List of Orthoptera species of Ireland



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.

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

Tribe: Barbitistini

 * Genus: Leptophyes
 * Speckled bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima

Subfamily: Meconematinae

 * Genus: Meconema
 * Southern oak bush cricket. Meconema meridionale

Subfamily: Tettigoniinae

 * Genus: Metrioptera
 * Roesel's bush-cricket Metrioptera roeselii

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