List of Orthoptera and allied insects of Great Britain
The following is a list of the grasshoppers, crickets and allied insect species recorded in Britain. The orders covered by this list are:
This article lists the native species only. A number of other species have been found in the wild as vagrants or introduced species. Many of the Orthopteran common names were synthesised from older sources or coined where necessary by Dr. D. R. Ragge.[1]
Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets)
[edit]Family Tettigoniidae (bush-crickets)
[edit]- Oak bush-cricket, Meconema thalassinum
- Southern oak bush-cricket, Meconema meridionale (since 2001)
- Great green bush-cricket, Tettigonia viridissima
- Wart-biter, Decticus verrucivorus
- Dark bush-cricket, Pholidoptera griseoaptera
- Grey bush-cricket, Platycleis albopunctata
- Bog bush-cricket, Metrioptera brachyptera
- Roesel's bush-cricket, Roeseliana roeselii
- Long-winged conehead, Conocephalus fuscus
- Short-winged Conehead, Conocephalus dorsalis
- Speckled bush-cricket, Leptophyes punctatissima
Super-family Grylloidea
[edit]Family Gryllidae
- House cricket, Acheta domesticus
- Field cricket, Gryllus campestris
Family Mogoplistidae
- Scaly cricket, Pseudomogoplistes squamiger
Family Trigonidiidae
- Wood cricket, Nemobius sylvestris
Family Gryllotalpidae (mole-crickets)
[edit]- Mole cricket, Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
Family Tetrigidae (groundhoppers)
[edit]- Cepero's groundhopper, Tetrix ceperoi
- Slender groundhopper, Tetrix subulata
- Common groundhopper, Tetrix undulata
- Large marsh grasshopper, Stethophyma grossum - rare and restricted to the New Forest and Dorset
- Stripe-winged grasshopper, Stenobothrus lineatus
- Lesser mottled grasshopper, Stenobothrus stigmaticus (Isle of Man only)
- Woodland grasshopper, Omocestus rufipes
- Common green grasshopper, Omocestus viridulus
- Field grasshopper, Chorthippus brunneus
- Heath grasshopper, Chorthippus vagans
- Lesser marsh grasshopper, Chorthippus albomarginatus
- Meadow grasshopper, Pseudochorthippus parallelus
- Rufous grasshopper, Gomphocerippus rufus
- Mottled grasshopper, Myrmeleotettix maculatus
Order Blattodea (cockroaches)
[edit]Family Blattellidae
[edit]- Dusky cockroach, Ectobius lapponicus
- Tawny cockroach, Ectobius pallidus
- Lesser cockroach, Capraiellus panzeri
Order Dermaptera (earwigs)
[edit]Family Spongiphoridae
[edit]- Lesser earwig, Labia minor
Family Forficulidae
[edit]- Short-winged earwig, Apterygida media
- Chelidurella acanthopygia[2]
- Common earwig, Forficula auricularia
- Lesne's earwig, Forficula lesnei
References
[edit]- ^ Ragge DR (1965). Grasshoppers, Crickets & Cockroaches of the British Isles. F Warne & Co, London. p. 299.
- ^ Dermaptera Species File: species Chelidurella acanthopygia (Géné, 1832) (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 May 2023)