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Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - aculeates (Apoidea, Chrysidoidea and Vespoidea)
expand article infoGeorge R. Else‡, Barry Bolton§, Gavin R. Broad|
‡ Hayling Island, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
§ c/o The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
| The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
Corresponding author:
Academic editor: Pavel Stoev
Received: 05 Feb 2016 | Accepted: 30 Mar 2016 | Published: 07 Apr 2016
© 2016 George Else, Barry Bolton, Gavin Broad
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Citation: Else G, Bolton B, Broad G (2016) Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - aculeates (Apoidea, Chrysidoidea and Vespoidea). Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e8050. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8050
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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).

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Figure 1.

Representative British crabronid and sphecid wasps

a: Astata boops (Schrank) (Crabronidae) with gorse shieldbug prey (courtesy of J. Early)  
b: Crossocerus binotatus (Lepeletier & Brullé) female (Crabronidae) (courtesy of J. Early)  
c: Pemphredon lugubris (Fabricius) (Crabronidae) approaching nest with aphid prey (courtesy of J. Early)  
d: Ammophila pubescens Curtis (Sphecidae) with pebble (courtesy of J. Early)  
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Figure 2.

Representative British bees

a: Andrena hattorfiana (Fabricius) (Andrenidae) female on Knautia arvensis (courtesy of J. Early)  
b: Nomada panzeri Lepeletier (Apidae) female (courtesy of J. Early)  
c: Colletes sp. (Colletidae) (courtesy of P. Adams)  
d: Coelioxys conoidea (Illiger) (Megachilidae) female (courtesy of J. Early)  
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Figure 3.

Representative British Chrysidoidea

a: Laelius sp. (Bethylidae) female (courtesy of P. Adams)  
b: Chrysis viridula Linnaeus (Chrysididae) female (courtesy of J. Early)  
c: Dryinus collaris (Linnaeus) (Dryinidae) female (courtesy of J. Early)  
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Figure 4.

Representative British Vespoidea

a: Formica rufa Linnaeus (Formicidae) worker with ladybird (courtesy of J. Early)  
b: Smicromyrme rufipes (Fabricius) (Mutillidae) female (courtesy of J. Early)  
c: Cryptocheilus notatus (Rossi) (Pompilidae) female with Drassodes cupreus prey (courtesy of J. Early)  
d: Ceropales maculata (Fabricius) (Pompilidae) female (courtesy of J. Early)  
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Figure 5.

Representative British Vespoidea

a: Sapyga quinquepunctata (Fabricius) (Sapygidae) female (courtesy of J. Early)  
b: Methocha articulata Latreille (Tiphiidae) female (courtesy of J. Early)  
c: Methocha articulata Latreille (Tiphiidae) male (courtesy of J. Early)  
d: Tiphia femorata Fabricius (Tiphiidae) female on Daucus carota (courtesy of J. Early)  
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Figure 6.

Representative British Vespidae

a: Ancistrocerus nigricornis (Curtis) approaching nest with prey (courtesy of J. Early)  
b: Dolichovespula media (Retzius) dark worker (courtesy of J. Early)  
c: Dolichovespula saxonica (Fabricius) queen (courtesy of J. Early)  

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.

Apoidea

Superfamily 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.

Family Crabronidae Latreille, 1802

Subfamily Astatinae Lepeletier, 1845

Genus Astata Latreille, 1796

Nomenclature: 

DIMORPHA Panzer, 1806

Astata boops (Schrank, 1781)

Nomenclature: 

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

Genus Dryudella Spinola, 1843

Dryudella pinguis (Dahlbom, 1832)

Nomenclature: 

Larra pinguis Dahlbom, 1832

stigma misident.

pinguis (Zetterstedt, 1838, Larra) preocc.

jaculator (Smith, 1845, Astata)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales

Subfamily Bembicinae Latreille, 1802

Tribe Alyssontini Dalla Torre, 1897

Genus Didineis Wesmael, 1852

Didineis lunicornis (Fabricius, 1798)

Nomenclature: 

Pompilus lunicornis Fabricius, 1798

kenedii (Curtis, 1836, Alyson)

Distribution: 
England

Tribe Bembicini Latreille, 1802

Genus Argogorytes Ashmead, 1899

Argogorytes fargeii (Shuckard, 1837)

Nomenclature: 

Gorytes fargeii Shuckard, 1837

campestris misident.

mongolensis Tsuneki, 1971

przewalskyi Kazenas, 1971

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Argogorytes mystaceus (Linnaeus, 1761)

Nomenclature: 

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

Genus Gorytes Latreille, 1805

Nomenclature: 

ARPACTUS Panzer, 1805

EUZONIA Stephens, 1829

EUSPONGUS Lepeletier, 1832

HOPLISUS Lepeletier, 1832

LAEVIGORYTES Zavadil, 1948

Gorytes laticinctus (Lepeletier, 1832)

Nomenclature: 

Euspongus laticinctus Lepeletier, 1832

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Gorytes quadrifasciatus (Fabricius, 1804)

Nomenclature: 

Mellinus quadrifasciatus Fabricius, 1804

vicinus (Lepeletier, 1832, Euspongus)

montivagus (Mocsáry, 1878, Hoplisus)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Genus Harpactus Shuckard, 1837

Nomenclature: 

ARPACTUS Jurine, 1807

HARPACTES Dahlbom, 1843

DIENOPLUS Fox, 1893

Harpactus tumidus (Panzer, 1801)

Nomenclature: 

Pompilus tumidus Panzer, 1801

japonensis (Tsuneki, 1963, Dienoplus)

transiliensis Kazenas, 1989

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Genus Lestiphorus Lepeletier, 1832

Nomenclature: 

HYPOMELLINUS Asmead, 1899

MELLINOGASTRA Asmead, 1899

Lestiphorus bicinctus (Rossi, 1794)

Nomenclature: 

Crabro bicinctus Rossi, 1794

Distribution: 
England

Tribe Nyssonini Latreille, 1804

Genus Nysson Latreille, 1796

Nomenclature: 

SYNNEVRUS Costa, 1859

Nysson dimidiatus Jurine, 1807

Nomenclature: 

wesmaeli Lepeletier, 1845

distinguendus Chevrier, 1867

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Nysson interruptus (Fabricius, 1798)

Nomenclature: 

Mellinus interruptus Fabricius, 1798

spinosus (Fabricius, 1804, Ceropales)

panzeri Lepeletier, 1845

shukardi Wesmael, 1852

Distribution: 
England

Nysson spinosus (Forster, 1771)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Crabro trimaculatus Rossi, 1790

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Subfamily Crabroninae Latreille, 1802

Tribe Crabronini Latreille, 1802

Genus Crabro Fabricius, 1775

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Sphex scutellatus von Scheven, 1781

scutularius (Schreber, 1784, Sphex)

pterotus Panzer, 1801

reticulatus (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Ceratocolus)

Distribution: 
England

Genus Crossocerus Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

Subgenus Ablepharipus Perkins, 1913

Crossocerus (Ablepharipus) congener (Dahlbom, 1844)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Crabro podagricus Vander Linden, 1829

vicinus Dahlbom, 1842

punctata Šnoflak, 1948

snoflaki Zavadil, 1948

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Subgenus Acanthocrabro Perkins, 1913

Nomenclature: 

CORENOCRABRO Tsuneki, 1974

Crossocerus (Acanthocrabro) vagabundus (Panzer, 1798)

Nomenclature: 

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

Subgenus Blepharipus Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

Nomenclature: 

COELOCRABRO Thomson, 1874

Crossocerus (Blepharipus) annulipes (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Crabro capitosus Shuckard, 1837

annulus (Dahlbom, 1838, Crabro)

yezo Tsuneki, 1960

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Crossocerus (Blepharipus) cetratus (Shuckard, 1837)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Crabro styrius Kohl, 1892

pauxillus (Gussakovskij, 1932, Crabro)

sugiharai (Iwata, 1938, Crabro)

pilicornis Tsuneki, 1977

Distribution: 
England

Crossocerus (Blepharipus) walkeri (Shuckard, 1837)

Nomenclature: 

Crabro walkeri Shuckard, 1837

aphidium misident.

geniculatus (Shuckard, 1837, Crabro)

clypearis (Schenck, 1857, Crabro)

cloevorax (Nielson, 1901, Crabro)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales

Subgenus Crossocerus Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

Nomenclature: 

STENOCRABRO Ashmead, 1899

ISCHNOLYNTHUS Holmberg, 1903

Crossocerus (Crossocerus) distinguendus (Morawitz, 1866)

Nomenclature: 

Crabro distinguendus Morawitz, 1866

mucronatus (Thomson, 1870, Crabro)

Distribution: 
England
Notes: 

added by Packer (1981)

Crossocerus (Crossocerus) elongatulus (Vander Linden, 1829)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Crabro exiguus Vander Linden, Crabro

aphidum Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

Distribution: 
England

Crossocerus (Crossocerus) ovalis Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Crabro wesmaeli Vander Linden, Crabro

maurus (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Ceratocolus)

ziegleri (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Ceratocolus)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Subgenus Cuphopterus Morawitz, 1866

Crossocerus (Cuphopterus) binotatus Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

Nomenclature: 

signatus (Panzer, 1798, Crabro) preocc.

monstrosus (Dahlbom, 1845, Crabro)

confusus (Schulz, 1906, Crabro)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Crossocerus (Cuphopterus) dimidiatus (Fabricius, 1781)

Nomenclature: 

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

Subgenus Hoplocrabro Thomson, 1874

Crossocerus (Hoplocrabro) quadrimaculatus (Fabricius, 1793)

Nomenclature: 

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

Genus Ectemnius Dahlbom, 1845

Subgenus Clytochrysus Morawitz, 1864

Ectemnius (Clytochrysus) cavifrons (Thomson, 1870)

Nomenclature: 

Crabro cavifrons Thomson, 1870

cephalotes misident.

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Ectemnius (Clytochrysus) lapidarius (Panzer, 1804)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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

Subgenus Ectemnius Dahlbom, 1845

Ectemnius (Ectemnius) borealis (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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

Subgenus Hypocrabro Ashmead, 1899

Nomenclature: 

XESTOCRABRO Ashmead, 1899

Ectemnius (Hypocrabro) continuus (Fabricius, 1804)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Solenius rubicola Dufour & Perris, 1840

microstictus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1841, Crabro)

larvatus (Wesmael, 1852, Crabro)

pumilus (Costa, 1871, Crabro)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Subgenus Metacrabro Ashmead, 1899

Ectemnius (Metacrabro) cephalotes (Olivier, 1792)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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

Genus Entomognathus Dahlbom, 1844

Nomenclature: 

KOXINGA Pate, 1944

MASHONA Pate, 1944

TONCAHUA Pate, 1944

FLORKINUS Leclercq, 1956

BIHARGNATHUS Leclercq, 1977

Entomognathus brevis (Vander Linden, 1829)

Nomenclature: 

Crabro brevis Vander Linden, 1829

apicalis (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835, Lindenius)

nasutus (Gribodo, 1884, Lindenius)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Genus Lestica Billberg, 1820

Subgenus Clypeocrabro Richards, 1935

Nomenclature: 

THYREUS Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835 preocc.

Lestica (Clypeocrabro) clypeata (Schreber, 1759)

Nomenclature: 

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

Genus Lindenius Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

Nomenclature: 

CHALCOLAMPRUS Wesmael, 1852

TRACHELOSIMUS Morawitz, 1866

Lindenius albilabris (Fabricius, 1793)

Nomenclature: 

Crabro albilabris Fabricius, 1793

aenescens (Dahlbom, 1838, Crabro)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales

Lindenius panzeri (Vander Linden, 1829)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Crabro pygmaeus Rossi, 1794

curtus Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

kratochvili (Šnoflak, 1948, Crabro)

Distribution: 
England
Notes: 

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

Genus Rhopalum Stephens, 1829

Subgenus Rhopalum Stephens, 1829

Nomenclature: 

EUPLILIS Risso, 1826 nom. ob.

PHYSOSCELUS Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

Rhopalum (Rhopalum) clavipes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature: 

Sphex clavipes Linnaeus, 1758

rufiventris (Panzer, 1799, Crabro)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Subgenus Corynopus Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835

Nomenclature: 

DRYPHUS Herrich-Schäffer, 1840

ALLIOGNATHUS Ashmead, 1899

Rhopalum (Corynopus) coarctatum (Scopoli, 1763)

Nomenclature: 

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

Nomenclature: 

nigrinum Kiesenwetter, 1849 preocc.

kiesenwetteri (Morawitz, 1866, Crabro)

simplicipes (Morawitz, 1888, Corynopus)

Distribution: 
England

Tribe Larrini Latreille, 1810

Genus Tachysphex Kohl, 1883

Nomenclature: 

SCHISTOSPHEX Arnold, 1922

ATELOSPHEX Arnold, 1923

Tachysphex nitidus (Spinola, 1805)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Larra unicolor Panzer, 1809

nitidus misident.

jurinii (Drapiez, 1819, Larra)

Distribution: 
England

Tribe Miscophini Fox, 1894

Genus Miscophus Jurine, 1807

Nomenclature: 

NITELOPTERUS Ashmead, 1897

HYPOMISCOPHUS Cockerell, 1898

MISCOPHINUS Ashmead, 1898

Miscophus ater Lepeletier, 1845

Nomenclature: 

maritimus Smith, 1858

Distribution: 
England

Miscophus bicolor Jurine, 1807

Nomenclature: 

dubius (Panzer, 1809, Larra)

metallicus Verhöff, 1890

tsunekii de Andrade, 1960

Distribution: 
England
Notes: 

added by Knowles and Else (2006)

Miscophus concolor Dahlbom, 1844

Nomenclature: 

bicolor misident.

moravicus Balthazar, 1957

Distribution: 
England

Genus Nitela Latreille, 1809

Nomenclature: 

TENILA Brèthes, 1913

RHINONITELA Williams, 1928

Nitela borealis Valkeila, 1974

Distribution: 
England
Notes: 

added by Felton (1987)

Nitela lucens Gayubo & Felton, 2000

Nomenclature: 

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).

Tribe Oxybelini Leach, 1815

Genus Oxybelus Latreille, 1796

Nomenclature: 

NOTOGLOSSA Dahlbom, 1845

ALEPIDASPIS Costa, 1882

ANOXYBELUS Kohl, 1924

GONIOXYBELUS Pate, 1937

ORTHOXYBELUS Pate, 1937

LATROXYBELUS Noskiewicz & Chudoba, 1950

Oxybelus argentatus Curtis, 1833

Nomenclature: 

mucronatus misident.

?decimmaculata (Donovan, 1806, Vespa)

ferox Shuckard, 1837

nigricornis Shuckard, 1837

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Oxybelus mandibularis Dahlbom, 1845

Nomenclature: 

sericatus Gerstäcker, 1867

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man

Oxybelus uniglumis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature: 

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

Tribe Trypoxylini Lepeletier, 1845

Genus Trypoxylon Latreille, 1796

Nomenclature: 

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

Nomenclature: 

tibiale Zetterstedt, 1840

batumicum Antropov, 1985

Distribution: 
England, Wales, Ireland

Trypoxylon figulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature: 

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

Nomenclature: 

koma Tsuneki, 1956

Distribution: 
England
Notes: 

added by Felton (1988)

Subfamily Dinetinae Fox, 1895

Genus Dinetus Panzer, 1806

Nomenclature: 

DINETUS Jurine, 1807 preocc.

Dinetus pictus (Fabricius, 1793)

Nomenclature: 

Crabro pictus Fabricius, 1793

guttatus (Fabricius, 1793, Sphex) preocc.

Distribution: 
England

Subfamily Mellininae Latreille, 1802

Genus Mellinus Fabricius, 1790

Mellinus arvensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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

Subfamily Pemphredoninae Dahlbom, 1835

Tribe Pemphredonini Dahlbom, 1835

Genus Diodontus Curtis, 1834

Nomenclature: 

XYLOCELIA Rohwer, 1915

NEODIODONTUS Tsuneki, 1972

CORENIUS Tsuneki, 1974

Diodontus insidiosus Spooner, 1938

Nomenclature: 

friesei misident.

Distribution: 
England

Diodontus luperus Shuckard, 1837

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Diodontus minutus (Fabricius, 1793)

Nomenclature: 

Crabro minutus Fabricius, 1793

franclemonti Krombein, 1939

Distribution: 
England, Wales, Isle of Man

Diodontus tristis (Vander Linden, 1829)

Nomenclature: 

Pemphredon tristis Vander Linden, 1829

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales

Genus Passaloecus Shuckard, 1837

Nomenclature: 

XYLOECUS Shuckard, 1837

COELOECUS Verhöff, 1890

HEROECUS Verhöff, 1890

Passaloecus clypealis Faester, 1947

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Diodontus gracilis Curtis, 1834

insignis misident.

turionum misident.

brevicornis Morawitz, 1864

Distribution: 
England

Passaloecus insignis (Vander Linden, 1829)

Nomenclature: 

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

Nomenclature: 

gracilis misident.

tenuis Morawitz, 1864

gertrudis Krombein, 1938

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Passaloecus turionum Dahlbom, 1844

Distribution: 
England
Notes: 

added by Guichard (2002)

Genus Pemphredon Latreille, 1796

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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

Nomenclature: 

shuckardi (Morawitz, 1864, Cemonus)

dentata (Puton, 1871, Cemonus)

tenax Fox, 1829

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Pemphredon lethifer (Shuckard, 1837)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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

Nomenclature: 

anthracinus (Smith, 1851, Ceratophorus)

carinata Thomson, 1870

clypealis Thomson, 1870

intermedia Tsuneki, 1951

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Pemphredon rugifer (Dahlbom, 1844)

Nomenclature: 

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

Genus Spilomena Shuckard, 1838

Nomenclature: 

CELIA Shuckard, 1837 preocc.

MICROGLOSSA Rayment, 1930 preocc.

MICROGLOSSELLA Rayment, 1935

TAIALIA Tsuneki, 1971

Spilomena beata Blüthgen, 1953

Nomenclature: 

exspectata Valkeila, 1957

Distribution: 
England

Spilomena differens Blüthgen, 1953

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Celia curruca Dahlbom, 1844

pulawskii Dolfuss, 1983

nikkoensis Tsuneki, 1971

Distribution: 
England

Spilomena enslini Blüthgen, 1953

Distribution: 
England, Ireland

Spilomena troglodytes (Vander Linden, 1829)

Nomenclature: 

Stigmus troglodytes Vander Linden, 1829

minutissimus (Radoszkowski, 1877, Stigmus)

vagans Blüthgen, 1953

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales

Genus Stigmus Panzer, 1805

Nomenclature: 

ANTRONIUS Zetterstedt, 1838

GONOSTIGMUS Rohwer, 1911

ATOPOSTIGMUS Krombein, 1973

Stigmus pendulus Panzer, 1804

Nomenclature: 

ater Jurine, 1807

Distribution: 
England
Notes: 

added by Allen (1987)

Stigmus solskyi Morawitz, 1864

Nomenclature: 

europaeus Tsuneki, 1954

verhoeffi Tsuneki, 1954

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Tribe Psenini Costa, 1858

Genus Mimesa Shuckard, 1837

Nomenclature: 

APORIA Wesmael, 1852 preocc.

APORINA Gussakovskij, 1937 preocc.

Mimesa bicolor (Jurine, 1807)

Nomenclature: 

Psen bicolor Jurine, 1807

equestris misident.

?rufa (Panzer, 1805, Psen)

Distribution: 
England

Mimesa bruxellensis Bondroit, 1934

Nomenclature: 

rossicus (Gussakovskij, 1937, Psen)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Mimesa equestris (Fabricius, 1804)

Nomenclature: 

Trypoxylon equestre Fabricius, 1804

bicolor misident.

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales

Mimesa lutaria (Fabricius, 1787)

Nomenclature: 

Sphex lutarius Fabricius, 1787

shuckardi Wesmael, 1852

basirufa Packard, 1867

nebrascensis Smith, 1908

dispar (Gussakovskij, 1937, Psen)

mallochi Finnamore, 1980

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Genus Mimumesa Malloch, 1933

Mimumesa atratina (Morawitz, 1891)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Mimesa dahlbomi Wesmael, 1852

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales

Mimumesa littoralis (Bondroit, 1934)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Mimesa spooneri Richards, 1948

Distribution: 
England

Mimumesa unicolor (Vander Linden, 1829)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Genus Psen Latreille, 1796

Nomenclature: 

PSENUS Rafinesque, 1815

PSENIA Stephens, 1829

DAHLBOMIA Wissmann, 1849

MESOPORA Wesmael, 1852

CAENOPSEN Cameron, 1899

Psen ater (Olivier, 1792)

Nomenclature: 

Crabro ater Olivier, 1792

ater (Fabricius, 1794, Sphex) preocc.

compressicornis (Fabricius, 1804, Pelopoeus)

atratus (Jurine, 1807, Psen)

serraticornis (Jurine, 1807, Psen)

Distribution: 
England

Genus Psenulus Kohl, 1897

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Psen concolor Dahlbom, 1843

intermedius (Schenck, 1857, Psen)

ambiguus (Schenck, 1857, Psen)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Psenulus pallipes (Panzer, 1798)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Psen schencki Tournier, 1889

simplex (Tournier, 1899, Psen)

longulus (Tournier, 1899, Psen)

Distribution: 
England

Subfamily Philanthinae Latreille, 1802

Tribe Cercerini Lepeletier, 1845

Genus Cerceris Latreille, 1802

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Philanthus quadricinctus Panzer, 1799

fasciata Spinola, 1806

Distribution: 
England

Cerceris quinquefasciata (Rossi, 1792)

Nomenclature: 

Crabro quinquefasciatus Rossi, 1792

interrupta misident.

nasuta Dahlbom, 1844 preocc.

subdepressa Lepeletier, 1845

Distribution: 
England

Cerceris ruficornis (Fabricius, 1793)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Philanthus sabulosus Panzer, 1799

emarginata (Panzer, 1799, Philanthus)

tricincta (Spinola, 1805, Philanthus)

?pygmaea (Thunberg, 1815, Philanthus)

minuta Lepeletier, 1845

superba Shestakov, 1923

Distribution: 
England

Tribe Philanthini Latreille, 1802

Genus Philanthus Fabricius, 1790

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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

Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802

Subfamily Ammophilinae André, 1886

Genus Ammophila Kirby, 1798

Nomenclature: 

SPHEX misident.

MISCUS Jurine, 1807

COLOPTERA Latreille, 1845

ARGYRAMMOPHILA Gussakovskij, 1928

APYCNEMIA Leclercq, 1961

Ammophila pubescens Curtis, 1836

Nomenclature: 

campestris misident.

arvensis (Dahlbom, 1843, Miscus)

susterai Šnoflak, 1943

adriaansei Wilcke, 1945

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Ammophila sabulosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature: 

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

Genus Podalonia Fernald, 1927

Nomenclature: 

PSAMMOPHILA Dahlbom, 1842 preocc.

PODALONIA Spinola, 1853 suppressed

Podalonia affinis (Kirby, 1798)

Nomenclature: 

Ammophila affinis Kirby, 1798

lutaria misident.

ariasi (Mercet, 1906, Ammophila)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Podalonia hirsuta (Scopoli, 1763)

Nomenclature: 

Sphex hirsutus Scopoli, 1763

viatica misident.

arenaria (Fabricius, 1787, Sphex) preocc.

arenosa (Gmelin, 1790, Sphex)

argentea (Kirby, 1798, Ammophila)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Infraorder 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)

Family Andrenidae Latreille, 1802

Subfamily Andreninae Latreille, 1802

Genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775

Notes: 

Taxonomy mostly follows Gusenleitner and Schwarz (2002).

Subgenus Andrena Fabricius, 1775

Nomenclature: 

ANTHRENA Illiger, 1801

ANTHOCHARESSA Gistel, 1850

Andrena (Andrena) apicata Smith, 1847

Distribution: 
England, Wales, Ireland

Andrena (Andrena) clarkella (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Apis fulva Müller, 1766

armata (Gmelin, 1790, Apis)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Andrena (Andrena) helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Apis praecox Scopoli, 1763

smithella (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

clypeata Smith, 1855 preocc.

Distribution: 
England, Wales, Ireland

Andrena (Andrena) synadelpha Perkins, 1914

Nomenclature: 

ambigua Perkins, 1895, preocc.

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales

Andrena (Andrena) varians (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta varians Kirby, 1802

varians (Rossius, 1792, Apis): misident.

angulosa (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Subgenus Charitandrena Hedicke, 1933

Andrena (Charitandrena) hattorfiana (Fabricius, 1775)

Nomenclature: 

Nomada hattorfiana Fabricius, 1775

lathamana (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Subgenus Chlorandrena Pérez, 1890

Andrena (Chlorandrena) humilis Imhoff, 1832

Nomenclature: 

fulvescens Smith, 1847

Distribution: 
England, Wales, Isle of Man

Subgenus Chrysandrena Hedicke, 1933

Andrena (Chrysandrena) fulvago (Christ, 1791)

Nomenclature: 

Apis fulvago Christ, 1791

constricta Smith, 1849

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Subgenus Cnemidandrena Hedicke, 1933

Andrena (Cnemidandrena) denticulata (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta denticulata Kirby, 1802

listerella (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Andrena (Cnemidandrena) fuscipes (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta fuscipes Kirby, 1802

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Andrena (Cnemidandrena) nigriceps (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta nigriceps Kirby, 1802

lanifrons (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales

Andrena (Cnemidandrena) simillima Smith, 1851

Distribution: 
England

Andrena (Cnemidandrena) tridentata (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta tridentata Kirby, 1802

rufitarsis (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution: 
England
Notes: 
Probably extinct in Britain.

Subgenus Euandrena Hedicke, 1933

Nomenclature: 

XANTHANDRENA Lanham, 1949

GEANDRENA LaBerge, 1964

Andrena (Euandrena) bicolor Fabricius, 1775

Nomenclature: 

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

Subgenus Holandrena Pérez, 1890

Andrena (Holandrena) labialis (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta labialis Kirby, 1802

separata Smith, 1847

Distribution: 
England, Wales, Isle of Man

Subgenus Hoplandrena Pérez, 1890

Andrena (Hoplandrena) bucephala Stephens, 1846

Nomenclature: 

eximia Smith, 1847

longipes Smith, 1847

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Andrena (Hoplandrena) ferox Smith, 1847

Nomenclature: 

distincta Smith, 1847

Distribution: 
England

Andrena (Hoplandrena) rosae Panzer, 1801

Nomenclature: 

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

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta trimmerana Kirby, 1802

spinigera (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

carantonica Peréz, 1916

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Subgenus Leucandrena Hedicke, 1933

Andrena (Leucandrena) argentata Smith, 1844

Distribution: 
England

Andrena (Leucandrena) barbilabris (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta barbilabris Kirby, 1802

sericea (Christ, 1791, Apis) preocc.

albicrus (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Subgenus Margandrena Warncke, 1968

Andrena (Margandrena) marginata Fabricius, 1776

Nomenclature: 

cetii (Schrank, 1781, Apis)

schrankella (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

frontalis Smith, 1849

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Subgenus Melandrena Pérez, 1890

Nomenclature: 

GYMNANDRENA Hedicke, 1933

CRYPTANDRENA Lanham, 1949 preocc.

BYTHANDRENA Lanham, 1950

Andrena (Melandrena) cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature: 

Apis cineraria Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Andrena (Melandrena) nigroaenea (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Apis nitida Müller, 1776

pubescens Olivier, 1789

consimilis Smith, 1847

Distribution: 
England, Wales, Ireland

Andrena (Melandrena) thoracica (Fabricius, 1775)

Nomenclature: 

Apis thoracica Fabricius, 1775

melanocephala (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Andrena (Melandrena) vaga Panzer, 1799

Distribution: 
England
Notes: 
Probably extinct in Britain.

Subgenus Micrandrena Ashmead, 1899

Nomenclature: 

ANDRENELLA Hedicke, 1933

Andrena (Micrandrena) alfkenella Perkins, 1914

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta minutula Kirby, 1802

parvula (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

nigrifrons Smith, 1855 preocc.

Distribution: 
England, Wales, Ireland

Andrena (Micrandrena) minutuloides Perkins, 1914

Nomenclature: 

parvuloides Perkins, 1914

Distribution: 
England

Andrena (Micrandrena) nana (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

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

Nomenclature: 

spreta misident.

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Andrena (Micrandrena) semilaevis Pérez, 1903

Nomenclature: 

nana misident.

saundersella Perkins, 1914

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Andrena (Micrandrena) subopaca Nylander, 1848

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Subgenus Notandrena Pérez, 1890

Andrena (Notandrena) chrysosceles (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta chrysosceles Kirby, 1802

connectens (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales

Andrena (Notandrena) nitidiuscula Schenck, 1853

Nomenclature: 

lucens Imhoff, 1868

Distribution: 
England

Subgenus Oreomelissa Hirashima & Tadauchi, 1975

Andrena (Oreomelissa) coitana (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta coitana Kirby, 1802

shawella (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Subgenus Plastandrena Hedicke, 1933

Nomenclature: 

SCHIZANDRENA Hedicke, 1933

GLYPHANDRENA Hedicke, 1933

MITSUKURIELLA Hirashima & LaBerge, 1965

MITSUKURIAPIS Hirashima, LaBerge & Ikudomem 1884

Andrena (Plastandrena) bimaculata (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

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

Nomenclature: 

carbonaria misident.

spectabilis Smith, 1853

praetexta Smith, 1872

Distribution: 
England

Andrena (Plastandrena) tibialis (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta tibialis Kirby, 1802

mouffetella (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

atriceps (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution: 
England

Subgenus Poecilandrena Hedicke, 1933

Andrena (Poecilandrena) labiata Fabricius, 1781

Nomenclature: 

cingulata misident.

Distribution: 
England, Wales, Ireland

Subgenus Poliandrena Warncke, 1968

Andrena (Poliandrena) florea Fabricius, 1793

Nomenclature: 

rubricata Smith, 1847

Distribution: 
England

Andrena (Poliandrena) polita Smith, 1847

Distribution: 
England
Notes: 
Probably extinct in Britain.

Subgenus Proxiandrena Schmid-Egger, 2005

Andrena (Proxiandrena) proxima (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta proxima Kirby, 1802

digitalis (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Subgenus Ptilandrena Robertson, 1902

Nomenclature: 

EREMANDRENA LaBerge, 1964

Andrena (Ptilandrena) angustior (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta angustior Kirby, 1802

lacinia Smith, 1847

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Subgenus Simandrena Pérez, 1890

Nomenclature: 

PLATANDRENA Viereck, 1924

STENANDRENA Timberlake, 1949

Andrena (Simandrena) congruens Schmiedeknecht, 1884

Nomenclature: 

confinis Stöckhert, 1930

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Andrena (Simandrena) dorsata (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

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.

Subgenus Taeniandrena Hedicke, 1933

Andrena (Taeniandrena) lathyri Alfken, 1899

Distribution: 
England

Andrena (Taeniandrena) ovatula (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

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

Nomenclature: 

?ocreata Christ, 1791 nom. dub.

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales

Andrena (Taeniandrena) wilkella (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta wilkella Kirby, 1802

barbatula (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

convexiuscula (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

xanthura (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Subgenus Tarsandrena Osytshnjuk, 1984

Andrena (Tarsandrena) tarsata Nylander, 1848

Nomenclature: 

analis misident.

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Subgenus Trachandrena Robertson, 1902

Andrena (Trachandrena) haemorrhoa (Fabricius, 1781)

Nomenclature: 

Apis haemorrhoa Fabricius, 1781

albicans misident.

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Subgenus Zonandrena Hedicke, 1933

Andrena (Zonandrena) flavipes Panzer, 1799

Nomenclature: 

contigua (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

fulvicrus (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

extricata Smith, 1849

Distribution: 
England, Wales, Ireland

Andrena (Zonandrena) gravida Imhoff, 1832

Nomenclature: 

fasciata Nylander, 1852 preocc.

picicrus Schenck, 1853

Distribution: 
England

Subfamily Panurginae Leach, 1815

Tribe Panurgini Leach, 1815

Genus Panurgus Panzer, 1806

Panurgus banksianus (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Apis banksiana Kirby, 1802

ursinus misident.

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Panurgus calcaratus (Scopoli, 1763)

Nomenclature: 

Apis calcarata Scopoli, 1763

linnaeella (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Family Apidae Latreille, 1802

Subfamily Apinae Latreille, 1802

Tribe Anthophorini Dahlbom, 1835

Genus Anthophora Latreille, 1803

Subgenus Anthophora Latreille, 1803

Anthophora (Anthophora) plumipes (Pallas, 1772)

Nomenclature: 

Apis plumipes Pallas, 1772

acervorum misident.

pilipes (Fabricius, 1775, Apis)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Subgenus Clisodon Patton, 1879

Anthophora (Clisodon) furcata (Panzer, 1798)

Nomenclature: 

Apis furcata Panzer, 1798

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales

Subgenus Dasymegilla Brooks, 1988

Anthophora (Dasymegilla) quadrimaculata (Panzer, 1798)

Nomenclature: 

Apis quadrimaculata Panzer, 1798

subglobosa (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Subgenus Heliophila Klug, 1807

Nomenclature: 

SAROPODA Latreille, 1809

Anthophora (Heliophila) bimaculata (Panzer, 1798)

Nomenclature: 

Apis bimaculata Panzer, 1798

Distribution: 
England, Ireland

Subgenus Pyganthophora Brooks, 1988

Anthophora (Pyganthophora) retusa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature: 

Apis retusa Linnaeus, 1758

haworthana (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

pennipes (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution: 
England

Tribe Apini Latreille, 1802

Genus Apis Linnaeus, 1758

Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758

Nomenclature: 

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.

Tribe Bombini Latreille, 1802

Genus 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).

Subgenus Bombus Latreille, 1802

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Apis cryptarum Fabricius, 1775

Distribution: 
Scotland, Ireland
Notes: 

added by Bertsch et al. (2005)

Bombus (Bombus) lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Apis terrestris Linnaeus, 1758

audax (Harris, 1776, Apis)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Subgenus Cullumanobombus Vogt, 1911

Bombus (Cullumanobombus) cullumanus (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Apis cullumana Kirby, 1802

Distribution: 
England
Notes: 
Extinct in Britain since the 1940s.

Subgenus Kallobombus Dalla Torre, 1880

Bombus (Kallobombus) soroeensis (Fabricius, 1777)

Nomenclature: 

Apis soroeensis Fabricius, 1777

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales

Subgenus Megabombus Dalla Torre, 1880

Nomenclature: 

HORTOBOMBUS Vogt, 1911

Bombus (Megabombus) hortorum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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.

Subgenus Melanobombus Dalla Torre, 1880

Nomenclature: 

LAPIDARIOBOMBUS Vogt, 1911

Bombus (Melanobombus) lapidarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature: 

Apis lapidaria Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution: 

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Subgenus Psithyrus Lepeletier, 1832

Nomenclature: 

ALLOPSITHYRUS Popov, 1931

ASHTONIPSITHYRUS Frison, 1927

FERNALDAEPSITHYRUS Frison, 1927

METAPSITHYRUS Popov, 1931

Bombus (Psithyrus) barbutellus (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Apis barbutella Kirby, 1802

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Bombus (Psithyrus) bohemicus (Seidl, 1837)

Nomenclature: 

Apis bohemicus Seidl, 1837

distinctus (Pérez, 1884, Psithyrus)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Bombus (Psithyrus) campestris (Panzer, 1801)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Apis rupestris Fabricius, 1793

albinellus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution: 
England, Wales, Ireland

Bombus (Psithyrus) sylvestris (Lepeletier, 1832)

Nomenclature: 

Psithyrus sylvestris Lepeletier, 1832

quadricolor misident.

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Bombus (Psithyrus) vestalis (Geoffroy, 1785)

Nomenclature: 

Apis vestalis Geoffroy, 1785

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Subgenus Pyrobombus Dalla Torre, 1880

Nomenclature: 

PRATOBOMBUS Vogt, 1911

Bombus (Pyrobombus) hypnorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature: 

Apis hypnorum Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution: 

England, Scotland, Wales

Notes: 

added by Goulson and Williams (2001)

Bombus (Pyrobombus) jonellus (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

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

Nomenclature: 

lapponicus misident.

scoticus Pittioni, 1942

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Bombus (Pyrobombus) pratorum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Nomenclature: 

Apis pratorum Linnaeus, 1761

subinterruptus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

donovanella (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

burrellana (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Subgenus Subterraneobombus Vogt, 1911

Bombus (Subterraneobombus) distinguendus Morawitz, 1869

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Bombus (Subterraneobombus) subterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature: 

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.

Subgenus Thoracobombus Dalla Torre, 1880

Nomenclature: 

POMOBOMBUS Krüger, 1917

Bombus (Thoracobombus) humilis Illiger, 1806

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Apis ruderaria Müller, 1776

derhamellus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

raiellus (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Bombus (Thoracobombus) sylvarum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Nomenclature: 

Apis sylvarum Linnaeus, 1761

nigrescens Pérez, 1879

distinctus Vogt, 1909

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Tribe Eucerini Latreille, 1802

Genus Eucera Scopoli, 1770

Subgenus Eucera Scopoli, 1770

Eucera (Eucera) longicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature: 

Apis longicornis Linnaeus, 1758

linguaria (Fabricius, 1775, Apis)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Eucera (Eucera) nigrescens Pérez, 1879

Nomenclature: 

tuberculata misident. [?]

Distribution: 
England
Notes: 
Probably extinct in Britain.

Tribe Melectini Westwood, 1840

Genus Melecta Latreille, 1802

Melecta albifrons (Forster, 1771)

Nomenclature: 

Apis albifrons Forster, 1771

punctata (Fabricius, 1775, Apis)

armata (Panzer, 1799, Andrena) preocc.

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Melecta luctuosa (Scopoli, 1770)

Nomenclature: 

Apis luctuosa Scopoli, 1770

Distribution: 
England
Notes: 
Probably extinct in Britain.

Subfamily Nomadinae Latreille, 1802

Tribe Epeolini Roberston, 1903

Genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802

Epeolus cruciger (Panzer, 1799)

Nomenclature: 

Nomada crucigera Panzer, 1799

rufipes Thomson, 1870

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Epeolus variegatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature: 

Apis variegata Linnaeus, 1758

notatus misident.

productus Thomson, 1870

Distribution: 
England, Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man

Tribe Nomadini Latreille, 1802

Genus Nomada Scopoli, 1763

Nomada argentata Herrich-Schäffer, 1839

Nomenclature: 

atrata Smith, 1846

Distribution: 
England, Ireland

Nomada armata Herrich-Schäffer, 1839

Nomenclature: 

kirbyella Stephens, 1846

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Nomada baccata Smith, 1844

Nomenclature: 

alboguttata misident.

Distribution: 
England

Nomada conjungens Herrich-Schäffer, 1839

Distribution: 
England

Nomada errans Lepeletier, 1841

Distribution: 
England

Nomada fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767)

Nomenclature: 

Apis fabriciana Linnaeus, 1767

fabriciella (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

quadrinotata (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Nomada ferruginata (Linnaeus, 1767)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Apis flavoguttata Kirby, 1802

rufocincta (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Nomada flavopicta (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Apis flavopicta Kirby, 1802

jacobaeae misident. [?]

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Nomada fucata Panzer, 1798

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Nomada fulvicornis Fabricius, 1793

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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

Nomenclature: 

bucephalae Perkins, 1917

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Nomada integra Brullé, 1832

Nomenclature: 

ferruginata misident.

germanica misident.

pleurosticta misident.

stigma misident.

cinctiventris Friese, 1921

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Nomada lathburiana (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Apis lathburiana Kirby, 1802

rufiventris (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Nomada leucophthalma (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Apis leucophthalma Kirby, 1802

borealis Zetterstedt, 1838

inquilina Smith, 1844

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Nomada marshamella (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Apis marshamella Kirby, 1802

alternata misident.

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Nomada obtusifrons Nylander, 1848

Nomenclature: 

mistura Smith, 1851

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Nomada panzeri Lepeletier, 1841

Nomenclature: 

ruficornis misident.

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Nomada roberjeotiana Panzer, 1799

Nomenclature: 

tormentillae Alfken, 1901

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man

Nomada ruficornis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature: 

Apis ruficornis Linnaeus, 1758

bifida Thomson, 1872

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Nomada rufipes Fabricius, 1793

Nomenclature: 

solidaginis misident.

picta (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

rufopicta (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Nomada sexfasciata Panzer, 1799

Nomenclature: 

connexa (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

schaefferella (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

Distribution: 
England

Nomada sheppardana (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Apis sheppardana Kirby, 1802

furva misident.

dalii Curtis, 1832

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Nomada signata Jurine, 1807

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Nomada striata Fabricius, 1793

Nomenclature: 

hillana (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

ochrostoma (Kirby, 1802, Apis)

vidua Smith, 1844

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Subfamily Xylocopinae Latreille, 1802

Tribe Ceratinini Latreille, 1802

Genus Ceratina Latreille, 1802

Subgenus Euceratina Hirashima, Moure & Daly, 1971

Ceratina (Euceratina) cyanea (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Apis cyanea Kirby, 1802

Distribution: 
England

Tribe Xylocopini Latreille, 1802

Genus Xylocopa Latreille, 1809

Subgenus Xylocopa Latreille, 1809

Xylocopa (Xylocopa) violacea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature: 

Apis violacea Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution: 
England

Family Colletidae Lepeletier, 1841

Subfamily Colletinae Lepeletier, 1841

Genus Colletes Latreille, 1802

Colletes cunicularius (Linnaeus, 1761)

Nomenclature: 

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

Nomenclature: 

montanus Morawitz, 1876

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Ireland

Colletes fodiens (Geoffroy, 1785)

Nomenclature: 

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

Nomenclature: 

picistigma Thomson, 1872

Distribution: 
England, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Colletes succinctus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature: 

Apis succincta Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Subfamily Hylaeinae Viereck, 1916

Genus Hylaeus Fabricius, 1793

Subgenus Abrupta Popov, 1939

Hylaeus (Abrupta) cornutus Curtis, 1831

Nomenclature: 

plantarius Smith, 1842

Distribution: 
England

Subgenus Hylaeus Fabricius, 1793

Hylaeus (Hylaeus) communis Nylander, 1852

Nomenclature: 

rupestris (Smith, 1872, Prosopis)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Subgenus Koptogaster Alfken, 1912

Hylaeus (Koptogaster) punctulatissimus Smith, 1842

Distribution: 
England
Notes: 
Probably extinct in Britain

Subgenus Lamdopsis Popov, 1939

Hylaeus (Lamdopsis) annularis (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Mellita dilatata Kirby, 1802

annularis misident.

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Subgenus Paraprosopis Popov, 1939

Hylaeus (Paraprosopis) pictipes Nylander, 1852

Nomenclature: 

varipes (Smith, 1853, Prosopis)

Distribution: 
England

Subgenus Prosopis Fabricius, 1804

Nomenclature: 

NESOPROSOPIS Perkins, R.C.L., 1899

Hylaeus (Prosopis) brevicornis Nylander, 1852

Nomenclature: 

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

Nomenclature: 

gibbus misident.

genalis Thomson, 1872

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Hylaeus (Prosopis) pectoralis Förster, 1871

Nomenclature: 

kriechbaumeri Förster, 1871

palustris (Perkins, 1900, Prosopis)

Distribution: 
England

Hylaeus (Prosopis) signatus (Panzer, 1798)

Nomenclature: 

Sphex signata Panzer, 1798

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Subgenus Spatulariella Popov, 1939

Hylaeus (Spatulariella) hyalinatus Smith, 1842

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Family Halictidae Thomson, 1869

Subfamily Halictinae Thomson, 1869

Genus Halictus Latreille, 1804

Subgenus Halictus Latreille, 1804

Halictus (Halictus) eurygnathus Blüthgen, 1931

Nomenclature: 

quadricinctus misident.

tetrazonius misident.

Distribution: 
England

Halictus (Halictus) maculatus Smith, 1848

Distribution: 
England
Notes: 
Probably extinct in Britain.

Halictus (Halictus) rubicundus (Christ, 1791)

Nomenclature: 

Apis rubicunda Christ, 1791

quadrifasciatus Smith, 1870

nesiotis Perkins, 1922

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Subgenus Seladonia Robertson, 1918

Halictus (Seladonia) confusus Smith, 1853

Nomenclature: 

alpinus Alfken, 1907

confusus perkinsi Blüthgen, 1926

flavipes misident.

Distribution: 
England

Halictus (Seladonia) subauratus (Rossi, 1792)

Nomenclature: 

Apis subaurata Rossi, 1792

gramineus Smith, 1849

Notes: 
Probably extinct in Britain.

Halictus (Seladonia) tumulorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature: 

Apis tumulorum Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Genus 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.

Subgenus Dialictus Robertson, 1902

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) cupromicans (Pérez, 1903)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Hylaeus morio Fabricius, 1793

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man

Lasioglossum (Dialictus) smeathmanellum (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta smeathmanella Kirby, 1802

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man

Subgenus Hemihalictus Cockerell, 1897

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) angusticeps (Perkins, 1895)

Nomenclature: 

Halictus angusticeps Perkins, 1895

Distribution: 
England

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) brevicorne (Schenck, 1869)

Nomenclature: 

Halictus brevicornis Schenck, 1869

Distribution: 
England

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) minutissimum (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta minutissima Kirby, 1802

arnoldi (Saunders, 1910, Halictus)

Distribution: 
England, Wales, Ireland

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) nitidiusculum (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta nitidiuscula Kirby, 1802

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) parvulum (Schenck, 1853)

Nomenclature: 

Hylaeus parvulus Schenck, 1853

minutum misident.

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) pauperatum (Brullé, 1832)

Nomenclature: 

Halictus pauperatus Brullé, 1832

breviceps (Saunders, 1879, Halictus)

Distribution: 
England

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) punctatissimum (Schenck, 1853)

Nomenclature: 

Hylaeus punctatissimus Schenck, 1853

longiceps (Saunders, 1879, Halictus)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) puncticolle (Morawitz, 1872)

Nomenclature: 

Halictus puncticollis Morawitz, 1872

Distribution: 
England

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) rufitarse (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Nomenclature: 

Halictus rufitarsis Zetterstedt, 1838

atricorne (Smith, 1870, Halictus)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) semilucens (Alfken, 1914)

Nomenclature: 

Halictus semilucens Alfken, 1914

Distribution: 
England

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) sexstrigatum (Schenck, 1870)

Nomenclature: 

Halictus sexstrigatus Schenck, 1870

sabulosum (Warncke, 1986, Halictus)

Distribution: 
England
Notes: 

added by Hawkins (2011)

Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) villosulum (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta villosula Kirby, 1802

punctulatum (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Subgenus Lasioglossum Curtis, 1833

Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) laevigatum (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta laevigata Kirby, 1802

lugubris (Kirby, 1802, Melitta)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) lativentre (Schenck, 1853)

Nomenclature: 

Hylaeus lativentris Schenck, 1853

decipiens (Perkins, 1913, Halictus)

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) prasinum (Smith, 1848)

Nomenclature: 

Halictus prasinus Smith, 1848

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) quadrinotatum (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta quadrinotata Kirby, 1802

Distribution: 
England

Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) sexnotatum (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta sexnotata Kirby, 1802

nitidum misident.

Distribution: 
England

Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) xanthopus (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta xanthopus Kirby, 1802

tricingulum Curtis, 1833

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Subgenus Leuchalictus Warncke, 1975

Lasioglossum (Leuchalictus) leucozonium (Schrank, 1781)

Nomenclature: 

Apis leucozonia Schrank, 1781

similis (Smith, 1853, Halictus)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Lasioglossum (Leuchalictus) zonulum (Smith, 1848)

Nomenclature: 

Halictus zonulus Smith, 1848

Distribution: 
England, Wales

Subgenus Sphecodogastra Ashmead, 1899

Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) albipes (Fabricius, 1781)

Nomenclature: 

Apis albipes Fabricius, 1781

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) calceatum (Scopoli, 1763)

Nomenclature: 

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)

Nomenclature: 

Halictus fratellus Pérez, 1903

nigrum misident.

subfasciatum (Nylander, 1848, Halictus)

freygessneri (Alfken, 1905, Halictus)

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) fulvicorne (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta fulvicornis Kirby, 1802

subfasciatum misident.

Distribution: 
England, Scotland, Wales

Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) laeve (Kirby, 1802)

Nomenclature: 

Melitta laevis Kirby, 1802

Distribution: 
England
Notes: 
Probably extinct in Britain.