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There are ten species of Orthoptera native to Ireland, seven grasshoppers and three bush-crickets .[1] A further species, the mole cricket, is thought to be extinct.

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: Tettigoniidae

Subfamily: Meconematinae

• Genus: Meconema
  • Southern oak bush cricket. Meconema meridionale[2]

Subfamily: Tettigoniinae

• Genus: Metrioptera
  • Roesel's bush-cricket Metrioptera roeselii[3]

Family: Tetrigidae (pygmy grasshoppers)

Subfamily: Tetriginae

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

Family: Gryllotalpidae (mole crickets)

• Genus: Gryllotalpa
  • European mole cricket Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa Extinct

References

• 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". Archived from the original on 2005-05-01. Retrieved 2014-02-05.

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