List of Orthoptera of the Turks and Caicos Islands

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A list of Orthoptera found in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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

(E) Endemic - a species endemic to the Turks and Caicos Islands.

(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

• Cuban bird grasshopper (Schistocerca serialis)

Subfamily Gomphocerinae

• Orphulella punctata

Subfamily Oedipodinae

• Sphingonotus haitensis
• Seaside grasshopper (Trimerotropis maritima)

Family Gryllidae

Subfamily Gryllinae

• Tropical house cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus) (I)
• Jamaican field cricket (Gryllus assimilis)

Family Gryllotalpidae

Subfamily Scapteriscinae

• Lesser short-winged mole cricket (Neoscapteriscus abbreviatus) (I)

Family Tettigoniidae

Subfamily Conocephalinae

• Caribbean meadow katydid (Conocephalus cinereus)
• Broad-tipped conehead katydid (Neoconocephalus triops)

Subfamily Phaneropterinae

• Narrow-beaked katydid (Turpilia rostrata)