List of Orthoptera species of Ireland
# 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.

## 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 meridionale

### Subfamily: Tettigoniinae

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

## 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
