List of Orthoptera of Chile
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A list of Orthoptera found in the country of Chile.
For Isla de Pascua Province including Easter Island (Rapa Nui), see List of Orthoptera of Polynesia.
If applicable, Spanish common names are listed in italics.
The following tags have been used to highlight some categories of occurrence:
(E) Endemic - a species endemic to Chile.
(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
Subfamily Gomphocerinae
Subfamily Melanoplinae
- Dichroplus democraticus
- Dichroplus elongatus
- Dichroplus maculipennis
- Dichroplus porteri
- Dichroplus vittiger
- Nahuelia rubriventris
Subfamily Oedipodinae
- Heliastus rufipennis
- Trimerotropis ochraceipennis
- Pallid-winged grasshopper (Trimerotropis pallidipennis)
Family Ommexechidae
Subfamily Aucacridinae
Subfamily Ommexechinae
Family Romaleidae
Subfamily Romaleinae
Family Tristiridae
Subfamily Tristirinae
- Bufonacris terrestris
- Elasmoderus lutescens
- Elasmoderus minutus
- Combarbalá locust (Elasmoderus wagenknechti); langosta de Combarbalá
- Elysiacris ensicornis
- Enodisomacris curtipennis
- Eremopachys bergii
- Moluchacris cinerascens
- Moluchacris nigripes
- Tristira magellanica
- Tropidostethus angusticollis
- Uretacris lilai
Family Proscopiidae
Subfamily Hybusinae
Subfamily Proscopiinae
Family Gryllidae
Subfamily Gryllinae
- Gryllus capitatus
- Chilean field cricket (Gryllus fulvipennis) (E)
- Tropical house cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus) (I); grillo rayado
Family Mogoplistidae
Subfamily Mogoplistinae
Family Trigonidiidae
Subfamily Nemobiinae
Family Rhaphidophoridae
Subfamily Macropathinae
- Dolichochaeta longicornis
- Heteromallus cavicola
- Heteromallus spina
- Heteromallus spinifer
- Heteromallus spinipes
- Udenus fasciatus
Family Anostostomatidae
Subfamily Anostostomatinae
Family Tettigoniidae
Subfamily Conocephalinae
Subfamily Phaneropterinae
- Coryphoda albidicollis
- Cosmophyllum olivaceum
- Cosmophyllum pallidulum
- Hellerium schoenemanni
- Marenestha inconspicua
- Nickleium biforma
- Nickleium careomacula
- Stenophyllia modesta
Subfamily Pseudophyllinae
- Aphractus acuminatus
- Dasyscelus miserabilis
- Paraphractus abbreviatus
- Polycleptidella chilensis
- Polycleptis gracilis
- Polycleptis inermis
- Polycleptis rugulosa
- Polycleptis scutellifera