List of Orthoptera of Puerto Rico

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This is a list of all Orthoptera species that have been recorded in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which includes the territory's main island and smaller outlying islands.

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

(E) Endemic - a species endemic to Puerto Rico.

(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 Cyrtacanthacridinae

• Schistocerca caribbeana
• Gray bird grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens)
• Bird grasshopper (Schistocerca pallens)
• Cuban bird grasshopper (Schistocerca serialis)

Subfamily Gomphocerinae

• Orphulella punctata
• Rhammatocerus cyanipes

Subfamily Oedipodinae

• Sphingonotus haitensis

Family Tridactylidae

Subfamily Tridactylinae

• Smaller sand cricket (Ellipes minuta)

Family Gryllidae

Subfamily Gryllinae

• De Geer's short-tailed cricket (Anurogryllus muticus)
• Tropical house cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus) (I)
• Jamaican field cricket (Gryllus assimilis)

Family Phalangopsidae

Subfamily Phalangopsinae

• Amphiacusta tijicohniae

Family Gryllotalpidae

Subfamily Scapteriscinae

• Lesser short-winged mole cricket (Neoscapteriscus abbreviatus) (I)
• Changa mole cricket (Neoscapteriscus didactylus) (I)
• Imitator mole cricket (Neoscapteriscus imitatus) (I)

Family Myrmecophilidae

Subfamily Myrmecophilinae

• Old World ant cricket (Myrmecophilus americanus) (I)

Family Tettigoniidae

Subfamily Conocephalinae

• Borinquenula caritensis (E)
• Borinquenula martorelli (E)
• Borinquenula minor (E)
• Caribbean meadow katydid (Conocephalus cinereus)
• Broad-tipped conehead katydid (Neoconocephalus triops)
• Unicorniella hatueyi

Subfamily Phaneropterinae

• Microcentrum incarnatum
• Greater angle-wing katydid (Microcentrum rhombifolium)