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Bees, Wasps & Ants Sheringham and Beeston Regis Commons SSSI / SAC FAUNA: Hymenoptera INSECTA (Pterygota) Family/Order English Name. Scientific Name. Authority. Grid Ref. Tetrad/ Last Km sq. Common. Record. HYMENOPTERA. PAMPHILIDAE: Sawfly. Pamphilius inanitus (Villers, 1789) TG1642 1987? (Bees, Wasps and Ants) ARGIDAE: Elm Zig-zag Sawfly. Aproceros leucopoda Takeuchi, 1939 TG1642 14R/B 2020 Bramble Sawfly. Arge cyaneocrocea (Forster, 1771) TG1642 2016 Sawfly. Arge gracilicornis (Klug, 1814 ) TG1642 1987? CIMBICIDAE: Honeysuckle Sawfly. Abia lonicerae (Linnaeus) TG1641 14Q/B 2015 Club-horned Sawfly. Abia sericera (Linnaeus) TG1642 14R/B 2014 Club-horned Sawfly. Zaraea fasciata Linnaeus, 1758 TG1641/42 14R,14Q/B 2014 Birch Sawfly. Cimbex femoratus (Linnaeus, 1758) TG1642 14R/B 2017 SIRICIDAE: Greater Horntail Wasp. Urocerus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) TG1642 14R/S 1992 CEPHIDAE: Sawfly. Calameuta pallipes (Klug, 1803) TG1642 1987? TENTHREDINIDAE: Willow Sawfly. Pontania proxima (Lepeletier, 1823) TG1642 14R/BS 2009 Willow Sawfly. Eupontania pedunculi (Hartig, 1837) TG1642 14R/B 1999 Willow Sawfly. Eupontainia viminalis (Linnaeus, 1758) TG1642 14R/B 2002 Willow Sawfly. Pontainia bridgemanii (Cameron, 1883) TG1642 14R/B 1999 Sawfly. Caliroa annulipes (Klug, 1816) TG1642 14R/S 2002 Hazel Sawfly. Craesus septentrionalis (Linnaeus, 1758) TG1641 14Q/B 2017 Sawfly. Blennocampa phyllocolpa Viitasaari & Vikberg, 1985 TG1642/41 14R,14Q/B 2003 Sawfly. Selandria serva (Fabricius, 1793) TG1642 14R/B 2013 Sawfly. Aneugmenus padi (Linnaeus, 1761) TG1642 1987? Bracken Sawfly. Strongylogaster multifasciata (Geoffroy, 1785) TG1642 14R/BS 2020 Sawfly. Dichrodolerus vestigialis (Klug, 1818) TG1642 1996 Sawfly. Dolerus germanicus (Fabricius, 1775) TG1642 1987? Sawfly. Eutomostethus ephippium (Panzer, 1798) TG1642 14R/BS 2020 Sawfly. Poodolerus aeneus Hartig, 1837 TG1642 1987? Sawfly. Dolerus brevitarus Hartig TG1642 1987? Sawfly. Dolerus sanquinicollis (Klug, 1818) TG1642 1987? Sawfly. Poodolerus niger (Linnaeus, 1767) TG1642 1996 Sawfly. Achaetoprion ferrugatus Lepeletier, 1823 TG1642 14R/B 2002 Sawfly. Ametastegia glabrata (Fallén, 1808) TG1642 1987? Sawfly. Ametastegia equiseti (Fallén, 1808) TG1642 1987? Sawfly. Monostegia abdominalis (Fabricius, 1798) TG1642 14R/B 2020 Sawfly. Empria excisa (Thompson, 1871) TG1642 1987? Sawfly. Allantus cinctus (Linnaeus, 1758) TG1642 1987? Sawfly. Allantus melanarius (Klug, 1818) TG1642 1987? Sawfly. Allantus togatus (Panzer, 1801) TG1642 14R/B 2020 Sawfly. Hemichroa australis (Lepeletier, 1823) TG1642 14R/B 2020 Sycamore Sawfly. Heterarthus fiora (Liston, 2019) TG1642 14R/B 2020 Sawfly. Macrophya ribis (Linnaeus, 1758) TG1642 1987? Sawfly. Macrophya annulata (Geoffroy, 1785) TG1642 14R/B 2019 Sawfly. Rhogogaster punctulata (Klug, 1817) TG1642 1987? Sawfly. Rhogogaster viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)) TG1642 14R/B 2016 Sawfly. Tenthredo livida Linnaeus, 1758 TG1642 14R/BS 2009 FJLF/SBC-28/02/2021 Sheringham and Beeston Regis Commons SSSI / SAC FAUNA: Hymenoptera INSECTA (Pterygota) Family/Order English Name. Scientific Name. Authority. Grid Ref. Tetrad/ Last Km sq. Common. Record. Sawfly. Tenthredo vespa Retzius, 1793 TG1641 14Q/B 2009 Sawfly. Tenthredo arcuata Forster, 1771 TG1642 1975 Sawfly. Tenthredella balteata Klug, 1817 TG1642 1987? Sawfly. Tenthredo maculata Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785 TG1642 14R/B 2014 Sawfly. Tenthredo mesomelas Linnaeus, 1758 TG1642 14R/B 2020 Sawfly. Tenthredo amoena Gravenhorst, 1807 TG1642 14R/B 2014 Sawfly. Tenthredo ferruginea Schrank, 1776 TG1642 14R/B 2020 Sawfly. Tenthredo omissa Forester, 1854 TG1642 14R/B 2012 Sawfly. Tenthredo scrophulariae Linnaeus, 1758 TG1642 14R/S 2020 Sawfly. Tenthredopsis nassata (Linnaeus, 1767) TG1642 1975 Sawfly. Tenthredopsis coquebertii (Klug, 1817) TG1642 1987? Sawfly. Tenthredopsis pavida (Fabricius, 1775) TG1642 1987? Sawfly. Tenthredopsis litterata (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785) TG1642 1961 Sawfly. Croesus septentrionalis (Linnaeus, 1758) TG1642 1987? Sawfly. Pteronidea myosotidis (Fabricius, 1804) TG1642 1987? Sawfly. Pteronidea cadderensis Cameron, 1875 TG1642 1987? Sawfly. Pteronidea poecilonotus Zaddach, 1875 TG1642 1987? Sawfly. Priophorus pallipes (Lepeletier, 1823) TG1642 1990 Sawfly. Periclista albida (Klug, 1816) TG1642 14R/B 2003 Turnip Sawfly. Athalia rosae Linnaeus, 1758 TG1642/41 14R,14Q/BS 2020 Alder Sawfly. Eriocampa ovata (Linnaeus, 1760) TG1642 14R/B 2016 CYNIPIDAE: Gall-wasp. Andricus aries f. agamic (Giraud, 1859) TG1642/41 14R/BS 2018 Gall-wasp. Andricus kollari (Hartig, 1834) TG1642/41 14R,14Q/BS 2020 Gall-wasp. Andricus lignicola (Hartig, 1840) TG1642 14R/BS 2020 Gall-wasp. Andricus fecundator (Hartig, 1840) TG1642 14R/B 2020 Gall-wasp. Andricus quercuscalcis (Burgsdorf, 1783) TG1642 14R/B 2020 Gall-wasp. Andricus grossulariae Giraud, 1859 TG1642 14R/BS 2020 Gall-wasp. Andricus testaceipes Hartig, 1840 TG1642 14R/BS 2016 Gall-wasp. Andricus inflator Hartig, 1840 TG1642 14R/B 2011 Gall-wasp. Neuroterus quercusbaccarum (Linnaeus, 1758) TG1642/41 14R,14Q/BS 2020 Gall-wasp. Neuroterus numismalis (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785) TG1642/41 14R,14Q/BS 2020 Gall-wasp. Neuroterus albipes (Schenck, 1863) TG1642 2009 Gall-wasp. Neuroterus anthracinus (Curtis) TG1642 14R/B 2009 Gall-wasp. Diplolepis rosae (Linnaeus, 1758) TG1642/41 14R,14Q/BS 2015 Gall-wasp. Diplolepis eglanteriae (Hartig, 1840) TG1642 14R/B 2001 Gall-wasp. Diplolepis nervosa (Curtis, 1838) TG1642 14R/S 2003 Gall-wasp. Diastrophus rubi (Bouch, 1834) TG1642 14R/B 2015 Gall-wasp. Biorhiza pallida (Olivier, 1791) TG1642/41 14R,14Q/BS 2020 Gall-wasp. Liposthenes glechomae (Kieffer, 1898) TG1642 14R/B 2020 Gall-wasp. Phanacis hypochoeridis (Kieffer, 1887) TG1642 14R/BS 2020 Gall-wasp. Aulacidea hieracii (Bouch, 1834) TG1642 14R/B 1999 Gall-wasp. Synergus umbraculus (Olivier, 1791) TG1642 14R/B 1994 FJLF/SBC-28/02/2021 Sheringham and Beeston Regis Commons SSSI / SAC FAUNA: Hymenoptera INSECTA (Pterygota) Family/Order English Name. Scientific Name. Authority. Grid Ref. Tetrad/ Last Km sq. Common. Record. Gall-wasp. Cynips longiventris Hartig,1840 TG1642 14R/S 2006 Gall-wasp. Cynips quercusfolii (Linnaeus, 1758) TG1642 14R/S 2020 PLATYGASTRIDAE: Parasitic Wasp. Platygaster abia Walker, 1835 TG1642 14R/B 2013 TORYMIDAE: Chalcid Wasp Torymus auratus (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785) TG1642 14R/B 1990 ICHNEUMONIDAE: Yellow Ophion. Ophion luteus (Linnaeus, 1758) TG1642/41 14R,14Q/BS 2003 Ichneumon wasp. Gravenhorstia cerinops (Gravenhorst, 1829) TG1641 14Q/B 2002 Ichneumon wasp. Amblyteles luctatorius Linnaeus TG1642 14R/BS 2001 Ichneumon wasp. Amblyteles armatorius (Forster, 1771) TG1642 14R/BS 2020 Ichneumon wasp. Banchus variegator Fabricius TG1642 1987? Ichneumon wasp. Banchus falcatorius Fabricius, 1775 TG1642 1987? Ichneumon wasp. Macrocentrus marginator Nees. TG1642 1987? Ichneumon wasp. Ephialtes manifestator (Linnaeus, 1758) TG1642 14R/B 2019 Ichneumon wasp. Ephialtes nucum Ratz. TG1642 1987? Ichneumon wasp. Fredegunda diluta (Ratzeburg, 1852) TG1642 14R/B 2002 Ichneumon wasp. Camploplex confusus Forster TG1642 14R/B 1999 Ichneumon wasp. Alomya semiflava Brischke, 1880 TG1642 1987? Ichneumon wasp. Ichneumon sarcitorius Linnaeus, 1758 TG1642 14R/B 2020 Ichneumon wasp. Ichneumon suspiciosus Wesmael, 1845 TG1642 14R/B 2020 Ichneumon wasp. Ichneumon xanthorius Forster, 1771 TG1642 14R/S 2020 Ichneumon wasp. Ichneumon caproni Perkins, 1953 TG1642 1987? Ichneumon wasp. Coelichneumon nigricornis (Wesmael, 1844) TG1642 14R/B 2003 Ichneumon wasp. Blaptocampus nigricornis Wesmael TG1642 1994 Ichneumon wasp. Alexeter testaceator Thunberg, 1822 TG1642 14R/S 1998 Ichneumon wasp. Amblyjoppa proteus (Christ, 1791) TG1642 14R/B 2004 CHRYSIDIDAE: Ruby-tailed wasp. Chrysis ignita (Linnaeus, 1758) TG1642 14R/B 2020 Ruby-tailed wasp. Chrysis impressa Schenck, 1856 TG1642 1989 Cuckoo wasp. Hedychridium ardens (Latreille in Coquebert, 1801) TG1641 14Q/B 2012 Cuckoo wasp. Hedychridium roseum (Rossi, 1790) TG1642/41 14R, 14Q/B 2019 Cuckoo wasp. Hedychrum nobile (Scopoli, 1763) TG1641 14Q/B 2020 SAPYGIDAE: Solitary wasp. Monosapyga clavicornis Linnaeus, 1758 TG1642 1993 FORMICIDAE: Red Ant. Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758) TG1642 1966 Ant. Myrmica scabrinoidis (Nylander, 1846) TG1642 14R/B 2009 Ant. Myrmica rugioidis (Nylander, 1846) TG1642 14R/B 2016 Ant. Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758 TG1642 14R/B 2016 Yellow Meadow Ant. Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782) TG1642 14R/B 2009 Small Black Ant. Lasius niger Linnaeus, 1758 TG1642 14R/B 2009 Jet Ant. Lasius fuliginosus Latreille, 1798 TG1641 14Q/B 2004 SPHECIDAE: Red Banded Sand Wasp. Ammophila sabulosa (Linnaeus, 1758) TG1642 14R/B 2020 CRABRONIDAE: Digger wasp. Astata boops (Schrank, 1781) TG1642 14R/B 2020 Black Wood Borer Wasp. Trypoxylon figulus (Linnaeus, 1758) TG1642 1975 Slender Wood Borer Wasp. Trypoxylon attenuatum Smith F., 1851 TG1642 1987? Alder Wood-wasp. Xiphydria camelus (Linnaeus, 1758) TG1641 14Q/B 2014 FJLF/SBC-28/02/2021 Sheringham and Beeston Regis Commons SSSI / SAC FAUNA: Hymenoptera INSECTA (Pterygota) Family/Order English Name. Scientific Name. Authority. Grid Ref. Tetrad/ Last Km sq. Common. Record. Digger wasp. Crabro peltarius (Schreber, 1784) TG1642 1987? Slender-bodied Digger Wasp. Crabro cribrarius Linneaus, 1758 TG1642 14R/B 2003 Digger wasp. Mimesa equestris (Fabricius, 1804) TG1642 1989 Mournful Wasp. Pemphredon lugubris Fabricius, 1793 TG1642 1987? Four Banded Digger Wasp. Gorytes quadrifasciatus Fabricius, 1804 TG1642 1989 Field Digger Wasp. Argogrytes mystaceus Linnaeus, 1761 TG1642 14R/B 2019 Common Spiny Digger Wasp. Oxybelus uniglumis (Linnaeus,
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