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Edward Saunders, 1892 The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands : a descriptive account of the families, genera, and species indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland : with notes as to localities, habitats, etc. London :L. Reeve & Co. online includes coloured plates
The number of species in the order Diptera (true flies) known to occur in Ireland is 3,304. There are 98 Dipteran families in Ireland. [1] [2] For genera and species within the various Families, see Fauna Europaea.
These are disposed in 84 families. By contrast there are 4,034 species of Coleoptera in the British Isles, consisting of 106 families. The largest beetle families in Ireland are the rove beetles (Staphylinidae) with 641 species, the weevils (Curculionidae) with 214 species, and the ground beetles (Carabidae) with 210 species. [1] [2] [3]
There are ten species of Orthoptera native to Ireland, seven grasshoppers and three bush-crickets. [1] A further species, the mole cricket, is thought to be possibly extirpated, given only one record from 1920. [2]
Scutigera coleoptrata, also known as the house centipede, is a species of centipede that is typically yellowish-grey and has up to 15 pairs of long legs. Originating in the Mediterranean region, it has spread to other parts of the world, where it can live in human homes. [1]
Trombidium holosericeum, a red velvet mite that lives in soil and feeds on insects. [4] Pholcus phalangioides, the skull spider, found in County Kerry. [5] Egg sac of Ero furcata, a pirate spider found in coastal parts of Ireland. [6] Female snake-back spider (Segestria senoculata). [7] European cave spider (Meta menardi), recorded in Kerry.
Sean Clancy, Morten Top-Jensen and Michael Fibiger (2012) Moths of Great Britain and Ireland: A field guide to all the macro-moths Oestermarie, Denmark ISBN 9788799351244; Bernard Skinner (2009).The Colour identification guide to the moths of the British Isles (3rd edition) Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757903; A.M. Emmet (1988).
Nepidae is a family of exclusively aquatic Heteropteran insects in the order Hemiptera. [1] They are commonly called water scorpions for their superficial resemblance to scorpions, due to their raptorial forelegs and the presence of a long slender process at the posterior end of the abdomen, resembling a tail. [2]