This is a list of Polyneoptera, or "orthopteroid" insects found in the wild of the Korean Peninsula and surrounding islands.
Grasshoppers
Common name (Korean name) Species (Authority) Preferred habitat Range StatusPyrgomorphidae - 2 species(//)Atractomorpha lata (Motschulsky, 1866)Throughout the Korean peninsula.I:()Atractomorpha sinensis sinensis (Mistshenko, 1951)South Korea. Also found in China.Orthoptera.speciesfile.org subspecies Atractomorpha sinensis sinensis Bolívar, 1905 Retrieved on July 12th 2014.I:Acrididae -()Oxya agavisa (Tsai, 1931)I:(/)Oxya chinensis sinuosa (Mistshenko, 1951)I:()Oxya hyla instricata (Stal, 1861)I:(///)Anapodisma miramae (Dovnar-Zapolsky 1933)MountainsI:()Anapodisma beybienkoi (Rentz and Miller, 1971)Throughout mainland, Jejudo, Ulleung-doI:(/)Ognevia sergii (Ikonnikov, 1911)Mainland, Ulleung-doI:(/)Ognevia longipennis (Shiraki 1910)Mainland South KoreaI:()Podisma aberrans (Ikonnikov 1911)I:()Podismopsis genicularibus (Shiraki, 1910)Orthoptera.speciesfile.org species Podisma genicularibus (Shiraki, 1910) Retrieval date: 2014, July 10thLives in grass fields in mountain areas.North and central parts of the Korean peninsulaI:()Podisma ussuriensis ussuriensisOrthoptera.speciesfile.org subspecies Podisma ussuriensis ussuriensis (Ikonnikov, 1911) Retrieval date: 2014, July 10th (Ikonnikov, 1911)Lives in grass fields in mountains at least 1700 meters in altitude.Jejudo. Also in Mongolia, Primorye.I:(/)Parapodisma setouchiensis (Inoue 1979)Jeju-doI:()Miramella solitaria (Ikonnikov 1911)I:(/)Prumna halrasana (Lee and Lee 1984)I:()Prumna plana (Mistshenko 1974)I:()Prumna mandshurica (Ramme 1939)I:(/)Prumna primnoides (Ikonnikov 1911)I:(/)Zubovskya morii (Bey-Bienko 1931)I:(//)Zubovskya koeppeni parvula (Ikonnikov 1911)North KoreaI:()Zubovskya koreana (Mistshenko 1952)I:()Chondracris rosea (de Geer 1773)only listed species. Also found in China.I:(//////)Nomadacris japonica (Bolivar 1898)Southern part of Korean peninsula in the seacoast and Jeju-do, Geojedo, Namhae County, Wando County.I:(//Calliptamus abbreviatus (Ikonnikov 1913)I:(//)Shirakiacris shirakii (Bolivar 1914)Throughout Korean peninsula, Jeju-do, Ulleung-do. Also in other eastern Asia.I:(//Acrida cinerea (Thunberg 1815)Fields.Throughout the Korean peninsula, Jeju-do, Ulleung-do. Also in China, Japan and Taiwan.I:(/)Ceracris nigricornis laeta (Bolivar 1914)Common in grass fields in hills.Southern part of Korean peninsulaI:(////)Gonista bicolor (de Haan 1842)I:Leek grasshopper (//)Mecostethus alliaceus (Germar 1871)I:()Stethophyma magister (Rehn 1902)I:(/)Arcyptera coreana (Shiraki 1930)I:()Arcyptera fusca albogeniculata (Ikonnikov 1911)North KoreaI:(/)Paracyptera microptera meridionalis (Ikonnikov 1911)North KoreaI:(/)Gomphocerus kudia (Caudell 1927)North KoreaI:(//)Gomphocerippus rufus (Linnaeus 1758)North KoreaI:Glyptobothrus dubius (Zubowsky 1898)North KoreaI:(///)Glyptobothrus maritimus (Mishchenko 1951)mountain region of the Korean peninsula.I:(/)Chorthippus intermedius (Bey-Bienko 1926)North KoreaI:(/)Chorthippus hammarstroemi (Miram 1907)I:Water-meadow grasshopper (/)Chorthippus montanus (Charpentier 1825)I:(////)Schmidtiacris schmidti (Ikonnikov 1913)I:()Euchorthippus unicolor (Ikonnikov 1913)I:(//)MMegaulacobothrus aethalinus (Zubowsky 1899)I:(/MMegaulacobothrus jejuensis Kim, 2008Jejudo(indigenous species)I:Orange-tipped grasshopper (/)Omocestus haemorrhoidalis (Charpentier 1825)I:Common green grasshopper (/)Omocestus viridulus (Linnaeus 1758)North KoreaI:Large gold grasshopper ()Chrysochraon dispar major (Uvarov 1925)This species was discovered in North KoreaI:(/)Mongolotettix japonicus (Bolivar 1898)Throughout the Korean peninsula.I:()Podismopsis altaica (Zubowsky 1899)North KoreaI:(//)Podismopsis ussuriensis (Ikonnikov 1911)This species was first discovered in North KoreaI:(///)Podismopsis genicularibus (Shiraki 1910)I:(/)Aiolopus thalassinus tamulus (Fabricius 1798)I:()Epacromius japonicus (Shiraki 1910)I:(/)Epacromius pulverulentus (Fischer von Waldheim 1846)I:(//)Celes skalozubovi akitanus (Shiraki 1910)I:()Gastrimargus marmoratus (Thunberg 1815)I:(//)Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus 1758)I:(///)Oedaleus infernalis (Saussure 1884)I:(/)Trilophidia annulata (Thunberg 1815)I:(/)Sphingonotus mongolicus (Saussure 1888)I:()Bryodema gebleri (Fischer von Waldheim 1836)misrecorded speciesI:Speckled grasshopper (/)Bryodemella tuberculatum dilutum (Stroll 1813)I:
Phasmatodea
Common name (Korean name) Species (Authority) Preferred habitat Range StatusLonchodidae - 1 species()Phraortes illepidus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)I:Phasmatidae - 3 species()Baculum irregulariterdentatum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)|:()Baculum elongatus (Thunberg)|:()Baculum koreanum (Kwon Ha and Lee, 1992)indigenous species|:Necrosciidae - 2 species()Micadina phluctainoides (Rehn 1904)|:()Micadina yasumatsui (Shiraki 1935)|:
Notoptera
Common name (Korean name) Species (Authority) Preferred habitat Range StatusGrylloblattidae - 5 species or more(/)Namkungia biryongensis (Namkung 1974)indigenous species|:(/)Galloisiana kosuensis Namkung 1974indigenous species|:(/)Galloisiana magna (Namkung 1986)indigenous species|:(/)Galloisiana sinensis (Wang 1987)indigenous species|:(/)Galloisiana sofiae (Szeptycki 1987)indigenous species|: Most of grylloblattids are unrecorded or unidentified species.
Ensifera
Common name (Korean name) Species (Authority) Preferred habitat Range StatusTettigoniidae - species(/)Gampsocleis sedakovii obscura (Walker, 1869)grasslandsI:(/)Gampsocleis ussuriensis Adelung, 1910grasslandsI:(//)Tettigonia ussuriana (Walker, 1869)grasslandsI:(/)Tettigonia dolichoptera Mori, 1933grasslandsendemicI:()Tettigonia uvarovi Ebner, 1946grasslandsI:(/)Tettigonia jungi Storozhenko, Kim and Jeon, 2015grasslandsJejudo, Yeoseodo, endemic. Introduced in Seoul.I:(/작은날개애기여치)Chizuella bonneti (Bolívar, 1890)I:(/갈색긴허리여치)Paratlanticus ussuriensis (Uvarov, 1926)I:()Paratlanticus palgongensis Rentz and Miller, 1971I:()Anatlanticus koreanus Bey-Bienko, 1951endemicI:()Eobiana engelhardti engelhardti (Uvarov, 1926)I:()Bicolorana bicolor (Philippi, 1830)North KoreaI:(/검정긴허리여치)Atlanticus brunneri (Pylnov, 1914)I:()Deracantha transversa UvarovI:()Conocephalus chinensis Redtenbacher, 1891grasslandsI:()Conocephalus maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841)grasslandsI:()Conocephalus japonicus (Redtenbacher, 1891)grasslandsI:()Conocephalus exemptus (Walker, 1869)()Ruspolia lineosa (Walker, 1869)grasslandsI:()Ruspolia jezoensis (Matsumura and Shiraki, 1908)I:()Euconocephalus nasutus (Thunberg, 1815)I:()Parvarhynchus japonicus (Shiraki, 1930)I:Sickle-bearing bush cricket (/이슬여치)Phaneroptera falcata Poda, 1761I:()Phaneroptera nigroantennata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878)grasslandsI:()Sinochlora longifissa (Matsumura & Shiraki, 1908)treesI:Myrmecophilidae - 1 speciesGryllacrididae - 4 species()Nippancistroger koreanus Storozhenko & Paik, 2003Central and southern part of the Korean peninsula and Jeju-do. endemicI:(/)Radigryllacris japonica (Matsumura and Shiraki 1908)Southern part of the Korean peninsula and Jeju-do. Also in Japan.I:()Metriogryllacris tigris[orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1220827 species Metriogryllacris tigris Kim, 2014] Kim, 2014Southern part of the Korean islands (endemic)I:Rhaphidophoridae - 6 species()Anoplophilus koreanus (Storozhenko & Paik, 2010)Orthoptera.speciesfile.org: species Anoplophilus koreanus Access date: 2014/7/9endemic|:()Diestrammena unicolorspecies Diestrammena unicolor (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888) Access date: 2014/7/9 (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888)Mountains. Around the forest floor and rotting wood.Mainland|:Greenhouse camel cricket
(/)Diestrammena asynamora (Adelung 1902)cracks in rocks or near the housesMainland|:(/)Diestrammena coreana (Yamasaki 1969)Caves. They hide in dark places outside or inside houses during the daytime and come out during night. They can live near houses.Mainland and Jejudo|:(/)Paratachycines ussuriensis (Storozhenko 1990)Mountains and also in caves.Mainland and Jejudo|:()Paratachycines boldyrevi (Uvarov 1926)Caves in mountainsMainland|:Gryllidae - species(/)Gryllodes supplicans (Walker 1859)Mainland and near the housesI:()Nigrogryllus sibiricus (Chopard 1925))Mountain slopes in dead leaves.MainlandI:()Gryllus bimaculatus (de Geer 1773)invaded species for pets' feedI:(/)Loxoblemmus campestris (Matsuura 1988)Common in and near grassy areas.Mainland and JejudoI:()Loxoblemmus magnatus (Matsuura 1985)I:(/)Loxoblemmus doenitzi (Stein 1881)Lives in grassy areas, farms and parks.Mainland and JejudoI:(/Loxoblemmus equestris (Saussure 1877)MainlandI:()Loxoblemmus spectabilis (Gorochov and Kostia 1993)This species was first discovered in North KoreaI:()Mitius minor (Shiraki 1911)I:()Comidogryllus nipponensis (Shiraki 1911)Slopes in mountain areas in dead leaves and under rocks.I:()Modicogryllus siamensis (Chopard 1961)Shores, islands, in short grass and under rocks.Southern part of mainland South Korea and Jejudo.I:()Teleogryllus emma (Ohmachi and Matsuura 1951)Common around fields, grass fields, parks and farmland.Mainland and Jejudo.I:(/귀뚜라미/애귀뚜라미)Velarifictorus aspersus (Walker 1869)Southern parts of the Korean peninsulaMainlandI:()Velarifictorus micado (Saussure 1877)Usually found in grass fields and near houses. Males dig a hole under a rock to call.Mainland and Jejudo.I:()Velarifictorus ornatus (Shiraki 1911)MainlandI:()Duolandrevus ivani (Gorochov 1988)Under bark or cracks in rock cliffs.JejudoI:Landreva clara? (Walker 1869)?probably misrecorded speciesI:()Sclerogryllus punctatus (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893)They live on the ground of tall, thick grass with dead leaves.Central, south and JejudoI:(/큰홀쭉귀뚜라미)Xenogryllus marmoratus marmoratus (De Haan, 1842)Mainland and JejudoI:(/)Truljalia hibinonis (Matsumura 1919)Southern part of the Korean peninsula and Jeju-do. Also in Japan. I:
Cockroaches and Termites
Common name (Korean name) Species (Authority) Preferred habitat Range StatusCryptocercidae - 2 species()Cryptocercus relictus Bey-Bienko 1935Rotting woodI:(/)Cryptocercus kyebangensis (Grandcolas 2001)Rotten trunks and branches in high mountains.Mainland(indigenous species)I:Blattidae - 4 speciesAmerican Cockroach
(//)Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758)Indoors. Common domestic pest.|:Smokybrown Cockroach
()Periplaneta fuliginosa (Serville, 1838)Outdoors, in rotting wood. Common pest in Jeju-do.|:Japanese Cockroach (/)Periplaneta japonica (Karny, 1908)Rotting wood or indoors. Common domestic pest.Mainland|:Australian Cockroach
(/)Periplaneta australasiae (Fabricius, 1775)unrecoeded species (only listed)|:Ectobiidae -Kyoto Roach
()Asiablatta kyotensis (Asahina 1976)Can be found around rotting wood and tree sap of the southern partsMainland|:German Cockroach (//)Blattella germanica (Linnaeus 1767)Common domestic pest.|:()Blattella nipponica (Asahina 1963)Forest floor.|:()Margattea kumamotonis (Shiraki 1931)Moist grassJeju-do and other islands of the southern parts. Also found in Japan.|:()Symploce striata (Shiraki 1906)During the night they are found on trees and in leaf litter. rare speciesAlso in Japan and China.|:Rhinotermitidae - 2 species()Reticulitermes speratus kyushuensis (Morimoto 1968)Wet rotting wood. Wooden building pest.|:()Reticulitermes kanmonensis (Morimoto 1968)rotting wood|:()Coptotermes formosanus (Shiraki 1905)Old wood houses in the southern part|:
Mantodea
Common name (Korean name) Species (Authority) Preferred habitat Range StatusMantidae - 7 speciesChinese mantis
(/)Tenodera sinensis (Saussure, 1871)GrassThroughout mainlandI:Narrow-winged mantis
(Tenodera angustipennis (Saussure, 1869)GrassThrough mainland South Korea, Jejudo, Ulleung-do. See here for more comprehensive range.I:Asian jumping mantis
(/)Statilia maculata (Thunberg, 1784)Can be found in both rural and urban areas in grass and bushes.Throughout mainlandI:()Statilia nemoralis (Saussure, 1870)Gyeonggi ProvinceI:(/유리날개사마귀)|?Mantis religiosa beybienkoi