, 1846

  • PEDINOMMA Förster, 1856

  • AMPULICOMORPHA Ashmead, 1893

  • AMPULICIMORPHA Brues, 1933

Embolemus ruddii

(Westwood, 1833)

  • Myrmecomorphus ruddii Westwood, 1833

  • rufescens (Westwood, 1833, Myrmecomorphus)

  • sickershusanus (Nees, 1834, Polyplanus)

  • antennalis (Kieffer, 1906, Pedinomma) synonymy by Hilpert (1989)

  • holochlora (Kieffer, 1906, Pedinomma)

  • hypochlora (Kieffer, 1906, Pedinomma)

  • rufus Kieffer, 1906

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Vespoidea

VESPOIDEA

Notes

Some distribution data for Mutillidae, Sapygidae, Tiphiidae and Vespidae from Archer (2014). Figs 4, 5, 6: habitus of selected British Vespoidea.

Formicidae

Latreille, 1809

Notes

Nomenclature, synonymy and higher classification based on Bolton (1995), Bolton (2003) and AntWeb, with additional references given.

Dolichoderinae

Forel, 1878

Notes

[LINEPITHEMA Mayr, 1866 # humile (Mayr, 1868, Hypoclinea)] Although this highly invasive species has the potential to establish itself in hothouses, given the correct climate, we are unaware of any established colonies being found in Britain. Any introductions have been of isolated workers.

Tapinoma

Förster, 1850

  • MICROMYRMA Dufour, 1857

  • SEMONIUS Forel, 1910

  • TAPINOPTERA Santschi, 1925

  • ZATAPINOMA Wheeler, 1928

  • NEOCLYSTOPSENELLA Kurian, 1955

Tapinoma erraticum

(Latreille, 1798)

  • Formica erratica Latreille, 1798

  • caerulescens (Losana, 1834, Formica)

  • glabrella (Nylander, 1849, Formica)

  • collina Förster, 1850

  • bononiensis Emery, 1925

  • breve Emery, 1925

  • tauridis Emery, 1925

  • transcaucasica Karavaiev, 1927

Distribution

England

Tapinoma subboreale

Seifert, 2012

  • ambiguum misident.

  • madeirense misident.

Distribution

England

Notes

Seifert (2012) clarified the identity of the north European Tapinoma.

# Tapinoma melanocephalum

(Fabricius, 1793)

  • Formica melanocephala Fabricius, 1793

  • nana (Jerdon, 1851, Formica) preocc.

  • pellucida (Smith, 1857, Myrmica)

  • familiaris (Smith, 1860, Formica) preocc.

  • australe Santschi, 1928

  • australis Santschi, 1928

Formicinae

Latreille, 1802

Formica

Linnaeus, 1758

  • FORMICINA Schuckard, 1840

  • NEOFORMICA Wheeler, 1913

  • RAPTIFORMICA Forel, 1913

  • SERVIFORMICA Forel, 1913

  • COPTOFORMICA Müller, 1923

  • ADFORMICA Lomnicki, 1925

Formica aquilonia

Yarrow, 1955

  • schmidti Ruzsky, 1920 preocc.

Distribution

Scotland, Ireland

Formica cunicularia

Latreille, 1798

  • fuscorufibarbis Forel, 1874

  • glauca Ruzsky, 1896

  • rubescens Forel, 1904

  • caucasica Wheeler, 1913

  • volgensis Ruzsky, 1914

  • katuniensis Ruzsky, 1915

  • montivaga Santschi, 1928

  • montaniformis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929

  • fuscoides Dlussky, 1967

Distribution

England, Wales

Formica exsecta

Nylander, 1846

  • exsectopressilabris Forel, 1874

  • rubens Forel, 1874

  • etrusca Emery, 1909

  • dalcqi Bondroit, 1918

  • sudetica Scholz, 1924

  • wheeleri Creighton, 1935

  • kontuniemii Betrem, 1954

  • nemoralis Dlussky, 1964

Distribution

England, Scotland

Formica fusca

Linnaeus, 1758

  • libera Scopoli, 1763

  • flavipes Geoffroy, 1785

  • barbata Razoumowski, 1789

  • tristis Christ, 1791

  • glebaria Nylander, 1846

  • marcida Wheeler, 1913

  • pallipes Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926

  • rufipes Stitz, 1930

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Formica lemani

Bondroit, 1917

  • borealis Vashkevich, 1924

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Formica lugubris

Zetterstedt, 1838

  • congerens Nylander, 1846

  • santschii Wheeler, 1913

  • nylanderi Bondroit, 1920

  • unicolor Ruzsky, 1926

  • montana Sadil, 1953

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Formica picea

Nylander, 1846

  • candida misident.

  • glabra White, 1884 preocc.

  • transkaucasica Nasonov, 1889

  • orientalis Ruzsky, 1915

  • piceoinplana Emery, 1925

  • inplana Emery, 1925

  • lochmatteri Stärcke, 1935

Distribution

England, Wales

Notes

Not a homonym under article 23.9.5 of the Code (Seifert 2004).

Formica pratensis

Retzius, 1783

  • nigricans Bondroit, 1912

  • cordieri Bondroit, 1917

  • grouvellei Bondroit, 1918

  • ciliata Ruzsky, 1926

  • thyssei Stärcke, 1942

  • pratensoides Gösswald, 1951

Distribution

England

Notes

Probably extinct in Britain (Edwards and Broad 2005).

Formica rufa

Linnaeus, 1761

  • ferruginea Christ, 1791

  • dorsata Panzer, 1798

  • major Nylander, 1849

  • piniphila Schenck, 1852

  • apicalis Smith, 1858

  • rufopratensis Forel, 1874

  • meridionalis Nasonov, 1889

  • gaullei Bondroit, 1917

Distribution

England, Wales

Formica rufibarbis

Fabricius, 1793

  • nicaeensis Leach, 1825

  • stenoptera Förster, 1850

  • cinereorufibarbis Forel, 1874

  • defensor Smith, 1878

  • fraterna Smith, 1878

  • piligera Lomnicki, 1925

Distribution

England

Formica sanguinea

Latreille, 1798

  • dominula Nylander, 1846

  • fusciceps Emery, 1895

  • mollesonae Ruzsky, 1903

  • clarior Ruzsky, 1905

  • flavorubra Forel, 1909

  • borea Santschi, 1925

  • strennua Santschi, 1925

  • griseopubescens Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926

  • monticola Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926

  • rotundata Kuznetzsov-Ugamsky, 1926

  • arenicola Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928

  • leninei Santschi, 1928

  • tristis Karavaiev, 1929

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Lasius

Fabricius, 1804

  • CHTHONOLASIUS Ruzsky, 1912

  • DENDROLASIUS Ruzsky, 1912

  • CAUTOLASIUS Wilson, 1955

  • AUSTROLASIUS Faber, 1967

Lasius alienus

(Foerster, 1850)

  • Formica aliena Foerster, 1850

  • americanus Emery, 1893

  • pannonica Röszler, 1942

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Lasius brunneus

(Latreille, 1798)

  • Formica brunnea Latreille, 1798

  • pallida (Latreille, 1798, Formica)

  • timida (Förster, 1850, Formica)

  • alienobrunneus Forel, 1874

  • nigrobrunneus (Donisthorpe, 1926, Acanthomyops)

Distribution

England, Wales

Lasius emarginatus

(Olivier, 1792)

  • Formica emarginata Olivier, 1792

  • brunneoemarginatus Forel, 1874

  • brunneoides Forel, 1874

  • nigroemarginatus Forel, 1874

  • illyricus Zimmermann, 1935

  • pontica Stärcke, 1944

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Pontin (2008); further records are given by Smith and Williams (2008)

Lasius flavus

(Fabricius, 1781)

  • Formica flava Fabricius, 1781

  • ruficornis (Fabricius, 1804, Formica)

  • brevicornis Emery, 1893

  • fuscoides Ruzsky, 1902

  • odoratus Ruzsky, 1905

  • claripennis Wheeler, 1917

  • microps Wheeler, 1917

  • morbosa (Bondroit, 1918, Formicina)

  • ibericus Santschi, 1925

  • apennina Menozzi, 1925

  • olivacea Karavaiev, 1926

  • helvus Cook, 1953

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Lasius fuliginosus

(Latreille, 1798)

  • Formica fuliginosa Latreille, 1798

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Lasius meridionalis

(Bondroit, 1920)

  • Formicina meridionalis Bondroit, 1920

Distribution

England, Wales

Lasius mixtus

(Nylander, 1846)

  • Formica mixta Nylander, 1846

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

# Lasius neglectus

Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Fox (2009)

Lasius niger

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Formica nigra Linnaeus, 1758

  • nigerrima (Christ, 1791, Formica)

  • pallescens (Schenck, 1852, Formica)

  • alienoniger Forel, 1874

  • emeryi Ruzsky, 1905

  • nitidus (Kuznetzsov-Ugamsky, 1927, Acanthomyops)

  • minimus (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928, Acanthomyops)

  • transylvanica Röszler, 1943

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Lasius platythorax

Seifert, 1991

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Notes

added by Seifert (1992)

Lasius psammophilus

Seifert, 1992

Distribution

England, Wales

Notes

added by Seifert (1992)

Lasius sabularum

(Bondroit, 1918)

  • Formicina sabularum Bondroit, 1918

Distribution

England, Wales, Isle of Man

Lasius umbratus

(Nylander, 1846)

  • Formica umbrata Nylander, 1846

  • aphidicola (Walsh, 1863, Formica)

  • exacutus Ruzsky, 1902

  • affinoumbratus Donisthorpe, 1914

  • belgarum (Bondroit, 1918, Formicina)

  • silvestrii Wheeler, 1928

  • hirtiscapus Stärcke, 1937

  • osakana Santschi, 1941

  • nyaradi (Röszler, 1943, Chthonolasius)

  • epinotalis Buren, 1944

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Paratrechina

Motschulsky, 1863

# Paratrechina longicornis

(Latreille, 1802)

  • Formica longicornis Latreille, 1802

  • vagans (Jerdon, 1851, Formica)

  • gracilescens (Nylander, 1856, Formica)

  • currens Motschoulsky, 1863

Plagiolepis

Mayr, 1861

  • APOROMYRMEX Faber, 1969

  • PARAPLAGIOLEPIS Faber, 1969

# Plagiolepis schmitzii

Forel, 1895

  • barbara Santschi, 1911

  • crosi Santschi, 1920

  • madeirensis Emery, 1921

Notes

Two nests persisted on the Isle of Wight from 2007-2008 (BB, pers. obs., specimens in NHM, BB coll. and B. Seifert coll.) but appear to have died out since. A native of the Azores and Madeira.

Myrmicinae

Lepeletier, 1835

Notes

The tribal classification follows Ward et al. (2015).

Attini

Smith, 1858

Pheidole

Westwood, 1841

# Pheidole megacephala

(Fabricius, 1793)

  • Formica megacephala Fabricius, 1793

  • edax (Forskål, 1775, Formica)

  • trinodis (Losana, 1834, Myrmica)

  • pusilla (Heer, 1852, Oecophthora)

  • laevigata (Smith, 1855, Myrmica)

  • agilis (Smith, 1857, Myrmica)

  • testacea (Smith, 1858, Atta)

  • janus Smith, 1858

  • suspiciosa (Smith, 1859, Myrmica)

  • laevigata Mayr, 1862

  • perniciosa (Gerstäcker, 1862, Oecophthora)

  • picata Forel, 1891

  • scabrior Forel, 1891

  • gietleni Forel, 1905

  • bernhardae Emery, 1915

Notes

A tramp species, in the past regarded as a proper introduction in Britain but no established colonies have been reported in the period 1970–present. On a world-wide scale its importance as a tramp species seems to be diminishing. The origin of megacephala is certainly Afrotropical as it is a member of a large and successful species group that is otherwise confined to that region.

Crematogastrini

Forel, 1893

# Cardiocondyla

Emery, 1869

Notes

Cardiocondyla britteni Crawley, 1920 was described from a worker casually introduced in Britain; included here only because the type-locality is Britain.

# Crematogaster

Lund, 1831

Notes

Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792, Formica) is an occasional accidental import with cork from southern Europe. It has never established in Britain and, with the decrease in the cork trade, imports of this species will probably become even rarer.

Formicoxenus

Mayr, 1855

  • SYMMYRMICA Wheeler, 1904

Formicoxenus nitidulus

(Nylander, 1846)

  • Myrmica nitidula Nylander, 1846

  • laeviuscula (Förster, 1850, Myrmica)

  • picea (Wasmann, 1906, Leptothorax)

Distribution

England, Scotland

Leptothorax

Mayr, 1855

  • DORONOMYRMEX Kutter, 1945

  • MYCHOTHORAX Ruzsky, 1904

Notes

Many species previously placed in Leptothorax have been transferred to Temnothorax by Bolton (2003).

Leptothorax acervorum

(Fabricius, 1793)

  • Formica acervorum Fabricius, 1793

  • lacteipennis (Zetterstedt, 1838, Myrmica)

  • nigrescens Ruzsky, 1905

  • superus Ruzsky, 1905

  • kamtschaticum Ruzsky, 1920

  • orientalis (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928, Mychothorax)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Myrmecina

Curtis, 1829

  • ARCHAEOMYRMEX Mann, 1921

Myrmecina graminicola

(Latreille, 1802)

  • Formica graminicola Latreille, 1802

  • latreillei Curtis, 1829

  • striatula (Nylander, 1849, Myrmica)

  • bidens (Förster, 1850, Myrmica)

  • kutteri Forel, 1914

  • grouvellei Bondroit, 1918

  • gotlandica Karavaiev, 1930

  • oelandica Karavaiev, 1930

  • dentata Santschi, 1939

Distribution

England, Wales

Strongylognathus

Mayr, 1853

  • MYRMUS Schenck, 1853

Strongylognathus testaceus

(Schenck, 1852)

  • Eciton testaceum Schenck, 1852

  • emarginatus (Schenck, 1852, Myrmus)

  • diveri Donisthorpe, 1936

Distribution

England

Temnothorax

Mayr, 1861

  • MACROMISCHA Roger, 1863

  • DICHOTHORAX Emery, 1895

  • MYRMOXENUS Ruzsky, 1902

  • PROTOMOGNATHUS Wheeler, 1905

  • ANTILLAEMYRMEX Mann, 1920

  • CROESOMYRMEX Mann, 1920

  • CHALEPOXENUS Menozzi, 1923

  • MYRMAMMOPHILUS Menozzi, 1925

  • MYRAFANT Smith, 1950

  • ICOTHORAX Hamann & Klemm, 1967

Temnothorax albipennis

(Curtis, 1854)

  • Stenamma albipennis Curtis, 1854

  • tuberum misident.; Orledge (1998)

  • tuberointerruptus (Bondroit, 1918, Leptothorax)

Distribution

England, Wales

Temnothorax interruptus

(Schenck, 1852)

  • Myrmica interrupta Schenck, 1852

  • simpliciuscula (Nylander, 1856, Myrmica)

  • tuberoaffinis (Bondroit, 1918, Leptothorax)

Distribution

England

Temnothorax nylanderi

(Foerster, 1850)

  • Myrmica nylanderi Foerster, 1850

  • cingulata (Schenck, 1852, Myrmica)

  • nylanderocorticalis (Forel, 1874, Leptothorax)

  • nylanderotuberum (Ruzsky, 1902, Leptothorax)

Distribution

England, Wales

# Temnothorax unifasciatus

(Latreille, 1798)

  • Formica unifasciata Latreille, 1798

  • anoplogynus (Emery, 1869, Leptothorax)

  • unifasciatointerruptus (Forel, 1874, Leptothorax)

  • kirillovi (Ruzsky, 1905, Leptothorax)

  • brauneri (Karavaiev, 1937, Leptothorax)

  • salina (Karavaiev, 1937, Leptothorax)

  • ucrainicus (Arnol’di, 1977, Leptothorax)

Distribution

England

Notes

Recorded from England as an accidental introduction by Fox (2011).

Tetramorium

Mayr, 1855

  • TETROGMUS Roger, 1857

  • ANERGATES Forel, 1874

  • XIPHOMYRMEX Forel, 1887

  • TRIGLYPHOTHRIX Forel, 1890

  • RHOPTROMYRMEX Mayr, 1901

  • ATOPULA Emery, 1912

  • MACROMISCHOIDES Wheeler, 1920

  • LOBOMYRMEX Kratochvil, 1941

  • TELEUTOMYRMEX Kutter, 1950

Tetramorium atratulum

(Schenck, 1852)

  • Myrmica atratula Schenck, 1852

  • friedlandi (Creighton, 1934, Anergates)

Distribution

England

# Tetramorium bicarinatum

(Nylander, 1846)

  • Myrmica bicarinata Nylander, 1846

  • guineense misident.

  • cariniceps (Guérin-Méneville, 1852, Myrmica)

  • kollari (Mayr, 1853, Myrmica)

  • modesta (Smith, 1860, Myrmica)

  • reticulata (Smith, 1862, Myrmica)

Tetramorium caespitum

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Formica caespitum Linnaeus, 1758

  • fusca (Leach, 1825, Formica)

  • fuscula (Nylander, 1846, Myrmica)

  • modesta (Foerster, 1850, Myrmica)

  • himalayanum Viehmeyer, 1914

  • hammi Donisthorpe, 1915

  • immigrans Santschi, 1927

  • indocile Santschi, 1927

  • transbaicalense Ruzsky, 1936

  • transversinodis (Enzmann, 1946, Myrmica)

  • fusciclavum Consani & Zngheri, 1952

  • jiangxiense Wang & Xiao, 1988

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Notes

Tetramorium caespitum s.l. is now recognised as comprising several species but the species present in Britain is apparently the true caespitum, at least on the basis of specimens from southern England (Schlick-Steiner et al. 2006).

# Tetramorium simillimum

(Smith, 1851)

  • Myrmica simillima Smith, 1851

  • parallela (Smith, 1859, Myrmica)

  • pygmaeum Emery, 1877

  • denticulatum Forel, 1902

  • bantouana Santschi, 1910

  • opacior Forel, 1913

  • exoleta Santschi, 1914

  • brevispinosa (Borgmeier, 1928, Wasmannia)

  • insulare Santschi, 1928

Myrmicini

Lepeletier, 1835

Myrmica

Latreille, 1804

  • SIFOLINIA Emery, 1907

  • SOMMIMYRMA Menozzi, 1925

  • SYMBIOMYRMA Arnol’di, 1930

  • PARAMYRMICA Cole, 1957

  • DODECAMYRMICA Arnol’di, 1968

Myrmica hirsuta

Elmes, 1978

Distribution

England, Wales

Myrmica karavajevi

(Arnol’di, 1930)

  • Symbiomyrma karavajevi Arnol’di, 1930

  • laurae misident.

  • pechei (Samsinak, 1957, Sifolinia)

  • faniensis van Boven, 1970

  • winterae (Kutter, 1973, Sifolinia)

Distribution

England, Wales

Myrmica lobicornis

Nylander, 1846

  • denticornis Curtis, 1854

  • arduennae Bondroit, 1911

  • angustifrons Stärcke, 1927

  • brunescens Karavaiev, 1929

  • burtshakabramovitshi Karavaiev, 1929

  • starki Karavaiev, 1929

  • foreli Santschi, 1931

  • alpestris Arnol’di, 1934

  • kievensis Karavaiev, 1934

  • lissahorensis Stitz, 1939

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Myrmica lonae

Finzi, 1926

Distribution

Scotland

Notes

added by Seifert (2000)

Myrmica rubra

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Formica rubra Linnaeus, 1758

  • laevinodis Nylander, 1846

  • longiscapus Curtis, 1854

  • champlaini Forel, 1901

  • europaea Finzi, 1926

  • bruesi Weber, 1947

  • microrubra Seifert, 1993

Distribution

England

Myrmica ruginodis

Nylander, 1846

  • dimidiata Say, 1836

  • diluta Nylander, 1849

  • ruginodolaevinodis Forel, 1874

  • silvestrii Wheeler, 1928

  • sontica Santschi, 1937

  • yoshiokai Weber, 1947

  • macrogyna Brian & Brian, 1949

  • microgyna Brian & Brian, 1949

  • mutata Sadil, 1952

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Myrmica sabuleti

Meinert, 1861

  • scabrinodolobicornis Forel, 1874

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Myrmica scabrinodis

Nylander, 1846

  • rugulosoides Forel, 1915

  • pilosiscapus Bondroit, 1920

  • ahngeri Karavaiev, 1926

  • scabrinodosabuleti Sadil, 1952

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Myrmica schencki

Viereck, 1903

  • kutteri Finzi, 1926

  • subopaca Arnol'di, 1934

  • betuliana Ruzsky, 1946

  • schenckioides Boer & Noordijk, 2005

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Myrmica specioides

Bondroit, 1918

  • silvestrianum Emery, 1924

  • striata Finzi, 1926

  • sancta Karavaiev, 1926

  • nevodovskii (Karavaiev, 1926, Leptothorax)

  • turcica Santschi, 1931

  • puerilis Stärcke, 1942

  • dolens Stärcke, 1942

  • balcanica Sadil, 1952

  • scabrinodoides Sadil, 1952

  • tschuliensis Arnol’di, 1976

  • kozakorum Radchenko & Elmes, 2010

Distribution

England

Myrmica sulcinodis

Nylander, 1846

  • perelegans Curtis, 1854

  • nigripes Ruzsky, 1895

  • myrmecophila Wasmann, 1910

  • sulcinodoruginodis Donisthorpe, 1915

  • sulcinodoscabrinodis Forel, 1915

  • derzhavini Ruzsky, 1920

  • vicaria Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928

  • eximia Kupyanskaya, 1990

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Myrmica vandeli

Bondroit, 1920

Distribution

England, Wales

Notes

added by Elmes et al. (2003)

Solenopsidini

Forel, 1893

Monomorium

Mayr, 1855

# Monomorium floricola

(Jerdon, 1851)

  • Atta floricola Jerdon, 1851

  • # Monomorium floricola cinnabari Roger, 1863

  • # Monomorium floricola poecilum Roger, 1863

  • # Monomorium floricola specularis Mayr, 1866

  • # Monomorium floricola impressum Smith, 1876

  • # Monomorium floricola philippinensis Forel, 1910

  • # Monomorium floricola furina Forel, 1911

  • # Monomorium floricola floreanum Stitz, 1932

  • # Monomorium floricola angusticlava Donisthorpe, 1947

# Monomorium pharaonis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Formica pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758

  • antiguensis (Fabricius, 1793, Formica)

  • domestica (Shuckard, 1838, Myrmica)

  • minuta (Jerdon, 1851, Atta)

  • vastator (Smith, 1857, Myrmica)

  • contigua (Smith, 1858, Myrmica)

  • fragilis (Smith, 1858, Myrmica)

Solenopsis

Westwood, 1840

  • DIPLORHOPTRUM Mayr, 1855

  • OCTELLA Forel, 1915

  • SYNSOLENOPSIS Forel, 1918

  • DIAGYNE Santschi, 1923

  • EUOPHTHALMA Creighton, 1930

  • LABAUCHENA Santschi, 1930

  • OEDALEOCERUS Creighton, 1930

  • BISOLENOPSIS Kusnezov, 1953

  • PARANAMYRMA Kusnezov, 1953

  • GRANISOLENOPSIS Kusnezov, 1957

  • LILIDRIS Kusnezov, 1957

Solenopsis fugax

(Latreille, 1798)

  • Formica fugax Latreille, 1798

  • flavidula (Nylander, 1849, Myrmica)

  • latroides Ruzsky, 1905

  • orientalis Ruzsky, 1905

  • kasalinensis Emery, 1909

  • pontica Santschi, 1934

  • scythica Santschi, 1934

  • furtiva Santschi, 1934

  • balachowskyi Bernard, 1950

  • banyulensis Bernard, 1950

  • duboscqui Bernard, 1950

  • laevithorax Bernard, 1950

  • monticola Bernard, 1950

  • nicaeensis Bernard, 1950

  • provincialis Bernard, 1950

  • pygmaea Bernard, 1950

  • richardi Bernard, 1950

  • robusta Bernard, 1950

  • rugosa Bernard, 1950

  • tertialis Ettershank, 1966

  • avium (Bernard, 1978, Diplorhoptrum)

  • delta (Bernard, 1978, Diplorhoptrum)

  • insulare (Bernard, 1978, Diplorhoptrum)

  • pilosum (Bernard, 1978, Diplorhoptrum)

Distribution

England

Stenammini

Ashmead, 1905

Stenamma

Westwood, 1839

  • ASEMORHOPTRUM Mayr, 1861

  • THERYELLA Santschi, 1921

Stenamma debile

(Förster, 1850)

  • Myrmica debilis Förster, 1850

  • minkii (Förster, 1850, Myrmica)

  • golosejevi Karavaiev, 1926

  • ucrainicum Arnol’di, 1928

  • polonicum Begdon, 1932

  • orousseti Casevitz-Weulerrse, 1990

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Notes

added by DuBois (1993)

Stenamma westwoodii

Westwood, 1839

Distribution

England

Notes

Records from Ireland may relate to debile (Fox in Collins and Roy 2012).

Ponerinae

Lepeletier, 1835

Hypoponera

Santschi, 1938

Notes

Hypoponera gibbinota (Forel, 1912, Ponera) was described from a worker casually introduced to Britain.

# Hypoponera punctatissima

(Roger, 1859)

  • Ponera punctatissima Roger, 1859

  • androgyna (Roger, 1859, Ponera)

  • tarda (Charsley, 1877, Ponera)

  • jugata (Forel, 1892, Ponera)

  • brevis (Santschi, 1911, Ponera)

  • cognata (Santschi, 1912, Ponera)

  • durbanensis (Forel, 1914, Ponera)

  • incisa (Santschi, 1914, Ponera)

  • sordida (Santschi, 1914, Ponera)

  • petri (Forel, 1916, Ponera)

  • exacta (Santschi, 1923, Ponera)

  • mina (Wheeler, 1927, Ponera)

  • mumfordi (Wheeler, 1931, Ponera)

  • argonautorum (Arnol’di, 1932, Ponera)

  • mesoepinotalis (Weber, 1942, Ponera)

  • breviceps (Bernard, 1953, Ponera)

  • ursoidea (Bernard, 1953, Ponera)

  • sulcitana (Stefani, 1970, Ponera)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

# Hypoponera ergatandria

(Forel, 1893)

  • Ponera ergatandria Forel, 1893

  • schauinslandi (Emery, 1899, Ponera) synonymy by Seifert (2013)

  • kalakauae (Forel, 1899, Ponera)

  • aemula (Santschi, 1911, Ponera)

  • bondroiti (Forel, 1911, Ponera)

Distribution

England

Ponera

Latreille, 1804

  • PSEUDOCRYPTOPONE Wheeler, 1933

  • SELENOPONE Wheeler, 1933

  • PTEROPONERA Bernard, 1950

Ponera coarctata

(Latreille, 1802)

  • Formica coarctata Latreille, 1802

  • contracta (Latreille, 1802, Formica)

  • lucida Emery, 1898

  • atlantis Santschi, 1921

Distribution

England, Wales

Ponera testacea

Emery, 1895

  • crassisquama Emery, 1916

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Attewell et al. (2010)

Mutillidae

Latreille, 1802

Notes

Nomenclature follows Lelej (2002), who includes full synonymy. Only names that have been used in the British literature are included here.

Mutillinae

Latreille, 1802

Mutilla

Linnaeus, 1758

Mutilla europaea

Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

England, Scotland

Smicromyrme

Thomson, 1870

Smicromyrme rufipes

(Fabricius, 1787)

  • Mutilla rufipes Fabricius, 1787

Distribution

England

Myrmosinae

Fox, 1894

Myrmosa

Latreille, 1796

Myrmosa atra

Panzer, 1801

  • melanocephala (Fabricius, 1793, Mutilla) preocc.

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Notes

The nominate subspecies occurs in England and Wales, atra erythrocephala Yarrow, 1954 in Ireland and the Isle of Man.

Pompilidae

Latreille, 1805

  • PSAMMOCHARIDAE Banks, 1910

Notes

Classification follows Wahis (1986), Wahis (2006). Some distribution data from Day (1988).

Pepsinae

Lepeletier, 1845

Pepsini

Lepeletier, 1845

Auplopus

Spinola, 1841

  • PILPOMUS Costa, 1859

  • PSEUDAGENIA Kohl, 1844

Auplopus carbonarius

(Scopoli, 1763)

  • Sphex carbonaria Scopoli, 1763

  • punctum (Fabricius, 1804, Ceropales)

  • canaliculatus (Schenck, 1857, Agenia)

  • submarginatus Lepeletier, 1845

  • albigena Lepeletier, 1845

  • collinus Haupt, 1962

  • silvalis Haupt, 1962

Distribution

England, Wales

Caliadurgus

Pate, 1946

  • CALICURGUS Lepeletier, 1845

Caliadurgus fasciatellus

(Spinola, 1808)

  • Pompilus fasciatellus Spinola, 1808

  • calcaratus (Dahlbom, 1829, Pompilus)

  • maculipennis (Dahlbom, 1829, Pompilus)

  • albispinus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1830, Pompilus)

  • curtus (Zetterstedt, 1838, Pompilus)

  • gyllenhali (Dahlbom, 1843, Priocnemis)

  • labiatus (Lepeletier, 1845, Anoplius)

  • unimacula (Lepeletier, 1845, Anoplius)

  • odontellus (Lepeletier, 1845, Calicurgus)

  • bivirgulatus (Costa, 1881, Pompilus)

  • fuscopennis (Verhoeff, 1892, Priocnemis)

Distribution

England, Wales

Cryptocheilus

Panzer, 1806

  • CALICURGUS Brullé, 1833

  • CHLOROCHEILUS Wolf, 1965

Adonta

Bilberg, 1820

  • SALIUS Fabricius, 1804

  • HOMONOTUS Dahlbom, 1845

Cryptocheilus (Adonta) notatus

(Rossi, 1792)

  • Sphex notata Rossi, 1792

  • guttus (Spinola, 1808, Pompilus)

  • affinis Vander Linden, 1827, Pompilus)

  • iracundus (Dufour, 1841, Pompilus)

  • apricus (Lepeletier, 1845, Calicurgus)

  • melanius (Lepeletier, 1845, Calicurgus)

  • binotatus (Marquet, 1879, Priocnemis) preocc.

  • marquetii (Dalla Torre, 1897, Salius)

  • orientalis Haupt, 1927

Distribution

England, Wales

Dipogon

Fox, 1897

Deuteragenia

Sustera, 1912

Dipogon (Deuteragenia) bifasciatus

(Geoffroy, 1785)

  • Ichneumon bifasciatus Geoffroy, 1785

  • hircanus (Fabricius, 1798, Pompilus)

  • intermedius (Dahlbom, 1843, Agenia)

Distribution

England

Dipogon (Deuteragenia) subintermedius

(Magretti, 1886)

  • Pogonius subintermedius Magretti, 1886

  • nitidus (Haupt, 1927, Deuteragenia)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Dipogon (Deuteragenia) variegatus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Sphex variegata Linnaeus, 1758

  • erythropus (Kohl, 1888, Agenia)

  • structor (Ferton, 1897, Agenia)

  • faggiolii (Haupt, 1927, Deuteragenia)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Priocnemis

Schiødte, 1837

Priocnemis

Schiødte, 1837

  • MACULIPENNIS Junco, 1946

Priocnemis (Priocnemis) agilis

(Shuckard, 1837)

  • Pompilus agilis Shuckard, 1837

  • obtusiventris Schiødte, 1837

  • fraterculus Junco, 1946

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Priocnemis (Priocnemis) confusor

Wahis, 2006

  • gracilis Haupt, 1927 preocc.

  • gussakowskiji Wolf, 2004 preocc.

Distribution

England, Ireland

Priocnemis (Priocnemis) cordivalvata

Haupt, 1927

Distribution

England

Priocnemis (Priocnemis) exaltata

(Fabricius, 1775)

  • Sphex exaltata Fabricius, 1775

  • gibba (Scopoli, 1763, Sphex)

  • revo (Harris, 1780, Sphex)

  • nudipes Dahlbom, 1845

  • longicornis Haupt, 1927

  • valkeilai Wolf, 1959

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Priocnemis (Priocnemis) fennica

Haupt, 1927

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Priocnemis (Priocnemis) hyalinata

(Fabricius, 1793)

  • Sphex hyalinata Fabricius, 1793

  • femoralis (Dahlbom, 1829, Pompilus)

  • discrepans (Costa, 1887, Pseudagenia)

  • trifurcus Radoszkowski, 1888

  • vitripennis Verhoeff, 1892

  • notatulus (Saunders, 1896, Salius)

  • pseudofemoralis Sustera, 1938

  • taigaica Wolf, 1967

Distribution

England, Wales

Priocnemis (Priocnemis) parvula

Dahlbom, 1845

  • minor (Zetterstedt, 1879, Pompilus)

  • mocsaryi Gussakovskij, 1930

  • klosei Haupt, 1937

  • haupti Sustera, 1938

  • vinetorum Blüthgen, 1944

  • minutalis Wahis, 1979 nom. auct.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Priocnemis (Priocnemis) propinqua

(Lepeletier, 1845)

  • Calicurgus propinquus Lepeletier, 1845

  • agenoides Dubois, 1920

Distribution

England

Priocnemis (Priocnemis) pusilla

(Schiødte, 1837)

  • Pompilus pusillus Schiødte, 1837

Distribution

England, Wales

Priocnemis (Priocnemis) schioedtei

Haupt, 1927

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Umbripennis

Junco, 1946

  • PRIOCNEMISSUS Haupt, 1949

Priocnemis (Umbripennis) coriacea

Dahlbom, 1843

  • capciosus Junco, 1946

Distribution

England

Priocnemis (Umbripennis) perturbator

(Harris, 1780)

  • Sphex perturbator Harris, 1780

  • fusca misident.

  • ambustor (Panzer, 1804, Ichneumon)

  • serripes (Dahlbom, 1829, Pompilus)

  • ambulator (Lepeletier, 1845, Calicurgus)

  • sepicola (Smith, 1851, Pompilus)

  • ater Wolf, 1960

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Priocnemis (Umbripennis) susterai

Haupt, 1927

  • clementi Haupt, 1927

  • gasconia Wolf, 1975

Distribution

England, Wales

Pompilinae

Latreille, 1805

Agenioideus

Ashmead, 1902

  • APOROIDEUS Ashmead, 1902

  • GYMNOCHARES Banks, 1917

Agenioideus cinctellus

(Spinola, 1808)

  • Pompilus cinctellus Spinola, 1808

  • clypeatus (Dahlbom, 1829, Pompilus)

  • punctipes (Dahlbom, 1832, Pompilus)

  • tibialis (Lepeletier, 1845, Anoplius)

Distribution

England, Wales

Agenioideus sericeus

(Vander Linden, 1827)

  • Pompilus sericeus Vander Linden, 1827

  • vicinus (Lepeletier, 1845, Pompilus)

  • subserricornis (Kohl, 1879, Pompilus)

  • declivus (Tournier, 1889, Pompilus)

  • gaullei (Tournier, 1889, Pompilus)

  • hungaricus (Moczar, 1944, Anospilus)

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Baldock (2006)

Anoplius

Dufour, 1834

Anoplius

Dufour, 1834

Anoplius (Anoplius) caviventris

(Aurivillius, 1907)

  • Pompilus caviventris Aurivillius, 1907

  • cardui (Perkins, 1917, Pompilus)

  • carbonarius Haupt, 1937

  • atricolor Moczar, 1944

Distribution

England, Wales

Anoplius (Anoplius) concinnus

(Dahlbom, 1845)

  • Pompilus concinnus Dahlbom, 1845

  • vacillans (Wesmael, 1851, Pompilus)

  • approximatus (Smith, 1877, Pompilus)

  • bifidus (Morawitz, 1891, Pompilus)

  • distinguendus (Morawitz, 1891, Pompilus)

  • haereticus (Tournier, 1889, Pompilus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Anoplius (Anoplius) nigerrimus

(Scopoli, 1763)

  • Sphex nigerrima Scopoli, 1763

  • nigrus (Fabricius, 1775, Sphex)

  • incisus (Tischbein, 1850, Pompilus)

  • melanarius (Schenck, 1857, Pompilus) preocc.

  • excerptus (Tournier, 1889, Pompilus)

  • difficilis (Tournier, 1889, Pompilus)

  • wheeleri Banks, 1939

  • banksi Dreisbach, 1950

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Arachnophroctonus

Howard, 1901

  • POMPILINUS Ashmead, 1902

Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) infuscatus

(Vander Linden, 1827)

  • Pompilus infuscatus Vander Linden, 1827

  • minor (Herrich-Schäffer, 1830, Pompilus)

  • sericatus (Shuckard, 1835, Pompilus)

  • Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) infuscatus chalybeatus (Schiødte, 1837, Pompilus)

  • Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) infuscatus difformis (Schiødte, 1837, Pompilus)

  • dispar (Dahlbom, 1843, Pompilus)

  • Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) infuscatus sabulicola (Thomson, 1874, Pompilus)

  • Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) infuscatus meticulosa (Costa, 1882, Pompilus)

  • Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) infuscatus aeruginosus (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) infuscatus aerarius (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) infuscatus argentatus (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) infuscatus calcatus (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) infuscatus onus (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) infuscatus stellatus (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) infuscatus utendus (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) infuscatus vivus (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) infuscatus xysticus (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • petulans Haupt, 1962

  • cinctellus (Haupt, 1962, Paracyphonyx)

  • lusitanicus Wolf & Diniz, 1970

  • Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) infuscatus fortunatus Wolf, 1975

  • Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) infuscatus simii Wolf, 1978

Distribution

England, Wales

Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) viaticus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Sphex viatica Linnaeus, 1758

  • fuscus (Linnaeus, 1761, Sphex)

  • paganus (Dahlbom, 1843, Pompilus)

  • propinquus (Smith, 1879, Pompilus)

  • tibialis (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus) preocc.

  • delatorius (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • immixtus (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • pleropicus (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • valesicus (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • macrurus (Dalla Torre, 1897, Pompilus)

  • holomelas (Mantero, 1905, Pompilus) preocc.

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Aporus

Spinola, 1808

Aporus unicolor

Spinola, 1808

  • femoralis Vander Linden, 1827

  • castor (Kohl, 1838, Pompilus)

Distribution

England, Wales

Arachnospila

Kincaid, 1900

Ammosphex

Wilcke, 1942

  • ANOPOMPILINUS Dreisbach, 1949

  • ARIDOPOMPILUS Wolf, 1965

  • BOREOPOMPILUS Wolf, 1965

  • HOLARCTOPOMPILUS Wolf, 1965

  • SAXATILIPOMPILUS Wolf, 1965

Arachnospila (Ammosphex) anceps

(Wesmael, 1851)

  • Pompilus anceps Wesmael, 1851

  • vaga (Harris, 1870, Sphex) preocc.

  • unguicularis (Thomson, 1870, Pompilus)

  • crobaci (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • expleta (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • lustrica (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • nava (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • radiosa (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • saxea (Tournier, 1890, Pompilus)

  • peninsulana (Wolf, 1966, Pompilus)

  • serica Wolf & Moczar, 1972

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Arachnospila (Ammosphex) consobrina

(Dahlbom, 1843)

  • Pompilus consobrinus Dahlbom, 1843

  • ater (Brullé, 1840, Pompilus) preocc.

  • excisa (Pérez, 1895, Pompilus) preocc.

  • nivariae (Dalla Torre, 1897, Pompilus)

  • guimarensis (Saunders, 1904, Pompilus)

  • lanuginosa (Haupt, 1927, Psammochares)

  • heringi (Haupt, 1928, Psammochares)

  • emissa (Haupt, 1930, Psammochares)

  • laufferi (Junco, 1960, Pompilus)

  • alpina (Wolf, 1965, Pompilus)

  • pyrenaica (Wolf, 1965, Pompilus)

  • continentalis (Wolf, 1966, Pompilus)

  • sicula (Wolf, 1966, Pompilus)

Distribution

England, Wales

Arachnospila (Ammosphex) trivialis

(Dahlbom, 1843)

  • Pompilus trivialis Dahlbom, 1843

  • gibba misident.

  • aerumnata (Tournier, 1889, Pompilus)

  • corruptor (Haupt, 1927, Psammochares)

  • michalki (Blüthgen, 1961, Ammosphex)

  • insubrica (Wolf, 1965, Pompilus)

Distribution

England, Wales

Arachnospila (Ammosphex) wesmaeli

(Thomson, 1870)

  • Pompilus wesmaeli Thomson, 1870

Distribution

England, Wales

Anoplochares

Banks, 1939

Arachnospila (Anoplochares) minutula

(Dahlbom, 1842)

  • Pompilus minutulus Dahlbom, 1842

  • cellularis (Dahlbom, 1843, Pompilus)

  • neglecta (Dahlbom, 1843, Pompilus)

  • inermis (Lepeletier, 1845, Anoplius)

  • anoplius (Dalla Torre, 1897, Pompilus)

  • simplicicra (Priesner, 1960, Pompilus)

  • apenninusurata Wolf, 1970

Distribution

England, Wales

Arachnospila (Anoplochares) spissa

(Schiødte, 1837)

  • Pompilus spissus Schiødte, 1837

  • apennina Wolf, 1970

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Arachnospila

Kincaid, 1900

  • PYCNOPOMPILUS Ashmead, 1902

Arachnospila (Arachnospila) rufa

(Haupt, 1927)

  • Psammochares rufus Haupt, 1927

  • adulterina (Haupt, 1937, Psammochares)

  • melanota Wolf, 1975

Distribution

England

Episyron

Schiødte, 1837

  • SPILOPOMPILUS Ashmead, 1902

Episyron gallicum

(Tournier, 1889)

  • Pompilus gallicus Tournier, 1889

  • intermedius Haupt, 1930

  • tertius Blüthgen, 1944

Distribution

England

Notes

added by Baldock (2006)

Episyron rufipes

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Sphex rufipes Linnaeus, 1758

  • laevigata (Rossius, 1794, Sphex)

  • gracilis (Lepeletier, 1845, Pompilus) preocc.

  • septemmaculatus (Wesmael, 1851, Pompilus)

  • argyrolepis (Costa, 1887, Pompilus)

  • compressus (Tournier, 1889, Pompilus) preocc.

  • aequatus (Tournier, 1889, Pompilus)

  • pygidialis (Tournier, 1889, Pompilus)

  • deuterus (Dalla Torre, 1897, Pompilus)

  • ephialtes (Dalla Torre, 1897, Pompilus)

  • sardous Wolf, 1961

Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland

Evagetes

Lepeletier, 1845

  • SOPHROPOMPILUS Ashmead, 1902

  • ASTHENOCTENUS Arnold, 1937

  • ASTHENOCTENIDIA Pate, 1946

  • LEUCHIMON Haupt, 1930

  • TRICHOSYRON Haupt, 1930

  • PSAMMOCHAROIDES Moczar, 1946

  • STREPTOSELLA Dreisbach, 1950

  • CARINEVAGETES Wolf, 1970

  • CONTEMPTEVAGETES Wolf, 1970

Evagetes crassicornis

(Shuckard, 1835)

  • Pompilus crassicornis Shuckard, 1835

  • dahlbomi (Thomson, 1870, Pompilus)

  • subarcticus Wolf, 1964

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Evagetes dubius

(Vander Linden, 1827)

  • Aporus dubius Vander Linden, 1827

  • bicolor Lepeletier, 1845

  • servillei Costa, 1882

  • rattus (Dalla Torre, 1897, Pompilus)

  • obscurodubius Wolf, 1970

  • theodori Wolf, 1970

Distribution

England

Evagetes pectinipes

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Sphex pectinipes Linnaeus, 1758

  • quadrispinosus (Kohl, 1886, Pompilus)

  • aculeatus (Thomson, 1870, Pompilus)

  • minotaurus Wolf, 1970

Distribution

England

Homonotus

Dahlbom, 1843

  • ISONOTUS Dahlbom, 1842

  • WESMAELINIUS Costa, 1886

Homonotus sanguinolentus

(Fabricius, 1793)

  • Sphex sanguinolenta Fabricius, 1793

  • dispar (Latreille, 1809, Pompilus)

  • bidens (Lepeletier, 1845, Anoplius)

  • affinis (Eversmann, 1849, Pompilus) preocc.

  • nigrus (Marquet, 1879, Ferrola)

  • nasutus Morawitz, 1888

  • doctor (Dalla Torre, 1897, Pompilus)

Distribution

England

Pompilus

Fabricius, 1798

  • CHIONOPOMPILUS Priesner, 1955

Pompilus cinereus

(Fabricius, 1775)

  • Sphex cinerea Fabricius, 1775

  • plumbeus (Fabricius, 1787, Sphex)

  • pulcher Fabricius, 1798

  • pruinosus Smith, 1879 preocc.

  • chevrieri Tournier, 1889

  • leprosus Dalla Torre, 1897

  • lusitanicus Wolf & Diniz, 1970

  • gotlandicus Wolf, 1972

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Ceropalinae

Radoszkowski, 1888

Ceropales

Latreille, 1796

  • CERATOPALES Schulz, 1906

  • HYPSICERAEUS Morice & Durrant, 1915

Ceropales maculata

(Fabricius, 1775)

  • Evania maculata Fabricius, 1775

  • rustica (Müller, 1776, Sphex)

  • multicolor (Fourcroy, 1785, Ichneumon)

  • frontalis (Panzer, 1799, Pompilus)

  • perligerus (Costa, 1882, Priocnemis)

  • balearica Costa, 1893

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Ceropales variegata

(Fabricius, 1798)

  • Evania variegata Fabricius, 1798

  • destefanii Costa, 1887

Distribution

England

Sapygidae

Latreille, 1810

Monosapyga

Pic, 1920

Monosapyga clavicornis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Apis clavicornis Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

England, Wales

Sapyga

Latreille, 1796

Sapyga quinquepunctata

(Fabricius, 1781)

  • Scolia quinquepunctata Fabricius, 1781

Distribution

England, Wales

Tiphiidae

Leach, 1915

Methochinae

Methocha

Latreille, 1804

  • METHOCA misspelling

Notes

Taxonomy follows Agnoli (2005).

Methocha articulata

Latreille, 1792

  • formicaria (Latreille, 1792, Mutilla) nom. dub.

  • ichneumonides Latreille, 1805

  • mutillaria Latreille, 1806

  • sanvitali (Latreille, 1809, Tengyra)

  • italica (Costa, 1858, Spinolia)

Distribution

England, Wales

Tiphiinae

Tiphia

Fabricius, 1775

Tiphia femorata

Fabricus, 1775

Distribution

England, Wales

Tiphia minuta

Vander Linden, 1827

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Vespidae

Laicharting, 1781

Eumeninae

Notes

Taxonomy mostly follows van der Vecht and Fischer (1972) and Fauna Europaea (Mitroiu et al. 2004).

Ancistrocerus

Wesmael, 1836

Ancistrocerus antilope

(Panzer, 1798)

  • Vespa antilope Panzer, 1798

  • pictus (Curtis, 1826, Odynerus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales

Ancistrocerus claripennis

Thomson, 1874

  • quadratus (Panzer, 1799, Vespa) nom. dub.

Distribution

England

Notes

Although this species has been referred to as Ancistrocerus quadratus in British faunistic works (e.g. Richards 1980, Archer 2003, Archer 2014), the type of Vespa quadrata Panzer is lost and its identification as this species, whilst probable, is not certain (Blüthgen 1959, van der Vecht and Fischer 1972), therefore claripennis is the name most usually used for this species (e.g. in Fauna Europaea: Mitroiu et al. 2004, accessed 2016).

Ancistrocerus gazella

(Panzer, 1798)

  • Vespa gazella Panzer, 1798

  • emarginata (Fabricius, 1793, Vespa) preocc.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Ancistrocerus nigricornis

(Curtis, 1826)

  • Odynerus nigricornis Curtis, 1826

  • callosus (Thomson, 1870, Odynerus)

  • excisus (Thomson, 1870, Odynerus)

  • sexpunctata (Christ, 1791, Vespa)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Ancistrocerus oviventris

(Wesmael, 1836)

  • Odynerus oviventris Wesmael, 1836

  • constans (Herrich-Schäffer, 1839, Odynerus)

  • viduus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1839, Odynerus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Notes

The subspecies hibernicus Blüthgen, 1937 occurs in Ireland and the Outer Hebrides.

Ancistrocerus parietinus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Vespa parietina Linnaeus, 1758

  • domesticus (Christ, 1791, Sphex)

  • affinis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1839, Odynerus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Ancistrocerus parietum

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Vespa parietum Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Ancistrocerus scoticus

(Curtis, 1826)

  • Odynerus scoticus Curtis, 1826

  • trimarginatus misident.

  • albotricinctus (Zetterstedt, 1838, Odynerus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Ancistrocerus trifasciatus

(Müller, 1776)

  • Vespa trifasciata Müller, 1776

  • trimarginatus (Zetterstedt, 1838, Odynerus)

  • tricinctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1839, Odynerus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Eumenes

Latreille, 1802

Eumenes coarctatus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Vespa coarctata Linnaeus, 1758

  • papillarius (Christ, 1791, Sphex)

Distribution

England, Wales

Euodynerus

Dalla Torre, 1904

Pareuodynerus

Blüthgen, 1938

Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) quadrifasciatus

(Fabricius, 1793)

  • Vespa quadrifasciata Fabricius, 1793

  • tomentosus (Thomson, 1870, Odynerus)

Distribution

England

Gymnomerus

Blüthgen, 1938

Gymnomerus laevipes

(Shuckard, 1837)

  • Odynerus laevipes Shuckard, 1837

Distribution

England, Wales

Microdynerus

Thomson, 1874

Microdynerus exilis

(Herrich-Schäffer, 1839)

  • Odynerus exilis Herrich-Schäffer, 1839

  • bivittatus (Lepeletier, 1841, Odynerus)

Distribution

England

Odynerus

Latreille, 1802

Odynerus

Latreille, 1802

Odynerus (Odynerus) melanocephalus

(Gmelin, 1790)

  • Vespa melanocephala Gmelin, 1790

Distribution

England, Wales

Odynerus (Odynerus) spinipes

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Vespa spinipes Linnaeus, 1758

  • quinquefasciata (Fabricius, 1793, Vespa) preocc.

  • muticus (Zetterstedt, 1838, Odynerus)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Spinicoxa

Blüthgen, 1938

Odynerus (Spinicoxa) reniformis

(Gmelin, 1790)

  • Vespa reniformis Gmelin, 1790

Distribution

England

Odynerus (Spinicoxa) simillimus

Morawitz, 1867

Distribution

England

Pseudepipona

Saussure, 1856

Pseudepipona herrichii

(Saussure, 1855)

  • Odynerus herrichii Saussure, 1855

  • variegata misident.

  • basalis (Smith, 1857, Odynerus)

Distribution

England

Symmorphus

Wesmael, 1836

Symmorphus bifasciatus

(Linnaeus, 1761)

  • Vespa bifasciata Linnaeus, 1761

  • sinuatus (Fabricius, 1793, Vespa) preocc.

  • mutinensis (Baldeni, 1894, Odynerus)

  • sinuatissimus Richards, 1935

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Symmorphus connexus

(Curtis, 1826)

  • Odynerus connexus Curtis, 1826

  • bifasciatus misident.

Distribution

England

Symmorphus crassicornis

(Panzer, 1798)

  • Vespa crassicornis Panzer, 1798

Distribution

England, Wales

Symmorphus gracilis

(Brullé, 1832)

  • Odynerus gracilis Brullé, 1832

Distribution

England, Wales

Polistinae

Notes

Taxonomy follows Carpenter (1996).

Polistes

Latreille, 1802

Polistes dominula

(Christ, 1791)

  • Vespa dominula Christ, 1791

  • gallicus misident.

  • italica Herrich-Schäffer, 1840 nom. nud.

  • pectoralis Herrich-Schäffer, 1841

  • lefebvrei Guérin, 1844

  • bucharensis Erichson, 1849

  • maculatus Rudow, 1889

  • merceti Dusmet, 1903

  • rufescens Buysson, 1912

  • ornata Weyrauch, 1938

  • pacfica Weyrauch, 1939 preocc.

  • pseudopacificus Giordani Soika, 1970

  • muchei Gusenleitner, 1976

Distribution

England

# Polistes gallicus

(Linnaeus, 1767)

  • Vespa gallica Linnaeus, 1767

  • pictior Radoszkowski, 1872

  • foederata Kohl, 1898

  • omissa (Weyrauch, 1938, Polistula)

Distribution

Ireland

Notes

Added by McClenaghan (1979) (as Polistes omissa), who collected a single male in Co. Down; it is unknown whether a nest had been established but this southern European species is an unlikely colonist.

Vespinae

Notes

Nomenclature follows Carpenter and Kojima (1997) and Kimsey and Carpenter (2012).

Dolichovespula

Rohwer, 1916

  • PSEUDOVESPULA Bischoff, 1931

  • BOREOVESPULA Blüthgen, 1943

  • METAVESPULA Blüthgen, 1943

Dolichovespula media

(Retzius, 1783)

  • Vespa medius Retzius, 1783

  • geerii (Lepeletier, 1836, Vespa)

  • crassa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1841, Vespa)

  • similis (Schenck, 1853, Vespa)

  • rufoscutellata (Schenck, 1853, Vespa)

  • flavicincta (Schenck, 1853, Vespa)

  • lineolata (Pérez, 1910, Vespa)

  • conjugens Paul, 1943

  • sugare Ishikawa, 1969

  • borealis Lee, 1986 preocc.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man

Notes

added by Falk (1982)

Dolichovespula norwegica

(Fabricius, 1781)

  • Vespa norwegica Fabricius, 1781

  • britannica (Leach, 1814, Vespa)

  • marginata (Kirby, 1837, Vespa) preocc.

  • borealis (Zetterstedt, 1838, Vespa) preocc.

  • albida (Sladen, 1918, Vespa)

  • arctica (Friese, 1919, Vespa) preocc.

  • zetterstedti Blüthgen, 1937

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Dolichovespula saxonica

(Fabricius, 1793)

  • Vespa saxonica Fabricius, 1793

  • bavarica (von Schrank, 1802, Vespa)

  • tridens (Schenck, 1853, Vespa)

  • nipponica Yamane, 1975

  • kamtschatkensis Eck, 1983

  • nigrescens Eck, 1983

Distribution

England, Wales

Notes

added by Allen and Archer (1989)

Dolichovespula sylvestris

(Scopoli, 1763)

  • Vespa sylvestris Scopoli, 1763

  • parietum (Harris, 1776, Vespa)

  • holsatica (Fabricius, 1793, Vespa)

  • frontalis (Latreille, 1802, Vespa)

  • campanaria (Fowler, 1833, Vespa)

  • anglica (Smith, 1843, Vespa)

  • pilosella (Costa, 1858, Vespa)

  • sumptuosa (De Buysson, 1905, Vespa)

  • xinjiangensis Lee, 1986

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Vespa

Linnaeus, 1758

  • MACROVESPA Dalla Torre, 1904

  • NYCTOVESPA van der Vecht, 1959

Vespa crabro

Linnaeus, 1758

  • vexator Harris, 1776

  • major Retzius, 1783

  • pratensis Geoffroy, 1785

  • germana Christ, 1791

  • crabroniformis Smith, 1852

  • borealis Radoszkowski, 1863

  • anglica Gribodo, 1892 preocc.

  • oberthuri du Buysson, 1902

  • flavo-fasciata Cameron, 1903

  • tartarea du Buysson, 1905

  • altaica Pérez, 1910

  • caspica Pérez, 1910

  • vulgata Birula, 1925

  • meridionalis Birula, 1925

  • chinensis Birula, 1925 preocc.

  • birulai Bequaert, 1931

  • gribodoi Bequaert, 1931

Distribution

England, Wales

Notes

British populations are considered to belong to the subspecies gribodoi.

Vespula

Thomson, 1869

  • PSEUDOVESPA Schmiedeknecht, 1881

  • PARAVESPULA Blüthgen, 1938

  • ALLOVESPULA Blüthgen, 1943

  • RUGOVESPULA Archer, 1982

Vespula austriaca

(Panzer, 1799)

  • Vespa austriaca Panzer, 1799

  • borealis (Smith, 1843, Vespa) preocc.

  • arborea (Smith, 1849, Vespa)

  • biloba (Schilling, 1850, Vespa)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Vespula germanica

(Fabricius, 1793)

  • Vespa germanica Fabricius, 1793

  • maculata (Scopoli, 1763, Vespa) preocc.

  • macularis (Olivier, 1792, Vespa)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Vespula rufa

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Vespa rufa Linnaeus, 1758

  • schrenckii (Radoszkowski, 1861, Vespa)

  • sibiria (André, 1884, Vespa)

  • grahami Archer, 1981

  • obscura Lee, 1986

  • yichunensis Lee, 1986

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Vespula vulgaris

(Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Vespa vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758

  • sexcincta (Panzer, 1799, Vespa)

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Supplementary Material

Supplementary material 1

Checklist of the British and Irish aculeates

Else, G., Bolton, B. & Broad, G.R.

Data type: formatted text

Brief description: Word document version of the checklist

File: oo_83170.docx

Supplementary material 2

Checklist of the British and Irish aculeates

Else, G., Bolton, B. & Broad, G.R.

Data type: spreadsheet

Brief description: Excel spreadsheet version of the checklist

File: oo_83127.xlsx

Acknowledgements

We are especially grateful to Jeremy Early for enlivening the checklist with so many lovely photographs of aculeates. Thanks also to Phil Adams for some additional, excellent photos. Paul Williams, Mike Edwards and Michael Kuhlmann have given helpful advice on apoid classification and nomenclature. Natalie Dale-Skey very kindly created the import spreadsheets from Word documents.

Author contributions

GE compiled an earlier version of this checklist and revised the current list of bees. BB compiled the checklist of ants, Formicidae. GRB updated all sections, added distribution data and edited the paper.

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