*SHOW British Entomology: Orthoptera - 16th September 2008. 
 
*ITEM DESCRIPTIONS 
 
# \i{}Acheta\i0{} <Fabricius>/
1<\i{}Gryllulus\i0{} Uvarov> 2<crepuscular and>,1/- 3,14-20 6<greyish
brown (more yellowish when dried), with darker brown markings on the
head and pronotum> 10,1 15,1 16,1-2 18,1<extending beyond the body>
20,2<i.e., not modified for digging> 21,3 22,3 23,3 24,2 27,1
28,8-13<very slender, extending beyond the tips of the folded hindwings>
30,1 31,1 32,2 34,1 35<\i{}Acheta domesticus\i0{} (House cricket)> 36,2
37,1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11&12<but all records from Ireland and most from
northern England are earlier than 1961> 38,1/2
39,1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/24/25<
>/26/27/28/29/30/31/32/33/34/35/36/37/38/39/40/41/44/46/48/49/53/54<
>/55/56/57/58/59/60/61/62/63/64/65/66/67/68/69/70/71/72/73/74/75/76<
>/77/78/79/83/86/90/113 40,1/2/10/15/20/27/33/34 41<widely>,3
42,1&2&3&4<mainly in warm places associated with human activities> 43,1
44,3 48,1 52<acheta> 
 
# \i{}Chorthippus\i0{} <Fieber>/
1<\i{}Stenobothrus\i0{} p.p., \i{}Stauroderus\i0{}> 2,2 
3,(10-)12-22(-25) 4,1<notably in a
variety of \i{}C. brunneus\i0{}>/2/3 5,1/2/1&2/3 6<brownish, greyish
brown, green, sometimes pinkish or purplish in various combinations, the
abdomen and/or the hind legs sometimes partly orange or red> 10,2 15,1/2
16,1-3<very short only in female \i{}C. parallelus\i0{}, and extending
beyond the hind knees in both male and female \i{}C. brunneus\i0{}>
17,1<usually>/2<<@not ckeys> in male \i{}C. albomarginatus\i0{} 
only> 18,1/2<in both sexes of \i{}C. parallelus\i0{}> 21,3 22,3 
23,3 24,1 25,2 27,2 29,2 30,1 31,2
32,1 34,4 35<\i{}Chorthippus albomarginatus\i0{} (Lesser Marsh
Grasshopper), \i{}C. brunneus\i0{} (Field Grasshopper), \i{}C.
parallelus\i0{} (Meadow Grasshopper), \i{}C. vagans\i0{} (Heath
Grasshopper)> 36,1 37,1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11&12<\i{}C. brunneus\i0{}
and \i{}C. parallelus\i0{} being very widely distributed, with \i{}C.
vagans\i0{} only in extreme southern England and Channel Islands, and
\i{}C. albomarginatus\i0{} in England mainly southern and eastern>
38,1/2
39,1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/24/25<
>/26/27/28/29/30/31/32/33/34/35/36/37/38/39/40/41/42/43/44/45/46/47/48/49<
>/50/51/52/53/54/55/56/57/58/59/60/61/62/63/64/65/66/67/68/69/70/71/72/73/74<
>/75/76/77/78/79/80/81/82/83/84/85/86/87/88/89/90/91/92/93/94/95/96/97<
>/98/99/100/101/102/103/104/105/106/107/108/109/111/113
40,1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/18/19/20/21/22/23/25<
>/26/27/28/31/36/38/39 41,1<feeding mainly on gasses> 42,1<in various,
mainly open grassland habitats> 43,2 45,2 50,1 51<The lateral keels of
the pronotum sharply angled (resulting in the pronotum being
conspicuously flared at the back) in \i{}C. brunneus\i0{} and \i{}C.
vagans\i0{}, but more or less parallel or only gently incurved in \i{}C.
parallelus\i0{} and \i{}C. albomarginatus\i0{}> 52<chorthip> 
 
# \i{}Conocephalus\i0{} <Thunberg>/
1<\i{}Xiphidion\i0{} Serville> 3,11-18<\i{}C.
dorsalis\i0{}>/16-22<\i{}C. discolor\i0{}> 4,1-3 6<usually green with
brown wings and a brown stripe on the head and pronotum; the abdomen
usually reddish brown beneath in \i{}C. discolor\i0{} and yellowish
brown in \i{}C. dorsalis\i0{}, but sometimes all-brown in both species>
7,2 10,1 14,2 15,1 16,1-2<in \i{}C. discolor\i0{}>/2-3<in \i{}C.
dorsalis\i0{}> 18,1<in \i{}C. discolor\i0{}>/2<usually, in \i{}C.
dorsalis\i0{}> 21,4 22,4 23,4 24,2 27,1 28,8-9<almost straight in \i{}C.
discolor\i0{}, slightly upcurved in \i{}C. dorsalis\i0{}> 30,1 31,1 32,2
33,1 34,2 35<\i{}Conocephalus discolor\i0{} (Long-winged Cone-head),
\i{}C. dorsalis\i0{} (Short-winged Cone-head)> 36,1
37,3&5&6&7&8&9&10&12<with \i{}C. discolor \i0{} confined to southeast
and central southern England> 38,1
39,2/3/4/5/6/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/23/25-31/34-35/41<
>/44/45/46/48/49/52/53/54/61/63/113 41,2<\i{}C. discolor\i0{} feeding
mainly on grasses but also eating aphids and small caterpillars, \i{}C.
dorsalis\i0{} mainly on buds, flowers and seed-heads of sedges and
rushes> 42,1<\i{}C. discolor\i0{} occurs in various types of coarse
herbaceous vegetation in warm localities, while \i{}C. dorsalis\i0{} is
found in coastal salt-marsh and sand dunes, and in wet and marshy places
inland> 43,1 44,2 47,3 51<The first and second tarsal segments laterally
grooved> 52<conoceph> 
 
# \i{}Decticus\i0{} <Serville>/
2,2/1&2<?> 3,31-37 4,1<usually>/3 6<darkish green, usually with dark
brown blotches on the pronotum and forewings, but the brown markings are
much reduced in chalkland localities; the brown form \i{}binglei\i0{}
Curtis having been recorded only once Britain (on the Isle of Wight, in
1951) since the Nineteenth Century> 10,1 14,1 15,1 16,1 18,1 21,4 22,4
23,4 24,2 27,1 28,19-21<slightly up-curved> 30,1 31,1 32,2 34,1
35<\i{}Decticus verrucivorus\i0{} (The Wartbiter Bush-cricket or
Long-horned grasshopper)> 36,1 37,7&8 38,1 39,7/9/10/11/14/15 41<quite
widely>,3<feeding on dicot herbs and other insects, including
grasshoppers> 42,1<mostly in grassland, often over chalk> 43,1 44,2 47,2
51<The first and second tarsal segments laterally grooved> 52<decticus> 
 
# \i{}Gomphocerippus\i0{} <Roberts>/
1<\i{}Gomphocerus\i0{} auctt., nec Thunberg> 3,14-22<the females
somewhat the larger> 5,1<in females>/1&2<in males> 6<predominantly
brown, occasionally reddish-purple in females, the hind tibiae of both
sexes and the abdomen of males becoming orange> 10,2 11,1<strongly
clubbed> 12,1 15,1 16,2 17,2 18,1 21,3 22,3 23,3 24,1 27,2 30,1 31,2
32,1 34,1 35<\i{}Gomphocerippys rufus\i0{} (Rufous Grasshopper)> 36,1
37,6&7&8&9 38,1 39,1/2/3/6/9/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/22/23/33/34 41,1
42,1<restricted to warm, rough grassland, mainly on calcareous soils>
43,2 45,2 50,1 51<Foveolae of the vertex distinct, oblong> 52<gomphoce> 
 
# \i{}Gryllotalpa\i0{} <Latreille>/
2,1 3,35-46<the females somewhat the larger> 6<light chestnut brown, and
velvety-hairy> 10,1 15,1 16,3 18,1 20,1 21,3 22,3 23,3 24,2 26,2 30,1
31,1 32,2 34,1 35<\i{}Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa\i0{} (Mole cricket)> 36,1
37,2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&12<but few recent records from northern and
midlands England, and none from Scotland and Wales> 38,1
39,1/2/2/4/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/16/17/18/19/22/23/27/28/30/34/37/38/39/41<
>/44/45/54/57/58/59/63/76/99/113 41,4<though damaging underground parts
of plants> 42,1<confined natually in Britain to water meadows and wet
heathlands, but sometimes imported in consignments of vegetables> 43,1
44,3 48,2 51<Lifestyle mainly subterranean: a powerful burrower and good
swimmer, flying at night, the females caring for their young after the
fashion of Dermaptera> 52<gryllota> 
 
# \i{}Gryllus\i0{} <Linnaeus>/
1<\i{}Liogrylllus\i0{} Saussure> 2,1&2 3,17-23 5,2 6<shiny black, with
yellow basal patches on the forewings and the hind femora orange beneath
at their bases> 10,1 15,1 16,2<covering it in the male, slightly shorter
in the female> 18,2<in both sexes> 20,2<i.e., not modified for digging>
21,3 22,3 23,3 24,2 27,1 28,8-12<slender> 30,1 31,1 32,2 34,1
35<\i{}Gryllus campestris\i0{} (Field cricket)> 36,1
37,4&5&7&8&9&10&12<but in England now only known from two populations in
Sussex> 38,1 39,1/2/4/9/10/11/12/13/14/17/27/28/39/53/113 41,2<feeding
mainly on grasses> 42,1<restricted to short turf on sandy or chalky
soil> 43,1 44,3 48,1 51<The posterior tibiae with stout, immoveable
spines> 52<gryllus> 
 
# \i{}Leptophyes\i0{} <Fieber>/
2,2 3,9-19<the females somewhat the longer> 4,1<with a dorsal brown
streak> 6<always green (the male forewings brownish), with minute dark
speckling and a dorsal brownish stripe on the abdomen> 9<almost
apterous>,- 10,1 14,2 15,2<reduced to the stridulatory area in the male,
and to short flat lobes in the female> 16,3 18,3 21,4 22,4 23,4 24,2
27,1 28,6-8<broad, and upwardly curved> 30,1 31,1 32,2 33,2 34,1
35<\i{}Leptophyes punctatissima\i0{} (Speckled Bush-cricket)> 36,1
37,2&3&5&6&7&8&9&10&11&12 38,1/2
39,1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/24/25<
>/26/27/28/29/30/31/32/33/34/35/36/37/38/40/41/43/44/45/46/48/49/50<
>/52/53/54/56/58/59/60/61/63/71/73/74/113 40,1/3/5/20/21 41,2<feeding
mainly on dicot herbs and shrubs, especially nettles, honeysuckle,
brambles and \i{}Teucrium scorodonia\i0{}> 42,1<inhabiting rough herbage
and scrub in divers locations> 43,1 44,2 47,4 51<First and second tarsal
segments smooth at the sides, not grooved> 52<leptophy> 
 
# \i{}Meconema\i0{} <Serville>/
2,1<attracted to light> 3,13-17 4,1 6<pale green> 7,1 10,1 14,2 15,1
16,1-2 18,1 21,4 22,4 23,4 24,2 27,1 28,8-9.5<slightly up-curved> 30,1
31<method unusual,>,3 32,2 34,1 35<\i{}Mecomema thalassinum\i0{} (Oak
Bush-cricket)> 36,1 37,3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11&12 38,1/2
39,1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22/23<
>/24/25/26/27/28/29/30/31/32/33/34/35/36/37/38/39/40/41/44/45/46/47<
>/48/49/50/51/53/54/55/56/58/59/60/63/64/70/113 40,2/6/9/15/20 41,4
42,1<mainly associated with dicot trees and shrubs, in oak woodland,
hedgerows and gardens> 43,1 44,2 47,1 51<The first and second tarsal
segments laterally grooved; the male with distinctive, long cerci>
52<meconema> 
 
# \i{}Metrioptera\i0{} <Wesmael>/
1<\i{}Roeseliana\i0{} Zeuner> 2,2 3,11-21<\i{}M.
brachyptera\i0{}>/13-26<\i{}M. roeselii\i0{}> 4,2/3 6<the abdomen bright
green beneath and dark brown laterally, the head, pronotum and wings
green or brown, and the side flaps of the pronotum pale-banded on the
hind edge only in \i{}M. brachyptera\i0{}; the abdomen yellow beneath
and with yellow lateral patches behind the pronotum, and the latter with
a clear, cream band around its side margins in \i{}M. roeselii\i0{}>
10,1 14,1 15,1 16,1<<@not ckeys> rarely - \i{}M. roeselii\i0{} being occasionally
macropterous>/3<usually, in both sexes> 18<usually>,2<in both sexes>
21,4 22,4 23,4 24,2 27,1 30,1 31,1 32,2 34,2 35<Bush crickets:
\i{}Metrioptera brachyptera\i0{} (Bog Bush-cricket), and \i{}M.
roeselii\i0{} (Roesels Bush-cricket)> 36,1 37,3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11<with
\i{}M. brachyptera\i0{} absent from the Isle of Wight and Ireland, and
\i{}M. roeselii\i0{} from southwest England> 38,1/2
39,1/2/3/4/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/24/25<
>/27/28/29/30/31/32/38/39/41/44/42/43/44/45/46/49/50/53/54/57<
>/58/59/60/61/62/63/64/69/70/71 40,6 41,2<\i{}M. brachyptera\i0{}
feeding especially on buds, flowers and unripe seed-heads, \i{}M.
roeselii\i0{} mainly on grasses> 42,1<\i{}M. brachyptera\i0{} inhabits
lowland heaths and clearings in moist woodland, associated with
\i{}Erica tetralix\i0{} and \i{}Molinia\i0{}; \i{}M. roeselii\i0{}
occurs in water meadows and various types of ungrazed grasslands> 43,1
44,2 47,2 51<The usual brachypterous forms are readily distinguished
from the consistently macropterous \i{}Platycleis\i0{}.> 52<metriopt> 
 
# \i{}Myrmeleotettix\i0{} <Bolivar>/
2,2 3,12-15<males>/13-19<females> 4,1-2/3 6<variously coloured:
forewings usually brownish and never green, the other body parts varying
from green through brown to dark purple> 10,2 11,1<more markedly clubbed
in the male> 12,2<by contrast with \i{}Gomphoserippus\i0{}> 15,1
16,2-3<not much shorter> 17,2 18,1 21,3 22,3 23,3 24,1 27,2 30,1 31,2
32,1 34,1 35<\i{}Myrmeleotettix maculatus\i0{} (Mottled Grasshopper)>
36,1 37,1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11 38,1/2
39,1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/24/25<
>/26/27/28/29/30/31/32/33/34/35/36/37/38/39/40/41/42/43/44/45/46/47/48/49<
>/50/51/52/53/54/55/56/57/58/59/60/61/62/63/64/65/66/67/68/69/70/71/72/73/74<
>/75/76/77/78/79/80/81/82/83/84/85/86/87/88/89/90/91/92/93/94/95/96/97<
>/99/101/102/103/104/105/106/107/109/110
40,1/2/3/4/5/9/10/11/14/15/16/20/21/22/23/27/28/31/33/34/35/38/39/40
41,1<feeding mainly on gasses> 42,1<mostly associated with short turf,
in dry situations> 43,2 45,2 50,1 52<myrmeleo> 
 
# \i{}Nemobius\i0{} <Serville>/
2,1&2<but avoiding bright sunlight> 3,7-11 6<dark brown with darker
markings> 10,1 15,2 16,3 18,3 21,3 22,3 23,3 24,2 27,1 28,5-7<slender>
30,1 31,1 32,2 34,1 35<\i{}Nemobius sylvestris\i0{} (Wood cricket)> 36,1
37,7&8&9&10&12 38,1 39,3/8/9/10/11/113 41<probably>,6 42,1<found in deep
leaf litter, mainly under oaks, holly or bracken> 43,1 44,3 48,1 51<The
posterior tibiae with slender, moveable spines> 52<nemobius> 
 
# \i{}Oedipoda\i0{} <Linnaeus>/
2,2 3,17-20<males>/25-26<females> 6<darkish sandy brown, with darker
bands on the hindlegs and forewings> 10,2 14,1<the keel crossed by a
groove> 15,1 16,1-2 18,1 19,1 21,3 22,3 23,3 24,1 27,2 30<only
faintly>,1/2<the hind femora lacking stridulatory pegs> 31<such as it
is,>,2 32,1 34,1 35<\i{}Oedipoda caerulescens\i0{} (Blue-winged
Grasshopper)> 36,1 37,12 38,1 39,113 41,1<feeding mainly on grasses?>
42,1<confined to hot, dry places on dunes and cliffs in the Channel
Islands> 43,2 45,2 50,1 51<the hind femora are dorsally high crested to
just beyond the middle. Immediately distinguished by the bright blue
hindwings: a common mainland-European species> 52<oedipoda> 
 
# \i{}Omocestus\i0{} <Bolivar>/
2,2 3,12-22<the females somewhat the lager in both species> 4,1-2/3
5,2/1&2/3 6<dark greyish brown, with the abdomen bright red or orange
beneath, and the hindlegs sometimes red or orange-tinged, in \i{}O.
rufipes\i0{}; usually green, sometimes olive brown, or dorsally green
with purple or brown elswhere, the abdomen never marked with orange, in
\i{}O. viridulus\i0{}> 10,2 15,1 16,2<somewhat longer to somewhat
shorter> 17,2 21,3 22,3 23,3 24,1 25,2 27,2 29,2 30,1 31,2 32,1 34,2
35<\i{}Omocestus rufipes\i0{} (Woodland Grasshopper), \i{}O.
viridulus\i0{} (Common Green Grasshopper)> 36,1
37,1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11<\i{}O. viridulus\i0{}>/4&5&6&7&8&9<\i{}O.
rufipes\i0{}> 38,1/2
39,1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/24/25<
>/26/27/28/29/30/31/32/33/34/35/36/37/38/39/40/41/42/43/44/45/46/47/48/49<
>/50/51/52/53/54/55/56/57/58/59/60/61/62/63/64/65/66/67/68/69/70/71/72/73/74<
>/75/76/77/78/79/80/81/82/83/84/85/86/87/88/89/90/91/92/93/94/95/96/97<
>/98/99/100/101/102/103/104/105/106/107/108/110/111
40,1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/18/19/20/21/22/23/24/25<
>/26/27/28/29/30/31/32/33/34/35/36/37/38/39/40 41,1<feeding mainly on
gasses> 42,1<\i{}O. rufipes\i0{} occurs in grassy woodland rides and
clearings, also on downsland turf and lowland heaths, while \i{}O.
viridulus\i0{} prefers coarse grass in moist locations> 43,2 45,2 50,1
52<omocestu> 
 
# \i{}Pholidoptera\i0{} <Wesmael>/
1<\i{}Thamnotrizon\i0{} Fischer> 2,2 3,13-20 4,2/3 6<light to very dark
brown, only the abdomen bright yellow or greenish yellow beneath>
9<almost apterous>,- 10,1 14,2 15,2<those of the male reduced to
stridulating organs, those of the female reduced to tiny lobes> 16,3
18,3 21,4 22,4 23,4 24,2 27,1 28,9-11<gently upwardly curved> 30,1 31,1
32,2 34,1 35<\i{}Pholidoptera griseoaptera\i0{} (Black grasshopper or
Dark Bush-cricket)> 36,1 37,2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11&12 38,1/2
39,1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/24/25<
>/26/27/28/29/30/31/32/33/34/35/36/37/38/40/41/43/44/50/53/54/55/56<
>/57/58/60/61/62/69/70/71/73/113 40,6 41<widely>,3<feeding on a variety
of plants and insects, also spiders> 42,1<coastal and inland, in scrub:
hedgerows, overgrown ditches, woodland rides, nettle-beds, marshland,
etc.> 43,1 44,2 47,2 51<The first and second tarsal segments laterally
grooved> 52<pholidop> 
 
# \i{}Platycleis\i0{} <Fieber>/
2,2 3,20-28 4,1<the young adults only>/2<sometimes>/3<usually>
6<brownish grey, with the upper surfaces of the head and pronotum
sometimes chestnut brown or even green> 9,2<always macropterous> 10,1
14,1 15<always>,1 16,1-2 18,1<in both sexes> 21,4 22,4 23,4 24,2 27,1
28,8-11<upwardly curved> 30,1 31,1 32,2 33,1 34,1 35<\i{}Platycleis
albopunctata\i0{} (\i{}denticulata\i0{}) (Grey Bush-cricket)> 36,1
37,6&7&8&9&10&12 38,1 39,1/2/3/4/5/6/9/10/11/13/14/15/18/19/41/45/49
41,3-4<sometimes feeding on grasshopper nymphs> 42,1<coastal, associated
with coarse vegetation on dunes, shingle beaches, and south facing
cliffs> 43,1 44,2 47,2 51<The first and second tarsal segments laterally
grooved. Although Britih \i{}Platycleis\i0{} is readily distinguished
from the usual, brachypterous forms of \i{}Metrioptera\i0{}, the latter
is occasionally macropterous, and would-be identifiers should check both
desriptions.> 52<platycle> 
 
# \i{}Pseudomogoplistes\i0{} <Serville>/
1<\i{}Mogoplistes\i0{}> 2<cepuscular to>,1/- 3,8-13 6<greyish brown> 9,1
10,1 15,3 18,3 21,3 22,3 23,3 24,2 27,1 28,5 30,1 31,1 32,2 34,1
35<\i{}Pseudomogoplistes squamiger\i0{} (Scaly cricket)> 36,1<?> 37,8
38,1 39,9 42,1<found in Britain only beneath rocks and concrete rubble
adjacent to a salt-water lagoon, behind Chesil Beach in Dorset> 43,1
44,3 48,1 51<The adults having body and legs covered with minute
scales.> 52<mogoplis> 
 
# \i{}Stenobothrus\i0{} <Fischer>/
1<excluding \i{}Chorthippus\i0{}> 2,2 3,10-15<\i{}S.
stigmaticus\i0{}>/15-23<\i{}S. lineatus\i0{}; the females somewhat the
larger in both species> 4,1-2/3 5,1&2/3 6<usually green, sometimes with
brownish forewings and brown marks elsewhere, but females sometimes
pinkish or purplish; usually with a white line on the front edges of the
forewings; males often developing orange colouration of the abdomen and
hind tibiae> 10,2 15,1 16,2 17,2 18,1 21,3 22,3 23,3 24,1 25,2 27,2 
29,1 30,1 31,2 32,1 34,2 35<\i{}Stenobothrus lineatus\i0{} (Stripe-winged
Grasshopper), \i{}S. stigmaticus\i0{} (Lesser Mottled Grasshopper)> 36,1
37,7&8&9&10<\i{}S. lineatus\i0{}>/4<Isle of Man only, \i{}S.
stigmaticus\i0{}> 38,1
39,1/2/3/4/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/20/22/23/24/25/26/27/28<
>/29/30/33/34/71 41,1<feeding mainly on gasses> 42,1<on thin turf> 43,2
45,2 50,1 51<Foveolae of the vertex distinct, oblong> 52<stenobot> 
 
# \i{}Stethophyma\i0{} <Fischer>/
1<\i{}Mecostethus\i0{} auctt., nec Fieber> 2,2
3,22-29<males>/29-36<females> 4,1-3 5,1<usually>/3 6<usually vivid
greenish-yellow or olive brown, with a greenish yellow stripe on the
front margin of the forewings, with red undersides to the hind femora,
and the hind tibiae banded black and yellow; but females are sometimes
represented by a purple form> 10,2 15,1 16,2 21,3 22,3 23,3 24,1 25,1
27,2 30,1 31<method unusual,>,4 32,1 34,1 35<\i{}Stethophyma
grossum\i0{} (Large Marsh Grasshopper)> 36,1 37,5&8&11<but in Ireland,
confined to the far West> 38,1/2 39,6/9/11/17/22/27/28/29/31
40,1/2/16/27 41,1<feeding mainly on gasses> 42,1<confined to very marshy
places> 43,2 45,2 50,1 51<Foveolae of the vertex obsolete, faint or
represented only as small, triangular depressions. The pronotum with
additional transverse sulci anterior to the main one. Restricted to very
marshy places> 52<stethoph> 
 
# \i{}Tachycines\i0{} <Adelung>/
3,11-15<the females only slightly the longer> 6<pinkish beige (yellowing
when dried), with dark markings> 9,1 10,1 15,3 18,3 21,4 22,4 23,4 24,2
27,1 28,10-12<slightly up-curved> 30,2 32,3 34,1 35<\i{}Tachycines
asynamorus\i0{} (Greenhouse camel-cricket: a Cave cricket)> 36,2<living
in moist conditions in heated greenhouses, and being carnovorus,
potentially useful; but usually eliminated by pesticides>
37,2&3&4&5&7&8&9&10&11 38,1/2
39,6/14/15/17/21/25/26/29/41/55/58/60/63/72/75/77/83 40,21
41<probably>,4 42,3&4<mostly the latter> 43,1 44,1 46,1 51<Fore- and 
mid-tibiae with ventral articulated spines; the palps and cerci 
long, and the legs with particularly long, laterally compressed 
tarsi> 52<tachycin> 
 
# \i{}Tetrix\i0{} <Latreille>/
1<\i{}Acrydium\i0{} aucct., nec Geoffroy; \i{}Tettix\i0{} Dalman> 2,2
3,8-14<the females slightly the larger> 6<exhibiting a wide range of
brown and grey shades, sometimes reddish or greenish tinged, sometimes
mottled and/or spotted> 10,2 13,1 15,2<reduced to small lateral lobes>
16,3 18,1-2 21,2 22,2 23,3 24,1 27,2 30,2 32,3 34,3 35<\i{}Tetrix
ceperoi\i0{} (Ceperos Ground-hopper), \i{}T. subulata\i0{} (Slender
Ground-hopper), \i{}T. undulata\i0{} (Common Ground-hopper)> 36,1
37,1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11&12<but only \i{}T. undulata\i0{} occurs in
the north of England and Scotland, and \i{}T. ceperoi\i0{} is restricted
to South Wales, extreme southern England and the Channel Islands> 38,1/2
39,1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/24/25<
>/26/27/28/29/30/31/32/33/34/35/36/37/38/39/40/41/42/43/44/45/46/47/48/49<
>/50/51/52/53/54/55/56/57/58/59/60/61/62/63/64/65/66/67/68/69/70/71/72/73/74<
>/75/76/77/78/79/80/81/82/83/84/85/86/87/88/89/90/91/92/93/94/95/96/97<
>/98/99/100/101/102/103/104/105/106/107/108/109/111/113
40,1/2/3/4/5/6/8/9/10/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/24/25<
>/26/27/28/29/30/31/32/33/35/37/38 41,1<feeding on mosses and algae>
42,1<in various, often wet situations> 43,2 45,1 49,1 51<Tarsi with no
pad between the claws; the frons below the median ocellus with a single,
median keel which divides ventrally and with the fronto-clypeal suture
forms a supra-clypeal triangle> 52<tetrix> 
 
# \i{}Tettigonia\i0{} <Linnaeus>/
1<\i{}Locusta\i0{} auctt., non Linnaeus; \i{}Phasgonura\i0{} Stephens>
2,1&2 3,40-54 4,1<with a dorsal brown streak> 6<grass-green, with green
eyes and a brown dorsal steak on the head, pronotum, and hind margins of
the forewings> 10,1 14,2 15,1 16,1 18,1 21,4 22,4 23,4 24,2 27,1
28,18-24<slightly downcurved> 30,1 31,1 32,2 34,1 35<\i{}Tettigonia
viridissima\i0{} (Great Green grasshopper, Great Green Bush-cricket)>
36,1 37,4&5&6&7&8&9&10&12 38,1
39,1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/24/25<
>/26/27/28/29/31/32/33/34/35/41/44/45/55/56/57/113 41<widely>,3<feeding
on grasses, shrubby and herbaceous dicots, and smaller insects>
42,1<often associated with coarse vegetation on waste land, in warm
sunny locations> 43,1 44,2 47,2 51<The first and second tarsal segments
laterally grooved> 52<tettigon> 
 
# Exotics and rare migrants/
35<The following casually introduced or migratory species (and no doubt
others) may occasionally be encountered in Britain. Acrididae:
\i{}Anacridium aegytium\i0{} (Egyptian Grasshopper); \i{}Calliptamus
italicus\i0{} (Italian locust); \i{}Euchorthippus pulvinatus\i0{}
(Jersey Grasshopper - widespread in southern Jersey); \i{}Gomphocerus
sibiricus\i0{} L.; \i{}Locusta migratoria\i0{} L. (Migratory locust);
\i{}Oedipoda caerulescens\i0{} (Blue-winged Grasshopper - native in the
Channel Islands); \i{}Pachytylus cinerascens\i0{} Fab.; \i{}Pezotettix
pedester\i0{} L.; \i{}Schistocerca gregaria\i0{} (Desert Locust).
Gryllidae: \i{}Gryllus bimaculatus\i0{} (Southern Field-cricket);
\i{}Gryllodes sigillatus\i0{} (Tropical House-cricket).
Rhaphidophoridae: \i{}Dolichopoda bormansi\i0{}. Tettigoniidae:
\i{}Arhenotettix\i0{} spp.; \i{}Cosmoderus maculatus\i0{} (Prickly
Bush-cricket); \i{}Jamaicana subguttata\i0{} (Mottle-winged
Bush-cricket); \i{}Jamaicana flava\i0{}; \i{}Mastophyllum
scabricolle\i0{} (Brown-winged Bush-cricket); \i{}Nesonotis
tricornis\i0{}; \i{}Phaneroptera falcata\i0{} (Sickle-bearing
Bush-cricket); \i{}Phlugiolopsis henryi\i0{}.> 36,2/3/4 42,1/2/3/4
52<exotics> 
