List of Orthoptera species of Ireland

Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)

There are eight species of Orthoptera native to Ireland, seven grasshoppers and one bush-cricket.^[1]

Family: Acrididae

Subfamily: Gomphocerinae (slant-faced grasshoppers)

• Genus: Chorthippus
  • Lesser marsh grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
  • Common field grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
• Genus: Myrmeleotettix
  • Mottled Grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus
• Genus: Omocestus
  • Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus

Subfamily: Oedipodinae (bandwings)

• Genus: Stethophyma
  • Large Marsh Grasshopper Stethophyma grossum

Family: Phaneropteridae

Tribe: Barbitistini

• Genus: Leptophyes
  • Speckled bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima

Family: Tetrigidae (pygmy grasshoppers)

Subfamily: Tetriginae

• Genus: Tetrix
  • Slender Ground-hopper Tetrix subulata
  • Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata

References

1. "Species Browser". maps.biodiversityireland.ie. Retrieved 2014-02-05.

• W. D. Hincks, 1949 Handbooks For The Identification of British Insects: Vol. I Part 5 Dermaptera and Orthoptera Royal Entomological Society of London online as pdf

External links

• "ire-amphibians". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2014-02-05.