List of Orthoptera of Polynesia

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A list of Orthoptera found in the cultural region of Polynesia in insular Oceania. This list encompasses the Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Niue, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), the Samoan Islands (American Samoa and the Independent State of Samoa), Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Wallis and Futuna.

For Hawaii, see List of Orthoptera of Hawaii.

For New Zealand, see List of Orthoptera of New Zealand.

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

(E) Endemic - a species endemic to Polynesian islands.

(PN) Possibly Native - a species that occurs on other tropical Pacific islands, but has insufficient data to determine if Polynesia 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 Oedipodinae

• Oedaleus abruptus (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

• Paratettix histricus (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)

Family Mogoplistidae

Subfamily Mogoplistinae

• Ornebius bimaculatus (I)

Family Trigonidiidae

Subfamily Nemobiinae

• Pacific shore cricket (Burcus tarnis)

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

• Long-horned meadow katydid (Conocephalus saltator) (I)
• Irritating grasshopper (Euconocephalus nasutus)
• Lesson's mimicking snout-nose katydid (Pseudorhynchus lessonii)

Subfamily Meconematinae

• Few-spined predatory grasshopper (Xiphidiopsis lita)

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)