List of Hemiptera of Ireland

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

Family Ceratocombidae

 * Ceratocombus coleoptratus (Zetterstedt, 1819)

Family Dipsocoridae

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

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

Family Hebridae (velvet water bugs)

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

Family Hydrometridae (marsh treaders, water measurers)

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

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

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)

Family Nepidae (water scorpions, needle bugs)

 * Nepa cinerea Linnaeus 1758

Family Aphelocheiridae

 * Aphelocheirus aestivalis (Fabricius 1794)

Family Notonectidae (backswimmers)

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

Family Pleidae

 * Plea minutissima Leach 1817

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)

Family Aradidae (flat bugs)

 * Aradus depressus (Fabricius 1794)

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)

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)

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)