List of Orthoptera of France

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A list of Orthoptera found in mainland France and the nearby island of Corsica.

For French Guiana, see here.

For French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna, see List of Orthoptera of Polynesia.

For the French Southern Territories, see here.

For Guadeloupe, see here.

For Martinique, see here.

For Mayotte, see here.

For New Caledonia, see here.

For Réunion, see here.

For Saint Barthélemy, see here.

For Saint Martin (entire island with the French part Saint-Martin and Dutch part Sint Maarten), see here.

For Saint Pierre and Miquelon, see here.

If applicable, French common names are listed in italics.

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

(E) Endemic - a species endemic to mainland France or Corsica.

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

(V) Vagrant - a rare individual outside of its typical range.

Family Acrididae

Subfamily Acridinae

• Splendid cone-headed grasshopper (Truxalis nasuta);

Subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae

• Egyptian locust (Anacridium aegyptium);

Subfamily Eyprepocnemidinae

• Lamenting grasshopper (Eyprepocnemis plorans);
• Mediterranean splendid grasshopper (Heteracris littoralis)

Subfamily Gomphocerinae

• Moroccan locust (Dociostaurus maroccanus);

Subfamily Oedipodinae

• Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria);
• Blue-winged grasshopper (Oedipoda caerulescens);

Family Gryllidae

Subfamily Gryllinae

• Common house cricket (Acheta domesticus);
• Two-spotted cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus);
• European field cricket (Gryllus campestris);

Family Gryllotalpidae

Subfamily Gryllotalpinae

• African mole cricket (Gryllotalpa africana);

Family Tettigoniidae

Subfamily Phaneropterinae

• Mediterranean katydid (Phaneroptera nana);

Subfamily Tettigoniinae

• Brown-spotted bush-cricket (Tessellana tessellata);
• Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima);