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__NOTOC__ The following is a list of the species of
grasshopper Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago. Grasshopp ...
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cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
and allied insects recorded from Britain. The insect
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Orthoptera Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grassho ...
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Grasshopper Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago. Grasshopp ...
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cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
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Dermaptera Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic cerci, a pair of forcep-like pincers on their abdomen, and membranous wings folded ...
- earwigs * the
Blattodea Blattodea is an order of insects that contains cockroaches and termites. Formerly, termites were considered a separate order, Isoptera, but genetic and molecular evidence suggests they evolved from within the cockroach lineage, cladistically ...
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cockroach Cockroaches (or roaches) are a paraphyletic group of insects belonging to Blattodea, containing all members of the group except termites. About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats. Some species are well-known as ...
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species only. A number of other species have been found in the wild as vagrants or accidental introductions. Many of the Orthopteran common names were synthesised from older sources or coined where necessary by Dr. DR Ragge.


Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets)


Suborder Ensifera (crickets)


Family

Tettigoniidae Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America), or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 8,000 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, t ...
(bush-crickets)

# Oak bush-cricket ''
Meconema thalassinum ''Meconema thalassinum'' is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae known as the oak bush-cricket and drumming katydid. It is native to Europe, including the British Isles, and was introduced to the United States, first established in the west of ...
'' # Southern oak bush-cricket ''
Meconema meridionale ''Meconema meridionale'' is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae, known as the southern oak bush cricket. It commonly measures 14 to 17 mm in length (not including antennae) and is carnivorous, arboreal and nocturnal. It has a more south ...
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Great green bush-cricket ''Tettigonia viridissima'', the great green bush-cricket, is a large species of bush-cricket belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. Distribution and habitat This species can be encountered in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, i ...
'' Tettigonia viridissima'' #
Wart-biter The wart-biter (''Decticus verrucivorus'') is a bush-cricket in the family Tettigoniidae. Its common and scientific names derive from the eighteenth-century Swedish practice of allowing the crickets to nibble at warts to remove them. Descriptio ...
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Decticus verrucivorus The wart-biter (''Decticus verrucivorus'') is a bush-cricket in the family Tettigoniidae. Its common and scientific names derive from the eighteenth-century Swedish practice of allowing the crickets to nibble at warts to remove them. Descriptio ...
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Dark bush-cricket The dark bush-cricket (''Pholidoptera griseoaptera'') is a flightless species of European bush-cricket; it is the type species of its genus with no subspecies. Description ''Pholidoptera griseoaptera'' can reach a body length of 11 to 21  ...
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Pholidoptera griseoaptera The dark bush-cricket (''Pholidoptera griseoaptera'') is a flightless species of European bush-cricket; it is the type species of its genus with no subspecies. Description ''Pholidoptera griseoaptera'' can reach a body length of 11 to 21  ...
'' # Grey bush-cricket ''
Platycleis albopunctata ''Platycleis albopunctata'' is a species of European bush cricket in the tribe Platycleidini. This species occurs throughout Europe and in North Africa; several subspecies have been described (below). The nominate subspecies occurs in the Brit ...
'' # Bog bush-cricket ''
Metrioptera brachyptera ''Metrioptera brachyptera'' is a species in the family Tettigoniidae commonly called the bog bush cricket. ''M. brachyptera'' has a body length of 12–16 mm, with color ranging from brownish, with green elements on the upper side of the he ...
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Roesel's bush-cricket Roesel's bush-cricket, ''Roeseliana roeselii'' (synonym ''Metrioptera roeselii'') is a European bush-cricket, named after August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof, a German entomologist. Morphology Adult insects Adult Roesel's bush-crickets are medium ...
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Roeseliana roeselii Roesel's bush-cricket, ''Roeseliana roeselii'' (synonym ''Metrioptera roeselii'') is a European bush-cricket, named after August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof, a German entomologist. Morphology Adult insects Adult Roesel's bush-crickets are medium ...
'' # Long-winged conehead ''
Conocephalus fuscus ''Conocephalus fuscus'', the long-winged conehead, is a member of the family Tettigoniidae, the bush-crickets and is distributed through much of Europe and temperate Asia. This bush-cricket is native to the British Isles where it may confused wit ...
'' # Short-winged Conehead ''
Conocephalus dorsalis ''Conocephalus dorsalis'', the short-winged conehead, is a bush cricket species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Conocephalinae. It is a hygrophilous species, and is therefore common in wet meadows and slow-flowing streams with fl ...
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Speckled bush-cricket The speckled bush-cricket (''Leptophyes punctatissima'') is a flightless species of bush-cricket belonging to the family Tettigoniidae. The species was originally described as ''Locusta punctatissima'' in 1792.Bosc. 1792. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. P ...
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Leptophyes punctatissima The speckled bush-cricket (''Leptophyes punctatissima'') is a flightless species of bush-cricket belonging to the family Tettigoniidae. The species was originally described as ''Locusta punctatissima'' in 1792.Bosc. 1792. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. P ...
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Super-family Grylloidea

Family Gryllidae # House cricket ''
Acheta domesticus ''Acheta domesticus'', commonly called the house cricket, is a cricket most likely native to Southwestern Asia, but between 1950 and 2000 it became the standard feeder insect for the pet and research industries and spread worldwide. They can be ...
'' # Field cricket '' Gryllus campestris'' Family
Mogoplistidae Mogoplistidae is a family of scaly crickets within the superfamily Grylloidea. Considered to be monophyletic, a sister taxon to the Gryllidae crickets. This family consists of more than 370 species worldwide; 20 species in 4 genera occur in North ...
# Scaly cricket ''
Pseudomogoplistes squamiger ''Pseudomogoplistes squamiger'', the scaly cricket, is a species of apterous cricket in the family Mogoplistidae. Long known in the genus '' Mogoplistes'' it was placed this genus, for which it became the type species, by AV Gorochov in 1984. ...
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Trigonidiidae The Trigonidiidae are a family of crickets: Grylloidea consisting of two subfamilies: * Subfamily Nemobiinae Saussure, 1877 – wood crickets or ground crickets * Subfamily Trigonidiinae Trigonidiinae is a subfamily of insects in the order ...
# Wood cricket ''
Nemobius sylvestris ''Nemobius sylvestris'', the wood cricket, is a flightless species of cricket in the family Gryllidae. It is native to Western Europe and North Africa but uncommon in Britain. Description This cricket is a small, dark brown, ground-dwelling, gr ...
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Family Gryllotalpidae (mole-crickets)

# Mole cricket '' Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa''


Suborder Caelifera (grasshoppers & allies)


Family

Tetrigidae Tetrigidae is an ancient family in the order Orthoptera, which also includes similar families such as crickets, grasshoppers, and their allies. Species within the Tetrigidae are variously called groundhoppers, pygmy grasshoppers,Borror DJ, Tripp ...
(groundhoppers)

# Cepero's groundhopper ''
Tetrix ceperoi ''Tetrix ceperoi'', Cepero's groundhopper, is a member of the family Tetrigidae and is very similar to common grasshoppers. Grasshopper is defined as a "plant eating insect with long hind legs that are used for jumping and for producing a chirpi ...
'' # Slender groundhopper ''
Tetrix subulata ''Tetrix subulata'' is the type species of Tetrigidae, groundhopper in the genus ''Tetrix (insect), Tetrix'', known as the slender ground-hopper, awl-shaped pygmy grasshopper
'' # Common groundhopper ''
Tetrix undulata ''Tetrix undulata'', the common ground-hopper, is a species of groundhopper in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Description ''T. undulata'' has a body length of ; females are usually slightly larger than the males. The colour scheme varies between di ...
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Family

Acrididae The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known bec ...
(grasshoppers)

# Large marsh grasshopper ''
Stethophyma grossum The large marsh grasshopper (''Stethophyma grossum'') is a species of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae. Distribution and habitat ''S. grossum'' is found throughout Europe, with a few records from western Asia. In the British Isles i ...
'' - rare and restricted to the New Forest and
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# Stripe-winged grasshopper '' Stenobothrus lineatus'' # Lesser mottled grasshopper '' Stenobothrus stigmaticus'' (
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Woodland grasshopper ''Omocestus rufipes'', the woodland grasshopper, is a species of short-horned grasshopper belonging to subfamily Gomphocerinae. The Latin species name ''rufipes'' means red-footed, from rufus (''red'') + pes (''foot''), with reference to the colo ...
'' Omocestus rufipes'' # Common green grasshopper ''
Omocestus viridulus ''Omocestus viridulus'', known in the British Isles as the common green grasshopper, is a Palearctic species of grasshopper in the subfamily Gomphocerinae. Morphology ''Omocestus viridulus'' are usually green all over, but some may have brown c ...
'' # Field grasshopper ''
Chorthippus brunneus ''Chorthippus brunneus'', also known as the common field grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper of the subfamily Gomphocerinae. It was first described by Thunberg in 1815. It is also known as ''Gryllus brunneus'', although this name has not be ...
'' # Heath grasshopper ''
Chorthippus vagans ''Chorthippus vagans'', which may be called the heath grasshopper or steppe grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper belonging to the subfamily Gomphocerinae. It is found across the Palearctic through Russia and Kazakhstan, east to Siberia, and ...
'' # Lesser marsh grasshopper '' Chorthippus albomarginatus'' #
Meadow grasshopper ''Pseudochorthippus parallelus'' (often known by its synonym ''Chorthippus parallelus''), the meadow grasshopper, is a common species of grasshopper in the tribe Gomphocerini. It is found in non-arid grasslands throughout the well vegetated ar ...
'' Pseudochorthippus parallelus'' #
Rufous grasshopper The rufous grasshopper (''Gomphocerippus rufus'') is a species of grasshopper. It is a medium-sized, broad, brown, short-horned grasshopper with clubbed antennae that are tipped with a conspicuous white or pale colour. It is fairly large, averagi ...
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Gomphocerippus rufus The rufous grasshopper (''Gomphocerippus rufus'') is a species of grasshopper. It is a medium-sized, broad, brown, short-horned grasshopper with clubbed antennae that are tipped with a conspicuous white or pale colour. It is fairly large, averagi ...
'' # Mottled grasshopper ''
Myrmeleotettix maculatus ''Myrmeleotettix maculatus'' is a species belonging to the subfamily Gomphocerinae and may be called the mottled grasshopper. It is found across the Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms o ...
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Order Blattodea (cockroaches)


Family

Blattellidae Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae) is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches. A few notable species inclu ...

# Dusky cockroach ''
Ectobius lapponicus ''Ectobius lapponicus'', also known as the dusky cockroach, is a species of cockroach Cockroaches (or roaches) are a Paraphyly, paraphyletic group of insects belonging to Blattodea, containing all members of the group except termites. About ...
'' # Tawny cockroach '' Ectobius pallidus'' # Lesser cockroach ''
Capraiellus panzeri ''Capraiellus panzeri'' is a species of non-cosmopolitan cockroach in the subfamily Ectobiinae: commonly known by its original (genus) name ''Ectobius panzeri''. This European species extends into NW Africa and is localised in southern Britain ...
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Order Dermaptera (earwigs)


Family

Spongiphoridae Spongiphoridae is a family of little earwigs in the suborder Neodermaptera. There are more than 40 genera and 510 described species in Spongiphoridae. Genera These 43 genera belong to the family Spongiphoridae: * '' Auchenomus'' Karsch, 1886 * ...

* Lesser earwig ''
Labia minor ''Labia minor'', the lesser earwig or small earwig, is a species of earwig. It is widespread globally in temperate climates, preferring warm locations such as compost heaps in parts of its range. It is 4–7 mm long, including the pincer, ...
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Family

Forficulidae Forficulidae is a family of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. There are more than 70 genera and 490 described species in Forficulidae. Species in this family include ''Forficula auricularia'' (the European earwig or common earwig) and '' Apterygi ...

# Short-winged earwig ''
Apterygida media ''Apterygida media'' is a species of European earwig, known as the short-winged earwig or hop-garden earwig. Distribution The distribution of ''A. media'' ranges from southern Sweden in the north to Greece in the south, and from Portugal in the ...
'' # Common earwig '' Forficula auricularia'' # Lesne's earwig '' Forficula lesnei''


References

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