List of Orthoptera of Pennsylvania
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This is a list of all Orthoptera species that have been recorded in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
The following tags have been used to highlight some categories of occurrence:
(E) Endemic - a species endemic to Pennsylvania.
(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.
Family Acrididae
Subfamily Gomphocerinae
Subfamily Melanoplinae
- Two-striped grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus)
- Differential grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)
Subfamily Oedipodinae
Family Gryllidae
Subfamily Gryllinae
- Common house cricket (Acheta domesticus) (I)
- Fall field cricket (Gryllus pennsylvanicus)
- Spring field cricket (Gryllus veletis)
- Japanese burrowing cricket (Velarifictorus micado) (I)
Family Mogoplistidae
Subfamily Mogoplistinae
Family Oecanthidae
Subfamily Oecanthinae
Subfamily Podoscirtinae
Family Trigonidiidae
Subfamily Nemobiinae
Subfamily Trigonidiinae
Family Gryllotalpidae
Subfamily Gryllotalpinae
Family Myrmecophilidae
Subfamily Myrmecophilinae
Family Rhaphidophoridae
Subfamily Aemodogryllinae
- Japanese camel cricket (Diestrammena japanica) (I)
- Greenhouse camel cricket (Tachycines asynamorus) (I)
Subfamily Ceuthophilinae
Family Tettigoniidae
Subfamily Conocephalinae
- Short-winged meadow katydid (Conocephalus brevipennis)
- Slender meadow katydid (Conocephalus fasciatus)
- Common meadow katydid (Orchelimum vulgare)
Subfamily Phaneropterinae
- Oblong-winged katydid (Amblycorypha oblongifolia)
- Rattler round-winged katydid (Amblycorypha rotundifolia)