There are ten species of Orthoptera native to Ireland, seven grasshoppers and three bush-crickets . A further species, the mole cricket, is thought to be possibly extirpated, given only one record from 1920.Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Grasshoppers, Crickets and Allied Insects (Orthoptera) of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa), accessed 30 November 2022, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/204/Species/77992> 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 meridionaleA first Irish record of Meconema meridionale (Costa) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae).Irish Naturalists' Journal Volume 33, Part 2 2014 .
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae Genus: Metrioptera Roesel's bush-cricket Metrioptera roeseliiAnderson, R. 1, 1977 Metrioptera Roeselii (Hagenbach) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) New to Ireland. The Irish Naturalists' Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, 1977, pp. 17.
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 possibly extirpated
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
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