List of bees of Great Britain
This page contains a list of bees of Great Britain. The following species are all within the superfamily Apoidea.
Family Colletidae
Genus Colletes
- Colletes cunicularius
- Colletes daviesanus - Common in England, scarce in Scotland and IrelanddMegachilea
- Colletes floralis
- Colletes fodiens - Widespread on sandy habitats in England, Wales and southern Scotland
- Colletes halophilus
- Colletes hederae - Southern, generally coastal distribution
- Colletes marginatus - Localised to sand dunes on coasts of England and Wales. Inland population in the Brecks.
- Colletes similis - Widespread in southern Britain and Ireland
- Colletes succinctus - Widespread throughout the Britain and Ireland on heathland and moorland
Genus Hylaeus
- Hylaeus annularis - Widespread, locally common
- Hylaeus brevicornis
- Hylaeus communis
- Hylaeus confusus
- Hylaeus cornutus
- Hylaeus gibbus
- Hylaeus hyalinatus
- Hylaeus pectoralis
- Hylaeus pictipes
- Hylaeus punctulatissimus
- Hylaeus signatus
- Hylaeus spilotus
Family Andrenidae
Genus Andrena
- Andrena agilissima
- Andrena alfkenella
- Andrena angustior
- Andrena apicata
- Andrena argentata
- Andrena barbilabris
- Andrena bicolor
- Andrena bimaculata
- Andrena bucephala
- Andrena chrysosceles
- Andrena cineraria
- Andrena clarkella
- Andrena coitana
- Andrena congruens
- Andrena denticulata
- Andrena dorsata
- Andrena falsifica
- Andrena ferox
- Andrena flavipes
- Andrena florea
- Andrena floricola
- Andrena fucata
- Andrena fulva
- Andrena fulvago
- Andrena fuscipes
- Andrena gravida
- Andrena haemorrhoa
- Andrena hattorfiana[1]
- Andrena helvola
- Andrena humilis
- Andrena labialis
- Andrena labiata
- Andrena lapponica
- Andrena lathyri
- Andrena lepida
- Andrena marginata
- Andrena minutula
- Andrena minutuloides
- Andrena nana
- Andrena nanula
- Andrena nigriceps
- Andrena nigroaenea
- Andrena nigrospina
- Andrena nitida
- Andrena nitidiuscula
- Andrena niveata
- Andrena ovatula
- Andrena pilipes s.s.
- Andrena pilipess.l
- Andrena polita
- Andrena praecox
- Andrena proxima
- Andrena rosae
- Andrena ruficrus
- Andrena scotica
- Andrena semilaevis
- Andrena similis
- Andrena simillima
- Andrena stragulata
- Andrena subopaca
- Andrena synadelpha
- Andrena tarsata
- Andrena thoracica
- Andrena tibialis
- Andrena tridentata
- Andrena trimmerana
- Andrena vaga
- Andrena varians
- Andrena wilkella
Genus Panurgus
Family Halictidae
Genus Halictus
- Halictus confusus
- Halictus eurygnathus[1]
- Halictus maculatus
- Halictus quadricinctus
- Halictus rubicundus
- Halictus scabiosae
- Halictus subauratus
- Halictus tumulorum
Genus Lasioglossum
- Lasioglossum albipes
- Lasioglossum angusticeps
- Lasioglossum brevicorne
- Lasioglossum calceatum
- Lasioglossum cupromicans
- Lasioglossum fratellum
- Lasioglossum fulvicorne
- Lasioglossum laeve
- Lasioglossum laevigatum
- Lasioglossum laticeps
- Lasioglossum lativentre
- Lasioglossum leucopus
- Lasioglossum leucozonium
- Lasioglossum limbellum
- Lasioglossum malachurum
- Lasioglossum minutissimum
- Lasioglossum morio
- Lasioglossum nitidiusculum
- Lasioglossum parvulum
- Lasioglossum pauperatum
- Lasioglossum pauxillum
- Lasioglossum prasinum
- Lasioglossum punctatissimum
- Lasioglossum puncticolle
- Lasioglossum quadrinotatum
- Lasioglossum rufitarse
- Lasioglossum semilucens
- Lasioglossum sexnotatum
- Lasioglossum smeathmanellum
- Lasioglossum villosulum
- Lasioglossum xanthopus
- Lasioglossum zonulum
Genus Sphecodes
- Sphecodes crassus
- Sphecodes ephippius
- Sphecodes ferruginatus
- Sphecodes geoffrellus
- Sphecodes gibbus
- Sphecodes hyalinatus
- Sphecodes longulus
- Sphecodes marginatus
- Sphecodes miniatus
- Sphecodes monilicornis
- Sphecodes niger
- Sphecodes pellucidus
- Sphecodes puncticeps
- Sphecodes reticulatus
- Sphecodes rubicundus
- Sphecodes scabricollis
- Sphecodes spinulosus
Genus Dufourea
Genus Rophites
Family Melittidae
Genus Dasypoda
Genus Melitta
Genus Macropis
Family Megachilidae
Genus Anthidium
Genus Stelis
Genus Heriades
Genus Chelostoma
Genus Osmia
- Osmia aurulenta
- Osmia bicolor
- Osmia caerulescens
- Osmia inermis
- Osmia leaiana
- Osmia niveata
- Osmia parietina
- Osmia pilicornis
- Osmia bicornis
- Osmia uncinata
- Osmia xanthomelana
Genus Hoplitis
Genus Megachile
- Megachile centuncularis
- Megachile circumcincta
- Megachile dorsalis
- Megachile lapponica
- Megachile ligniseca
- Megachile maritima
- Megachile versicolor
- Megachile willughbiella
Genus Coelioxys
- Coelioxys afra
- Coelioxys brevis
- Coelioxys conoidea
- Coelioxys elongata
- Coelioxys inermis
- Coelioxys mandibularis
- Coelioxys quadridentata
- Coelioxys rufescens
Family Apidae
Genus Nomada
- Nomada argentata
- Nomada armata Scabious Cuckoo Bee
- Nomada baccata
- Nomada castellana
- Nomada conjungens
- Nomada errans
- Nomada fabriciana
- Nomada ferruginata
- Nomada flava
- Nomada flavoguttata
- Nomada flavopicta
- Nomada fucata
- Nomada fulvicornis
- Nomada fuscicornis
- Nomada goodeniana
- Nomada guttulata
- Nomada hirtipes
- Nomada integra
- Nomada lathburiana
- Nomada leucophthalma
- Nomada marshamella
- Nomada obtusifrons
- Nomada panzeri
- Nomada roberjeotiana
- Nomada ruficornis
- Nomada rufipes
- Nomada sexfasciata
- Nomada sheppardana
- Nomada signata
- Nomada similis
- Nomada striata
- Nomada succincta
Genus Epeolus
Genus Eucera (long-horned bees)
Genus Anthophora (flower bees)
- Anthophora bimaculata
- Anthophora furcata
- Anthophora plumipes
- Anthophora quadrimaculata
- Anthophora retusa
Genus Melecta (cuckoo bees)
Genus Ceratina (carpenter bees)
Genus Xylocopa (carpenter bees)
Genus Bombus (bumblebees)
Subgenus Bombus
- Bombus cryptarum
- Bombus lucorum - white-tailed bumblebee
- Bombus terrestris - buff-tailed bumblebee
- Bombus magnus - northern white-tailed bumblebee
Subgenus Cullumanobombus
- Bombus cullumanus - Cullum's bumblebee (extinct)
Subgenus Kallobombus
Subgenus Megabombus
Subgenus Melanobombus
Subgenus Psithyrus
- Bombus barbutellus - Barbut's cuckoo-bee
- Bombus bohemicus - gypsy cuckoo-bee
- Bombus campestris - field cuckoo-bee
- Bombus rupestris - hill cuckoo-bee
- Bombus sylvestris - four-coloured cuckoo-bee
- Bombus vestalis - vestal cuckoo-bee
Subgenus Pyrobombus
- Bombus hypnorum - tree bumblebee
- Bombus jonellus - heath bumblebee
- Bombus monticola - mountain bumblebee
- Bombus pratorum - early bumblebee
Subgenus Rhodobombus
- Bombus pomorum - apple bumblebee (extinct)
Subgenus Subterraneobombus
- Bombus distinguendus - great yellow bumblebee
- Bombus subterraneus - short-haired bumblebee (extinct)
Subgenus Thoracombus
- Bombus humilis - brown-banded carder bee
- Bombus muscorum - moss carder bee
- Bombus pascuorum - common carder bee
- Bombus ruderarius - red-shanked carder bee
- Bombus sylvarum - shrill carder bee
Genus Apis (honey bees)
References
- ^ a b "Bee thought to be extinct found in East Sussex". The Guardian. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- 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)
- Baldock, David W. (2008) Bees of Surrey ISBN 978-0-9556188-1-9
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110213094032/http://www.bwars.com/recording.htm