Corresponding author: Gavin R. Broad (
Academic editor: Pavel Stoev
The checklist of British and Irish aculeate
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.
The checklist of British and Irish aculeates is essentially that of
Unlike most groups of
The aculeate
The rationale and background to the updated
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
Country-level distribution data mostly derive from the distribution atlases produced by the Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society (
The following abbreviations and conventions are employed:
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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.
nom. ob.
nom. nov.
nom. nud.
preocc. name preoccupied (junior homonym)
stat. rev.
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
The higher-level classification of the
England
England, Scotland, Wales
England
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England
England, Wales
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England
England
added by
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England
England, Scotland, Wales
England
added by
England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man
The British population is considered to belong to the subspecies
England
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Scotland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England, Wales
England
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England, Wales
England
England, Scotland, Wales
England
England
Represented by the subspecies
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England
England, Wales, Isle of Man
Added by
England
Only recorded as a vagrant in Deal, Kent; resident on the Channel Isles, which lie outside of the geographical coverage of this checklist.
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England
England
England
added by
England
England
added by
England
Added by
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales
added by
England
added by
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England
England, Wales
England, Wales, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales
England
England, Wales
England
added by
England
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England
added by
Taxonomy follows
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England, Scotland
England
England
Has been called
England
England, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales
England
added by
England, Wales
England
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Wales
England
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Wales, Ireland
England
England
added by
England
England, Wales
England, Wales, Ireland
England
England, Wales
England
England
England
England
England
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England, Wales
Taxonomy mostly follows
England, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Wales, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales
England
England
Probably extinct in Britain.
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland
England, Wales, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England
England, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
Although usually referred to as
England, Wales
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
The population on the Isles of Scilly and Channel Islands has been described as the subspecies
England, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England
Probably extinct in Britain.
England
England
Probably extinct in Britain.
England, Wales, Ireland
England
England
Probably extinct in Britain.
Probably extinct in Britain.
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England
Although treated as a synonym of
England
England
England, Wales, Ireland
England
England
Probably extinct in Britain.
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England, Wales
England
Probably extinct in Britain.
England
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales, Ireland
England
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Wales
England, Ireland
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
There have been various subspecies names proposed for honey bees, with the supposedly native north west European population being
Various subspecific names have been used for British
Full synonymy for this subgenus is given by
Scotland, Ireland
added by
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
Scotland, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England
Extinct in Britain since the 1940s.
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
Populations in Ireland have been referred to the subspecies
England
English populations have been referred to the subspecies
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
Populations in Western Scotland have been referred to the subspecies
England, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales
added by
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
The following populations have been given subspecies names:
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
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
England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
The following populations have been given subspecies names:
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
The following populations have been given subspecies names:
England
There is confusion surrounding the dates of capture of the supposedly British specimens of
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England
Probably extinct in Britain.
England, Wales
England
Probably extinct in Britain.
England, Wales
England, Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man
England, Ireland
England, Wales
England
England
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England
England
England, Wales
The British population has been described as a separate subspecies,
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales
England
England
added by
England, Wales
England, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England
Probably extinct in Britain
England
England, Wales
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
The subspecies
England, Wales
England
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England
England
Probably extinct in Britain.
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England
Probably extinct in Britain.
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
Nomenclature for some species ('
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
The Irish population has been described as the subspecies
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man
England
England
England, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England
England
added by
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Wales
England
England
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales
England
Probably extinct in Britain.
England
England
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Wales, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Wales
England
Probably extinct in Britain.
England
Probably extinct in Britain.
England
Probably extinct in Britain.
England, Scotland, Wales
Represented by the subspecies
England
added by
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales
Probably extinct in Britain.
England, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England
Probably extinct in Britain.
England, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
Includes the subspecies
England
Probably extinct in Britain.
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
Includes the nominate subspecies and
England
England, Wales
England
added by Else (in prep.)
England
England, Wales
England
Probably extinct in Britain.
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales
England
England, Wales
Scotland
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Wales
Scotland
added by Else in
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
According to
England, Wales
England
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England, Wales
Some distribution records taken from
Taxonomy mostly follows
England
added by
England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man
England
England, Scotland, Wales
England
England, Ireland
England
England
England
Supposedly described from the New Forest, the type is lost and the species has not been satisfactorily interpreted since.
see
England
England
Added by
England
England
England
England, Wales
Synonymy follows
England
Some distribution data from
The number of species recognised in the
England, Scotland, Wales
England
added by
England
England
added by
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland
England, Wales, Ireland
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man
England
England
added by
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
Scotland
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England
England, Wales
England
England
England
added by
England
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales
Treated as a subspecies of
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
Some distributional data and synonymy from
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
added by
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
Included as a synonym of
England
added by
England
England, Scotland, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
Data on five species reared in Wales from
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England
added by
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England
England
England
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England
added by
England, Wales
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England
England, Scotland, Wales
Some distribution data for
Nomenclature, synonymy and higher classification based on
[LINEPITHEMA Mayr, 1866 #
England
England
Scotland, Ireland
England, Wales
England, Scotland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
Not a homonym under article 23.9.5 of the Code (
England
Probably extinct in Britain (
England, Wales
England
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England
added by
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England
added by
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
added by
England, Wales
added by
England, Wales, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
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.
The tribal classification follows
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
England, Scotland
Many species previously placed in
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England
England, Wales
England
England, Wales
England
Recorded from England as an accidental introduction by
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales
Scotland
added by
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales, Ireland
England
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Wales
added by
England
England, Wales, Ireland
added by
England
Records from Ireland may relate to
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England
England, Wales
England
added by
Nomenclature follows
England, Scotland
England
England, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
The nominate subspecies occurs in England and Wales,
Classification follows
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Wales
England
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Ireland
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales
England
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England, Wales
England
added by
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England, Wales, Ireland
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales
England
England
added by
England, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England
England
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England
England, Wales
England, Wales
Taxonomy follows
England, Wales
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
Taxonomy mostly follows
England, Scotland, Wales
England
Although this species has been referred to as
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
The subspecies
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
England
England, Wales
England
England, Wales
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England
England
England
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England
England, Wales
England, Wales
Taxonomy follows
England
Ireland
Added by
Nomenclature follows
England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man
added by
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
added by
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Wales
British populations are considered to belong to the subspecies
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man
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.
GE compiled an earlier version of this checklist and revised the current list of bees. BB compiled the checklist of ants,
Representative British crabronid and sphecid wasps
Representative British bees
Representative British
Representative British
Representative British
Representative British
Checklist of the British and Irish aculeates
formatted text
Word document version of the checklist
File: oo_83170.docx
Checklist of the British and Irish aculeates
spreadsheet
Excel spreadsheet version of the checklist
File: oo_83127.xlsx