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 possibly extirpated, given only one record from 1920.[2]
Family: Acrididae
editSubfamily: Gomphocerinae (slant-faced grasshoppers)
edit- 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)
edit- Genus: Stethophyma
- Large Marsh Grasshopper Stethophyma grossum
Family: Phaneropteridae
editTribe: Barbitistini
edit- Genus: Leptophyes
- Speckled bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Family: Tettigoniidae
editSubfamily: Meconematinae
edit- Genus: Meconema
- Southern oak bush cricket. Meconema meridionale[3]
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
edit- Genus: Metrioptera
- Roesel's bush-cricket Metrioptera roeselii[4]
Family: Tetrigidae (pygmy grasshoppers)
editSubfamily: Tetriginae
edit- Genus: Tetrix
- Slender Ground-hopper Tetrix subulata
- Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata
Family: Gryllotalpidae (mole crickets)
edit- Genus: Gryllotalpa
- European mole cricket Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa possibly extirpated
References
edit- ^ "Species Browser". maps.biodiversityireland.ie. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- ^ 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>
- ^ A first Irish record of Meconema meridionale (Costa) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae).Irish Naturalists' Journal Volume 33, Part 2 2014 .
- ^ Anderson, R. 1, 1977 Metrioptera Roeselii (Hagenbach) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) New to Ireland. The Irish Naturalists' Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, 1977, pp. 17.
- 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
edit- "ire-amphibians". Archived from the original on 2005-05-01. Retrieved 2014-02-05.