List of Orthoptera species of Ireland
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
- ↑ "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.
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