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 Dryinidae
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Family Embolemidae
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Family Bethylidae
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Family Chrysididae (cuckoo wasps)
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Family Tiphiidae
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Family Mutillidae
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Family Scoliidae
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Family Pompilidae (spider wasps)
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Subfamily Ceropalinae
Genus Ceropales
Subfamily Pepsinae
Genus Auplopus
Genus Cryptocheilus
Genus Dipogon
Genus Priocnemis
Subfamily Pompilinae
Genus Anoplius
Genus Aporus
Genus Episyron
Genus Evagetes
Genus Homonotus
Genus Pompilus
- Pompilus cinereus – leaden spider wasp
Family Vespidae
Subfamily Eumeninae (potter and mason wasps)
Genus Eumenes
Genus Pterochilus
Genus Euodynerus
Genus Pseudepipona
- Pseudepipona herrichii – Purbeck mason wasp
Genus Odynerus
Subgenus Odynerus
Subgenus Spinicoxa
Genus Gymnomerus
Genus Microdynerus
Genus Ancistrocerus
- Ancistrocerus antilope
- Ancistrocerus gazella
- Ancistrocerus nigricornis
- Ancistrocerus parietinus
- Ancistrocerus parietum
- Ancistrocerus quadratus
- Ancistrocerus scoticus
- Ancistrocerus trifasciatus
Genus Symmorphus
Subfamily Polistinae (paper wasps)
Genus Polistes
Subfamily Vespinae
Genus Vespa (hornets)
- Vespa crabro – European hornet
Genus Dolichovespula
Subgenus Dolichovespula
- Dolichovespula media – median wasp
Subgenus Pseudovespula
- Dolichovespula norwegica – Norwegian wasp
- Dolichovespula saxonica – Saxon wasp
- Dolichovespula sylvestris – tree wasp
Genus Vespula (typical social wasps)
Subgenus Vespula
- Vespula austriaca
- Vespula rufa – red wasp
Subgenus Paravespula
- Vespula germanica – German wasp
- Vespula vulgaris – common wasp
Family Sphecidae
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Family Crabronidae
- Cerceris rybyensis – ornate tailed digger wasp
Family Philanthidae
- Philanthus triangulum – European beewolf
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References
- 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)
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