County, it was the first attempt to show Essex species on distribution maps and was the
fore-runner in many ways to this publication.
[1] Essex Naturalist 9, 200
[2] D.K.McE. Kevan A summary of the recorded distribution of British Orthopteroids
p170
[3] J.Soc.Br.Ent. 3,189-200
List of Synonyms
English name Current Latin Earlier synonym
Oak Bush Cricket Meconema thalassinum Meconema varium
Gt Green Bush Cricket Tettigonia viridissima Locusta viridissima
Phasgonura viridissima
Dark Bush Cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera Thamnotrizon cinereum
Grey Bush Cricket Platycleis albopunctata Platycleis grisea
Metrioptera albopunctata
Roesel's Bush Cricket Metrioptera roeselii Platycleis roeselii
Short-winged Conehead Conocephalus dorsalis Xiphidium dorsale
Speckled Bush Cricket Leptophyes punctatissima -
House Cricket Acheta domesticus Gryllus domesticus
Field Cricket Gryllus campestris
Mole Cricket Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
Slender Groundhopper Tetrix subulata
Common Groundhopper Tetrix undulata Tetrix bipunctatus
Tettix bipunctatus
Woodland Grasshopper Omocestus rufipes Stenobothrus rufipes
Common Green Omocestus viridulus Stenobothrus viridulus
Grasshopper
Common Field Chorthippus brunneus Stauroderus bicolor
Grasshopper Stenobothrus bicolor
Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus Stenobothrus parallelus
Lesser Marsh Chorthippus albomarginatus Stenobothrus elegans
Grasshopper Chorthippus elegans
Mottled Grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus Gomphocerus maculatus
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