List of Hemiptera of Ireland


This is a list of the Hemiptera recorded on the island of Ireland.

Infraorder [Dipsocoromorpha]

Family [Ceratocombidae]

  • *''Ceratocombus coleoptratus''

Family Dipsocoridae">Wikispecies:Dipsocoridae">Dipsocoridae

  • *Cryptostemma alienum Herrich-Schäffer 1835
  • *Pachycoleus waltli Fieber 1860

Infraorder [Gerromorpha] (semiaquatic bugs)

Superfamily [Gerroidea]

Family [Gerridae] (water striders)

Family [Veliidae] (riffle bugs)

Superfamily [Hebroidea]

Family [Hebridae] (velvet water bugs)

Superfamily [Hydrometroidea]

Family [Hydrometridae] (marsh treaders, water measurers)

File:Hydrometra_stagnorum01.jpg|thumb|Hydrometra stagnorum, a water measurer especially common in Ulster and coastal areas.

Infraorder [Leptopodomorpha]

Family [Saldidae] (shore bugs)

  • Chartoscirta cincta
  • Chartoscirta elegantula
  • Chiloxanthus pilosus
  • Halosalda lateralis
  • Macrosaldula scotica
  • Saldula connemarae Walton 1986
  • Saldula opacula
  • Saldula orthochila
  • Saldula pallipes
  • Saldula palustris
  • Saldula pilosella
  • ''Saldula saltatoria ''

Family Aepophilidae">Wikispecies:Aepophilidae">Aepophilidae

Infraorder [Nepomorpha] (true water bugs)

Superfamily Corixoidea

Family [Corixidae] (water boatmen)

Superfamily [Nepoidea]

Family [Nepidae] (water scorpions, needle bugs)

Superfamily [Aphelocheiroidea]

Family Aphelocheiridae">Wikispecies:Aphelocheiridae">Aphelocheiridae

Superfamily [Notonectoidea]

Family [Notonectidae] (backswimmers)

Superfamily [Pleoidea]

Family [Pleidae]

  • Plea minutissima Leach 1817

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

Superfamily [Cimicoidea]

Family [Anthocoridae] (minute pirate bugs or flower bugs)

Family [Microphysidae]

  • *Loricula elegantula
  • *Loricula exilis
  • *''Loricula inconspicua''

Family [Cimicidae] (bed bugs, bat bugs)

  • *Cimex lectularius Linnaeus 1758
  • *Cimex pipistrelli Jenyns 1839
  • *''Oeciacus hirundinis''

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

  • Adelphocoris lineolatus
  • Adelphocoris seticornis
  • Apolygus lucorum
  • Apolygus spinolae
  • Asciodema obsoleta
  • Atractotomus magnicornis
  • Blepharidopterus angulatus
  • Bothynotus pilosus
  • Bryocoris pteridis
  • Calocoris roseomaculatus
  • Camptozygum aequale
  • Campyloneura virgula
  • Capsodes flavomarginatus
  • Capsus ater
  • Charagochilus gyllenhalii
  • Chlamydatus pullus
  • Closterotomus norwegicus
  • Compsidolon salicellum
  • Conostethus brevis Reuter 1877
  • Conostethus griseus Douglas & Scott 1870
  • Cyllecoris histrionius
  • Cyrtorhinus caricis
  • Deraeocoris ruber
  • Deraeocoris scutellaris
  • Dichrooscytus rufipennis
  • Dicyphus constrictus
  • Dicyphus epilobii Reuter 1883
  • Dicyphus errans
  • Dicyphus stachydis J. Sahlberg 1878
  • Dicyphus pallicornis
  • Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus
  • Fieberocapsus flaveolus
  • Globiceps flavomaculatus
  • Globiceps fulvicollis Jakovlev 1877
  • Grypocoris stysi
  • Hallodapus rufescens
  • Harpocera thoracica
  • Heterocordylus tibialis
  • Heterotoma planicornis
  • Leptopterna dolabrata
  • Leptopterna ferrugata
  • Liocoris tripustulatus
  • Lygocoris pabulinus
  • Lygocoris rugicollis
  • Lygus maritimus Wagner 1949
  • Lygus rugulipennis Poppius 1911
  • Lygus wagneri Remane 1955
  • Macrolophus pygmaeus
  • Macrotylus paykullii
  • Malacocoris chlorizans
  • Mecomma dispar
  • Mecomma ambulans
  • Megalocoleus molliculus
  • Miris striatus
  • Monalocoris filicis
  • Neolygus contaminatus
  • Neolygus viridis
  • Notostira erratica
  • Orthocephalus coriaceus
  • Orthocephalus saltator
  • Orthonotus rufifrons
  • Orthops basalis
  • Orthops campestris
  • Orthops kalmii
  • Orthotylus ericetorum
  • Orthotylus flavosparsus
  • Orthotylus flavinervis
  • Orthotylus marginalis Reuter 1883
  • Orthotylus nassatus
  • Orthotylus ochrotrichus Fieber 1864
  • Orthotylus prasinus
  • Orthotylus tenellus
  • Orthotylus viridinervis
  • Orthotylus adenocarpi
  • Orthotylus concolor
  • Orthotylus virescens
  • Orthotylus bilineatus
  • Pachytomella parallela
  • Pantilius tunicatus
  • Phylus coryli
  • Phylus melanocephalus
  • Phytocoris ulmi
  • Phytocoris varipes Boheman 1852
  • Phytocoris dimidiatus Kirschbaum 1856
  • Phytocoris longipennis Flor 1861
  • Phytocoris populi
  • Phytocoris reuteri Saunders 1876
  • Phytocoris tiliae
  • Pinalitus atomarius
  • Pinalitus cervinus
  • Pinalitus rubricatus
  • Pithanus maerkelii
  • Plagiognathus arbustorum
  • Plagiognathus chrysanthemi
  • Platycranus bicolor Douglas & Scott 1868
  • Plesiodema pinetella
  • Polymerus palustris
  • Polymerus nigrita
  • Psallodema fieberi
  • Psallus betuleti
  • Psallus perrisi
  • Psallus variabilis
  • Psallus wagneri Ossiannilsson 1953
  • Psallus ambiguus
  • Psallus quercus
  • Psallus confusus Rieger 1981
  • Psallus falleni Reuter 1883
  • Psallus flavellus Stichel 1933
  • Psallus haematodes
  • Psallus lepidus Fieber 1858
  • Psallus mollis
  • Psallus salicis
  • Psallus varians
  • Rhabdomiris striatellus
  • Stenodema calcarata
  • Stenodema holsata
  • Stenodema laevigatum
  • Stenotus binotatus
  • Teratocoris saundersi Douglas & Scott 1869
  • Teratocoris viridis Douglas & Scott 1867
  • Trigonotylus ruficornis
  • Tytthus pubescens
  • ''Tytthus pygmaeus ''

Family [Nabidae] (damsel bugs)

Family [Reduviidae] (assassin bugs)

Family [Tingidae] (lace bugs)

  • *Acalypta brunnea
  • *Acalypta carinata
  • *Acalypta parvula
  • *Derephysia foliacea
  • *Dictyla convergens
  • *Kalama tricornis
  • *''Tingis cardui ''

Infraorder [Pentatomomorpha]

Superfamily [Aradoidea]

Family [Aradidae] (flat bugs)

Superfamily Pentatomoidea (shield bugs and relatives)

Family [Acanthosomatidae] (shield bugs)

Family [Cydnidae] (burrowing shield bugs)

Family [Scutelleridae] (jewel bugs or metallic shield bugs)

  • *Eurygaster maura
  • *''Eurygaster testudinaria ''

Family [Pentatomidae] (stink bugs)

Superfamily [Coreoidea]

Family [Alydidae] (broad-headed bugs)

Family [Coreidae] (leaf-footed bugs)

Family [Rhopalidae] (scentless plant bugs)

Family [Stenocephalidae]

  • ''Dicranocephalus agilis ''

Superfamily [Lygaeoidea]

Family [Berytidae] (stilt bugs)

Family [Lygaeidae] (milkweed bugs, true seed bugs)

Family [Piesmatidae] (ash-grey leaf bugs)