This article contains a list of wasps of Great Britain. The following species are of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor ant.
Family Embolemidae
editFamily Bethylidae
editFamily Chrysididae (cuckoo wasps)
editFamily Mutillidae
editFamily Pompilidae (spider wasps)
editSubfamily Ceropalinae
editGenus Cryptocheilus
editGenus Priocnemis
editSubfamily Pompilinae
edit- Pompilus cinereus – leaden spider wasp
Subfamily Eumeninae (potter and mason wasps)
editGenus Eumenes
editGenus Pterochilus
editGenus Euodynerus
editGenus Pseudepipona
edit- Pseudepipona herrichii – Purbeck mason wasp
Genus Odynerus
editSubgenus Odynerus
editSubgenus Spinicoxa
editGenus Gymnomerus
editGenus Microdynerus
editGenus Ancistrocerus
edit- Ancistrocerus antilope
- Ancistrocerus gazella
- Ancistrocerus nigricornis
- Ancistrocerus parietinus
- Ancistrocerus parietum
- Ancistrocerus quadratus
- Ancistrocerus scoticus
- Ancistrocerus trifasciatus
Genus Symmorphus
editSubfamily Polistinae (paper wasps)
editGenus Polistes
editSubfamily Vespinae
editGenus Vespa (hornets)
edit- Vespa crabro – European hornet
Genus Dolichovespula
editSubgenus Dolichovespula
edit- Dolichovespula media – median wasp
Subgenus Pseudovespula
edit- Dolichovespula norwegica – Norwegian wasp
- Dolichovespula saxonica – Saxon wasp
- Dolichovespula sylvestris – tree wasp
Genus Vespula (typical social wasps)
editSubgenus Vespula
edit- Vespula austriaca
- Vespula rufa – red wasp
Subgenus Paravespula
edit- Vespula germanica – German wasp
- Vespula vulgaris – common wasp
Family Crabronidae
edit- Cerceris rybyensis – ornate tailed digger wasp
Family Philanthidae
edit- Philanthus triangulum – European beewolf
References
edit- Else, George "Section 10 – Check List of British Hymenoptera Aculeata" in Archer, Michael (2005). Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society: Members' Handbook. ISBN 1-870393-79-1 (pp. 113 – 131)