List of Orthoptera of Hawaii

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This is a list of all Orthoptera species that have been recorded in the U.S. state of Hawaii. All native Orthoptera species of Hawaii are in the suborder Ensifera, and the majority are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands archipelago.

The following tags have been used to highlight some categories of occurrence:

(E) Endemic - a species endemic to Hawaii.

(PN) Possibly Native - a species that occurs on other tropical Pacific islands, but has insufficient data to determine if Hawaii is part of its native range.

(I) Introduced - an exotic species that has established a breeding population.

(V) Vagrant - only known from rare individuals outside of their typical range and not established.

(XW) Extinct in the Wild - a species that only survives as ex situ populations outside of its natural environment.

(PX) Possibly Extinct - a species that was last sighted decades ago and is likely extinct.

(X) Extinct - a species that has died out entirely.

Family Acrididae

Subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae

• Gray bird grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens) (I)

Subfamily Oedipodinae

• Oedaleus abruptus (I)
• Pallid-winged grasshopper (Trimerotropis pallidipennis) (I)

Subfamily Oxyinae

• Chinese rice grasshopper (Oxya chinensis) (I)

Family Pyrgomorphidae

Subfamily Pyrgomorphinae

• Northern grass pyrgomorph (Atractomorpha similis) (I)
• Pink-winged grasshopper (Atractomorpha sinensis) (I)

Family Tetrigidae

Subfamily Tetriginae

• Mexican pygmy grasshopper (Clypeotettix mexicanus) (I)

Family Gryllidae

Subfamily Gryllinae

• Common house cricket (Acheta domesticus) (I)
• Tropical house cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus) (I)
• Two-spotted cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus) (I)
• Oceanic field cricket (Teleogryllus oceanicus) (I)

Family Oecanthidae

Subfamily Oecanthinae

• Oʻahu deceptor bush cricket (Leptogryllus deceptor) (E)
• Volcanoes cave cricket (Thaumatogryllus cavicola) (E)
• Kauai thin-footed bush cricket (Thaumatogryllus variegatus) (E)

Family Mogoplistidae

Subfamily Mogoplistinae

• Saussure's scaly cricket (Cycloptiloides americanus) (I)
• Ornebius bimaculatus (I)

Family Trigonidiidae

Subfamily Nemobiinae

• Hualalai lava cricket (Caconemobius anahulu) (E)
• Kīlauea lava cricket (Caconemobius fori) (E)
• Howarth's cave cricket (Caconemobius howarthi) (E)
• Hawaiian rock cricket (Caconemobius sandwichensis) (E)
• Schauinsland's bush cricket (Caconemobius schauinslandi) (E)
• Kaumana cave cricket (Caconemobius varius) (E)

Subfamily Trigonidiinae

• Gundlach’s trig (Cyrtoxipha gundlachi) (I)
• Yellow-legged trig (Trigonidium australianum) (I)

Family Gryllotalpidae

Subfamily Gryllotalpinae

• African mole cricket (Gryllotalpa africana) (I)
• Oriental mole cricket (Gryllotalpa orientalis) (I)

Family Tettigoniidae

Subfamily Conocephalinae

• Nīhoa conehead katydid (Banza nihoa) (E)
• Hawai'i rainforest katydid (Banza nitida) (E)
• Long-horned meadow katydid (Conocephalus saltator) (I)
• Irritating grasshopper (Euconocephalus nasutus) (I)
• Remote conehead katydid (Euconocephalus remotus) (PX)

Subfamily Meconematinae

• Few-spined predatory grasshopper (Xiphidiopsis lita) (PN)

Subfamily Phaneropterinae

• Pacific Ducetia katydid (Ducetia japonica) (I)
• Narrow-winged katydid (Elimaea punctifera) (I)
• Japanese broadwinged katydid (Holochlora japonica) (I)
• Philippine katydid (Phaneroptera furcifera) (I)
• Texas turp katydid (Turpiliodes mexicanum) (I)