List of Hemiptera of Ireland
# List of Hemiptera of Ireland

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

## Infraorder Dipsocoromorpha

### Family Ceratocombidae

   * Ceratocombus coleoptratus (Zetterstedt, 1819)

### Family Dipsocoridae

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

## Infraorder Gerromorpha (semiaquatic bugs)

### Superfamily Gerroidea

**Family Gerridae (water striders)**

   * Aquarius najas (De Geer 1773)
   * Gerris argentatus Schummel 1832
   * Gerris costae (Herrich-Schäffer 1850)
   * Gerris lacustris (Linnaeus 1758)
   * Gerris odontogaster (Zetterstedt 1828)
   * Gerris thoracicus Schummel 1832
   * Gerris lateralis Schummel 1832
   * Limnoporus rufoscutellatus (Latreille 1807)

**Family Veliidae (riffle bugs)**

   * Microvelia reticulata (Burmeister 1835)
   * Microvelia pygmaea (Dufour 1833)
   * Velia caprai Tamanini 1947
   * Velia saulii Tamanini 1947

### Superfamily Hebroidea

**Family Hebridae (velvet water bugs)**

   * Hebrus pusillus (Fallen 1807)
   * Hebrus ruficeps Thomson, 1871

### Superfamily Hydrometroidea

**Family Hydrometridae (marsh treaders, water measurers)**

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

## Infraorder Leptopodomorpha

### Family Saldidae (shore bugs)

* Chartoscirta cincta (Herrich-Schäffer 1841)
* Chartoscirta elegantula (Fallen 1807)
* Chiloxanthus pilosus (Fallen 1807)
* Halosalda lateralis (Fallen 1807)
* Macrosaldula scotica (Curtis 1835)
* Saldula connemarae Walton 1986
* Saldula opacula (Zetterstedt 1838)
* Saldula orthochila (Fieber 1859)
* Saldula pallipes (Fabricius 1794)
* Saldula palustris (Douglas 1874)
* Saldula pilosella (Thomson 1871)
* Saldula saltatoria (Linnaeus 1758)

### Family Aepophilidae

   * Aepophilus bonnairei Signoret 1879

## Infraorder Nepomorpha (true water bugs)

### Superfamily Corixoidea

**Family Corixidae (water boatmen)**

* Arctocorisa carinata (C.R. Sahlberg 1819)
* Arctocorisa germari (Fieber 1848)
* Callicorixa praeusta (Fieber 1848)
* Callicorixa wollastoni (Douglas & Scott, 1865)
* Corixa affinis Leach 1817
* Corixa dentipes Thomson 1869
* Corixa iberica Jansson 1981
* Corixa panzeri Fieber 1848
* Corixa punctata (Illiger 1807)
* Cymatia bonsdorffii (C.R. Sahlberg 1819)
* Glaenocorisa cavifrons (Thomson 1869)
* Hesperocorixa castanea (Thomson 1869)
* Hesperocorixa linnaei (Fieber 1848)
* Hesperocorixa moesta (Fieber 1848)
* Hesperocorixa sahlbergi (Fieber 1848)
* Micronecta griseola Horvath 1899
* Micronecta poweri (Douglas & Scott 1869)
* Paracorixa concinna (Fieber 1848)
* Sigara selecta (Fieber 1848)
* Sigara stagnalis (Leach 1817)
* Sigara nigrolineata (Fieber 1848)
* Sigara limitata (Fieber 1848)
* Sigara semistriata (Fieber 1848)
* Sigara venusta (Douglas & Scott 1869)
* Sigara dorsalis (Leach 1817)
* Sigara distincta (Fieber 1848)
* Sigara falleni (Fieber 1848)
* Sigara fallenoidea (Hungerford 1926)
* Sigara fossarum (Leach 1817)
* Sigara scotti (Douglas & Scott 1868)
* Sigara lateralis (Leach 1817)

### Superfamily Nepoidea

**Family Nepidae (water scorpions, needle bugs)**

   * Nepa cinerea Linnaeus 1758

### Superfamily Aphelocheiroidea

**Family Aphelocheiridae**

   * Aphelocheirus aestivalis (Fabricius 1794)

### Superfamily Notonectoidea

**Family Notonectidae (backswimmers)**

   * Notonecta glauca Linnaeus, 1758
   * Notonecta obliqua Thunberg, 1787
   * Notonecta viridis Delcourt, 1909
   * Notonecta maculata Fabricius, 1794

### Superfamily Pleoidea

**Family Pleidae**

* Plea minutissima Leach 1817

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

### Superfamily Cimicoidea

**Family Anthocoridae (minute pirate bugs or flower bugs)**

* Acompocoris alpinus Reuter, 1875
* Acompocoris pygmaeus (Fallen 1807)
* Anthocoris butleri Le Quesne, 1954
* Anthocoris confusus Reuter 1884
* Anthocoris gallarumulmi (De Geer 1773)
* Anthocoris limbatus Fieber 1836
* Anthocoris nemoralis (Fabricius 1794)
* Anthocoris nemorum (Linnaeus 1761)
* Anthocoris sarothamni Douglas & Scott 1865
* Dufouriellus ater (Dufour 1833)
* Lyctocoris campestris (Fabricius 1794)
* Orius laticollis (Reuter 1884)
* Orius majusculus (Reuter 1879)
* Orius laevigatus (Fieber 1860)
* Orius niger (Wolff 1811)
* Temnostethus gracilis Horvath 1907
* Temnostethus pusillus (Herrich-Schäffer 1835)
* Temnostethus tibialis Reuter 1888
* Tetraphleps bicuspis (Herrich-Schäffer 1835)

**Family Microphysidae**

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

**Family Cimicidae (bed bugs, bat bugs)**

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

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

* Adelphocoris lineolatus (Goeze 1778)
* Adelphocoris seticornis (Fabricius 1775)
* Apolygus lucorum (Meyer-Dür 1843)
* Apolygus spinolae (Meyer-Dür 1841)
* Asciodema obsoleta (Fieber 1864)
* Atractotomus magnicornis (Fallen 1807)
* Blepharidopterus angulatus (Fallen 1807)
* Bothynotus pilosus (Boheman 1852)
* Bryocoris pteridis (Fallen 1807)
* Calocoris roseomaculatus (De Geer 1773)
* Camptozygum aequale (Villers 1789)
* Campyloneura virgula (Herrich-Schäffer 1835)
* Capsodes flavomarginatus (Donovan 1798)
* Capsus ater (Linnaeus 1758)
* Charagochilus gyllenhalii (Fallen 1807)
* Chlamydatus pullus (Reuter 1870)
* Closterotomus norwegicus (Gmelin 1790)
* Compsidolon salicellum (Herrich-Schäffer 1841)
* Conostethus brevis Reuter 1877
* Conostethus griseus Douglas & Scott 1870
* Cyllecoris histrionius (Linnaeus 1767)
* Cyrtorhinus caricis (Fallen 1807)
* Deraeocoris ruber (Linnaeus 1758)
* Deraeocoris scutellaris (Fabricius 1794)
* Dichrooscytus rufipennis (Fallen 1807)
* Dicyphus constrictus (Boheman 1852)
* Dicyphus epilobii Reuter 1883
* Dicyphus errans (Wolff 1804)
* Dicyphus stachydis J. Sahlberg 1878
* Dicyphus pallicornis (Fieber 1861)
* Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus (De Geer 1773)
* Fieberocapsus flaveolus (Reuter 1870)
* Globiceps flavomaculatus (Fabricius 1794)
* Globiceps fulvicollis Jakovlev 1877
* Grypocoris stysi (Wagner 1968)
* Hallodapus rufescens (Burmeister 1835)
* Harpocera thoracica (Fallen 1807)
* Heterocordylus tibialis (Hahn 1833)
* Heterotoma planicornis (Pallas 1772)
* Leptopterna dolabrata (Linnaeus 1758)
* Leptopterna ferrugata (Fallen 1807)
* Liocoris tripustulatus (Fabricius 1781)
* Lygocoris pabulinus (Linnaeus 1761)
* Lygocoris rugicollis (Fallen 1807)
* Lygus maritimus Wagner 1949
* Lygus rugulipennis Poppius 1911
* Lygus wagneri Remane 1955
* Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur 1839)
* Macrotylus paykullii (Fallen 1807)
* Malacocoris chlorizans (Panzer 1794)
* Mecomma dispar (Boheman 1852)
* Mecomma ambulans (Fallen 1807)
* Megalocoleus molliculus (Fallen 1807)
* Miris striatus (Linnaeus 1758)
* Monalocoris filicis (Linnaeus 1758)
* Neolygus contaminatus (Fallen 1807)
* Neolygus viridis (Fallen 1807)
* Notostira erratica (Linnaeus 1758)
* Orthocephalus coriaceus (Fabricius 1777)
* Orthocephalus saltator (Hahn 1835)
* Orthonotus rufifrons (Fallen 1807)
* Orthops basalis (A. Costa 1853)
* Orthops campestris (Linnaeus 1758)
* Orthops kalmii (Linnaeus 1758)
* Orthotylus ericetorum (Fallen 1807)
* Orthotylus flavosparsus (C.R. Sahlberg 1841)
* Orthotylus flavinervis (Kirschbaum 1856)
* Orthotylus marginalis Reuter 1883
* Orthotylus nassatus (Fabricius 1787)
* Orthotylus ochrotrichus Fieber 1864
* Orthotylus prasinus (Fallen 1826)
* Orthotylus tenellus (Fallen 1807)
* Orthotylus viridinervis (Kirschbaum 1856)
* Orthotylus adenocarpi (Perris 1857)
* Orthotylus concolor (Kirschbaum 1856)
* Orthotylus virescens (Douglas & Scott 1865)
* Orthotylus bilineatus (Fallen 1807)
* Pachytomella parallela (Meyer-Dür 1843)
* Pantilius tunicatus (Fabricius 1781)
* Phylus coryli (Linnaeus 1758)
* Phylus melanocephalus (Linnaeus 1767)
* Phytocoris ulmi (Linnaeus 1758)
* Phytocoris varipes Boheman 1852
* Phytocoris dimidiatus Kirschbaum 1856
* Phytocoris longipennis Flor 1861
* Phytocoris populi (Linnaeus 1758)
* Phytocoris reuteri Saunders 1876
* Phytocoris tiliae (Fabricius 1777)
* Pinalitus atomarius (Meyer-Dür 1843)
* Pinalitus cervinus (Herrich-Schäffer 1841)
* Pinalitus rubricatus (Fallen 1807)
* Pithanus maerkelii (Herrich-Schäffer 1838)
* Plagiognathus arbustorum (Fabricius 1794)
* Plagiognathus chrysanthemi (Wolff 1804)
* Platycranus bicolor Douglas & Scott 1868
* Plesiodema pinetella (Zetterstedt 1828)
* Polymerus palustris (Reuter 1907)
* Polymerus nigrita (Fallen 1807)
* Psallodema fieberi (Fieber 1864)
* Psallus betuleti (Fallen 1826)
* Psallus perrisi (Mulsant & Rey 1852)
* Psallus variabilis (Fallen 1807)
* Psallus wagneri Ossiannilsson 1953
* Psallus ambiguus (Fallen 1807)
* Psallus quercus (Kirschbaum 1856)
* Psallus confusus Rieger 1981
* Psallus falleni Reuter 1883
* Psallus flavellus Stichel 1933
* Psallus haematodes (Gmelin 1790)
* Psallus lepidus Fieber 1858
* Psallus mollis (Mulsant & Rey 1852)
* Psallus salicis (Kirschbaum 1856)
* Psallus varians (Herrich-Schäffer 1841)
* Rhabdomiris striatellus (Fabricius 1794)
* Stenodema calcarata (Fallen 1807)
* Stenodema holsata (Fabricius 1787)
* Stenodema laevigatum (Linnaeus 1758)
* Stenotus binotatus (Fabricius 1794)
* Teratocoris saundersi Douglas & Scott 1869
* Teratocoris viridis Douglas & Scott 1867
* Trigonotylus ruficornis (Geoffroy 1785)
* Tytthus pubescens (Knight 1931)
* Tytthus pygmaeus (Zetterstedt 1838)

**Family Nabidae (damsel bugs)**

   * Himacerus major (A. Costa 1842)
   * Himacerus mirmicoides (O. Costa 1834)
   * Himacerus boops (Schiødte 1870)
   * Nabis limbatus Dahlbom 1851
   * Nabis lineatus Dahlbom 1851
   * Nabis flavomarginatus Scholtz 1847
   * Nabis ericetorum Scholtz 1847
   * Nabis ferus (Linnaeus 1758)
   * Nabis rugosus (Linnaeus 1758)

**Family Reduviidae (assassin bugs)**

   * Empicoris culiciformis (De Geer 1773)
   * Empicoris vagabundus (Linnaeus 1758)

**Family Tingidae (lace bugs)**

   * Acalypta brunnea (Germar 1837)
   * Acalypta carinata (Panzer 1806)
   * Acalypta parvula (Fallen 1807)
   * Derephysia foliacea (Fallen 1807)
   * Dictyla convergens (Herrich-Schäffer 1835)
   * Kalama tricornis (Schrank 1801)
   * Tingis cardui (Linnaeus 1758)

## Infraorder Pentatomomorpha

### Superfamily Aradoidea

**Family Aradidae (flat bugs)**

   * Aradus depressus (Fabricius 1794)

### Superfamily Pentatomoidea (shield bugs and relatives)

**Family Acanthosomatidae (shield bugs)**

   * Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale (Linnaeus 1758)
   * Elasmostethus interstinctus (Linnaeus 1758)
   * Elasmucha grisea (Linnaeus 1758)
   * Cyphostethus tristriatus (Fabricius, 1787)

**Family Cydnidae (burrowing shield bugs)**

   * Sehirus luctuosus Mulsant & Rey 1866
   * Thyreocoris scarabaeoides (Linnaeus 1758)

**Family Scutelleridae (jewel bugs or metallic shield bugs)**

   * Eurygaster maura (Linnaeus 1758)
   * Eurygaster testudinaria (Geoffroy 1785)

**Family Pentatomidae (stink bugs)**

   * Dolycoris baccarum (Linnaeus 1758)
   * Palomena prasina (Linnaeus 1761)
   * Pentatoma rufipes(Linnaeus, 1758)
   * Picromerus bidens (Linnaeus 1758)
   * Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius 1794)
   * Rhacognathus punctatus (Linnaeus 1758)
   * Troilus luridus (Fabricius 1775)
   * Zicrona caerulea (Linnaeus 1758)

### Superfamily Coreoidea

**Family Alydidae (broad-headed bugs)**

   * Alydus calcaratus (Linnaeus, 1758)

**Family Coreidae (leaf-footed bugs)**

   * Coreus marginatus (Linnaeus 1758)

**Family Rhopalidae (scentless plant bugs)**

   * Corizus hyoscyami (Linnaeus 1758)
   * Liorhyssus hyalinus (Fabricius 1794)

**Family Stenocephalidae**

* Dicranocephalus agilis (Scopoli 1763)

### Superfamily Lygaeoidea

**Family Berytidae (stilt bugs)**

   * Berytinus minor (Herrich-Schäffer 1835)
   * Berytinus montivagus (Meyer-Dür 1841)
   * Berytinus signoreti (Fieber 1859)
   * Gampsocoris punctipes (Germar 1822)
   * Metatropis rufescens (Herrich-Schäffer 1835)
   * Neides tipularius (Linnaeus 1758)

**Family Lygaeidae (milkweed bugs, true seed bugs)**

* Acompus rufipes (Wolff 1804)
* Chilacis typhae (Perris 1857)
* Cymus claviculus (Fallen 1807)
* Cymus glandicolor Hahn 1832
* Drymus pilicornis (Mulsant & Rey 1852)
* Drymus brunneus (R.F. Sahlberg 1848)
* Drymus ryeii Douglas & Scott 1865
* Drymus sylvaticus (Fabricius 1775)
* Gastrodes grossipes (De Geer 1773)
* Heterogaster urticae (Fabricius 1775)
* Ischnocoris angustulus (Boheman 1852)
* Ischnodemus sabuleti (Fallen 1826)
* Kleidocerys resedae (Panzer 1797)
* Lamproplax picea (Flor 1860)
* Lasiosomus enervis (Herrich-Schäffer 1835)
* Macrodema microptera (Curtis 1836)
* Megalonotus chiragra (Fabricius 1794)
* Megalonotus dilatatus (Herrich-Schäffer 1840)
* Nysius thymi (Wolff 1804)
* Pachybrachius fracticollis (Schilling 1829)
* Peritrechus geniculatus (Hahn 1832)
* Peritrechus lundii (Gmelin 1790)
* Plinthisus brevipennis (Latreille 1807)
* Scolopostethus affinis (Schilling 1829)
* Scolopostethus decoratus (Hahn 1833)
* Scolopostethus grandis Horvath 1880
* Scolopostethus puberulus Horvath 1887
* Scolopostethus thomsoni Reuter 1875
* Stygnocoris fuligineus (Geoffroy 1785)
* Stygnocoris rusticus (Fallen 1807)
* Stygnocoris sabulosus (Schilling 1829)
* Taphropeltus contractus (Herrich-Schäffer 1835)
* Trapezonotus arenarius (Linnaeus 1758)

**Family Piesmatidae (ash-grey leaf bugs)**

   * Parapiesma quadratum (Fieber 1844)
   * Piesma maculatum (Laporte 1833)
