List of Orthoptera species of Ireland
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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 possibly extirpated, given only one record from 1920.[2]
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[3]
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
- Genus: Metrioptera
- Roesel's bush-cricket Metrioptera roeselii[4]
Family: Tetrigidae (pygmy grasshoppers)
Subfamily: Tetriginae
- Genus: Tetrix
- Slender Ground-hopper Tetrix subulata
- Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata