This is a list of Polyneoptera, or "orthopteroid" insects found in the wild of the Korean Peninsula and surrounding islands.
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Common name (Korean name) | Species (Authority) | Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
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Pyrgomorphidae - 2 species | ||||
Atractomorpha lata (Motschulsky, 1866) | Throughout the Korean peninsula. |
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(분홍날개섬서구메뚜기) | Atractomorpha sinensis sinensis (Mistshenko, 1951) | South Korea. Also found in China. [1] |
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(검은줄벼메뚜기) | Oxya agavisa (Tsai, 1931) |
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(벼메뚜기/우리벼메뚜기) | Oxya chinensis sinuosa (Mistshenko, 1951) |
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(애기벼메뚜기) | Oxya hyla instricata (Stal, 1861) |
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(밑들이메뚜기/밑드리메뚜기/좀밑드리메뚜기/거품메뚜기) | Anapodisma miramae (Dovnar-Zapolsky 1933) | Mountains |
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(팔공산밑들이메뚜기) | Anapodisma beybienkoi (Rentz and Miller, 1971) | Throughout mainland, Jejudo, Ulleung-do |
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(원산밑들이메뚜기/남방메뚜기) | Ognevia sergii (Ikonnikov, 1911) | Mainland, Ulleung-do |
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(긴날개밑들이메뚜기/긴날개거품메뚜기) | Ognevia longipennis (Shiraki 1910) | Mainland South Korea |
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(참밑들이메뚜기) | Podisma aberrans (Ikonnikov 1911) |
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(검정무릎삽사리) | Podismopsis genicularibus (Shiraki, 1910) [2] | Lives in grass fields in mountain areas. | North and central parts of the Korean peninsula |
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(고산삽사리) | Podisma ussuriensis ussuriensis [3] (Ikonnikov, 1911) | Lives in grass fields in mountains at least 1700 meters in altitude. | Jejudo. Also in Mongolia, Primorye. [3] |
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(제주밑들이메뚜기/반디밑들이메뚜기) | Parapodisma setouchiensis (Inoue 1979) | Jeju-do |
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(고산밑들이메뚜기) | Miramella solitaria (Ikonnikov 1911) |
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(한라북방밑들이메뚜기/우리북방밑들이메뚜기) | Prumna halrasana (Lee and Lee 1984) |
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(고산북방밑들이메뚜기) | Prumna plana (Mistshenko 1974) |
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(참북방밑들이메뚜기) | Prumna mandshurica (Ramme 1939) |
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(우수리북방밑들이메뚜기/우수리밑드리메뚜기) | Prumna primnoides (Ikonnikov 1911) |
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(참민날개밑들이메뚜기/참밑드리메뚜기) | Zubovskya morii (Bey-Bienko 1931) |
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(민날개밑들이메뚜기/백두산민날개밑드리메뚜기/반날개메뚜기) | Zubovskya koeppeni parvula (Ikonnikov 1911) | North Korea |
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(한국민날개밑들이메뚜기) | Zubovskya koreana (Mistshenko 1952) |
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(꽃메뚜기) | Chondracris rosea (de Geer 1773) | only listed species. Also found in China. |
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Nomadacris japonica (Bolivar 1898) | Southern part of Korean peninsula in the seacoast and Jeju-do, Geojedo, Namhae County, Wando County. |
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(땅딸보메뚜기/도이땅딸보메뚜기/한국땅딸보메뚜기 | Calliptamus abbreviatus (Ikonnikov 1913) |
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(등검은메뚜기/검은등메뚜기/시라끼메뚜기) | Shirakiacris shirakii (Bolivar 1914) | Throughout Korean peninsula, Jeju-do, Ulleung-do. Also in other eastern Asia. |
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(방아깨비/방아개비/방아다리메뚜기 | Acrida cinerea (Thunberg 1815) | Fields. | Throughout the Korean peninsula, Jeju-do, Ulleung-do. Also in China, Japan and Taiwan. |
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(검정수염메뚜기/대메뚜기) | Ceracris nigricornis laeta (Bolivar 1914) | Common in grass fields in hills. | Southern part of Korean peninsula |
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(딱다기/딱따기/딱때기/딱대기붙이/대만딱다깨비사촌) | Gonista bicolor (de Haan 1842) |
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Leek grasshopper (벼메뚜기붙이/벼메뚜기부치/벼메뚜기번티기) | Mecostethus alliaceus (Germar 1871) |
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(끝검은메뚜기) | Stethophyma magister (Rehn 1902) |
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(참어리삽사리/울음메뚜기번티기) | Arcyptera coreana (Shiraki 1930) |
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(어리삽사리) | Arcyptera fusca albogeniculata (Ikonnikov 1911) | North Korea |
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(잔날개어리삽사리/작은날개울음메뚜기번티기) | Paracyptera microptera meridionalis (Ikonnikov 1911) | North Korea |
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(북채수염수중다리메뚜기/북채수염메뚜기) | Gomphocerus kudia (Caudell 1927) | North Korea |
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(북채수염메뚜기/붉은메뚜기붉은메뚜기/빨간메뚜기) | Gomphocerippus rufus (Linnaeus 1758) | North Korea |
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Glyptobothrus dubius (Zubowsky 1898) | North Korea |
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(극동애메뚜기/애메뚜기/애기메뚜기/변색애기메뚜기) | Glyptobothrus maritimus (Mishchenko 1951) | mountain region of the Korean peninsula. |
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(동방애메뚜기/동방애기메뚜기) | Chorthippus intermedius (Bey-Bienko 1926) | North Korea |
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(시베리아애메뚜기/씨비리애기메뚜기) | Chorthippus hammarstroemi (Miram 1907) |
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Water-meadow grasshopper (긴수염애메뚜기/산애기메뚜기) | Chorthippus montanus (Charpentier 1825) |
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(수염치레애메뚜기/긴수염애기메뚜기/쇠긴수염애기메뚜기/발해애메뚜기/긴날개애기메뚜기) | Schmidtiacris schmidti (Ikonnikov 1913) |
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(꼭지메뚜기) | Euchorthippus unicolor (Ikonnikov 1913) |
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(청날개애메뚜기/실뿔메뚜기/검푸른애기메뚜기) | MMegaulacobothrus aethalinus (Zubowsky 1899) |
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(제주청날개애메뚜기/폭날개애메뚜기 | MMegaulacobothrus jejuensis Kim, 2008 | Jejudo(indigenous species) |
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Orange-tipped grasshopper (대륙메뚜기/붉은배풀메뚜기) | Omocestus haemorrhoidalis (Charpentier 1825) |
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Common green grasshopper (구대륙메뚜기/푸른풀메뚜기) | Omocestus viridulus (Linnaeus 1758) | North Korea |
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Large gold grasshopper (금빛삽사리) | Chrysochraon dispar major (Uvarov 1925) | This species was discovered in North Korea |
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(삽사리/섬나라메뚜기) | Mongolotettix japonicus (Bolivar 1898) | Throughout the Korean peninsula. |
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(알타이삽사리) | Podismopsis altaica (Zubowsky 1899) | North Korea |
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(백두산삽사리/산삽사리/우수리산삽사리) | Podismopsis ussuriensis (Ikonnikov 1911) | This species was first discovered in North Korea |
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(검정무릎삽사리/검정삽사리/검정물팍삽사리/반날개삽사리) | Podismopsis genicularibus (Shiraki 1910) |
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(청분홍메뚜기/알락메뚜기) | Aiolopus thalassinus tamulus (Fabricius 1798) |
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(해변메뚜기) | Epacromius japonicus (Shiraki 1910) |
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(발톱메뚜기/얼룩메뚜기) | Epacromius pulverulentus (Fischer von Waldheim 1846) |
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(홍날개메뚜기/붉은날개메뚜기/청다리메뚜기) | Celes skalozubovi akitanus (Shiraki 1910) |
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(콩중이) | Gastrimargus marmoratus (Thunberg 1815) |
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(풀무치/메뚜기/이주메뚜기) | Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus 1758) |
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(팥중이/팥뛰기/팟중이/애콩중이) | Oedaleus infernalis (Saussure 1884) |
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(두꺼비메뚜기/사마귀메뚜기) | Trilophidia annulata (Thunberg 1815) |
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(강변메뚜기/벌메뚜기) | Sphingonotus mongolicus (Saussure 1888) |
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(빨간종아리메뚜기) | Bryodema gebleri (Fischer von Waldheim 1836) | misrecorded species |
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Speckled grasshopper (참홍날개메뚜기/붉은큰날개메뚜기) | Bryodemella tuberculatum dilutum (Stroll 1813) |
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Common name (Korean name) | Species (Authority) | Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
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Lonchodidae - 1 species | ||||
(긴수염대벌레) | Phraortes illepidus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) |
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Phasmatidae - 3 species | ||||
(대벌레) | Baculum irregulariterdentatum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) |
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(대벌레) | Baculum elongatus (Thunberg) |
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(우리대벌레) | Baculum koreanum (Kwon Ha and Lee, 1992) | indigenous species |
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Necrosciidae - 2 species | ||||
(분홍날개대벌레) | Micadina phluctainoides (Rehn 1904) |
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(날개대벌레) | Micadina yasumatsui (Shiraki 1935) |
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Grylloblattidae - 5 species or more | ||||
(비룡갈로와벌레/비룡귀뚜라미붙이) | Namkungia biryongensis (Namkung 1974) | indigenous species |
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(고수갈로와벌레/고수귀뚜라미붙이) | Galloisiana kosuensis Namkung 1974 | indigenous species |
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(동대갈로와벌레/동대귀뚜라미붙이) | Galloisiana magna (Namkung 1986) | indigenous species |
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(백두갈로와벌레/백두귀뚜라미붙이) | Galloisiana sinensis (Wang 1987) | indigenous species |
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(묘향갈로와벌레/묘향귀뚜라미붙이) | Galloisiana sofiae (Szeptycki 1987) | indigenous species |
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Most of grylloblattids are unrecorded or unidentified species.
Common name (Korean name) | Species (Authority) | Preferred habitat | Range | Status |
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Tettigoniidae - species | ||||
(여치/북방여치) | Gampsocleis sedakovii obscura (Walker, 1869) | grasslands |
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(긴날개여치/긴날개우쑤리여치) | Gampsocleis ussuriensis Adelung, 1910 | grasslands |
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(중베짱이/만주중베짱이/먹중베짱이) | Tettigonia ussuriana (Walker, 1869) | grasslands |
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(긴날개중베짱이/중베짱이) | Tettigonia dolichoptera Mori, 1933 | grasslands | endemic |
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(극동긴긴날개중베짱이) | Tettigonia uvarovi Ebner, 1946 | grasslands |
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(섬중베짱이/동방중베짱이) | Tettigonia jungi Storozhenko, Kim and Jeon, 2015 | grasslands | Jejudo, Yeoseodo, endemic |
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(잔날개여치/작은날개애기여치) | Chizuella bonneti (Bolívar, 1890) |
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(갈색여치/갈색긴허리여치) | Paratlanticus ussuriensis (Uvarov, 1926) |
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(팔공여치) | Paratlanticus palgongensis Rentz and Miller, 1971 |
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(우리여치) | Anatlanticus koreanus Bey-Bienko, 1951 | endemic |
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(애여치) | Eobiana engelhardti engelhardti (Uvarov, 1926) |
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(쌍색여치) | Bicolorana bicolor (Philippi, 1830) |
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(좀날개여치/검정긴허리여치) | Atlanticus brunneri (Pylnov, 1914) |
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(민충이) | Deracantha transversa Uvarov |
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(쌕쌔기) | Conocephalus chinensis Redtenbacher, 1891 | grasslands |
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(점박이쌕쌔기) | Conocephalus maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841) | grasslands |
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(좀쌕쌔기) | Conocephalus japonicus (Redtenbacher, 1891) | grasslands |
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(긴꼬리쌕새기) | Conocephalus exemptus (Walker, 1869) | |||
(매부리) | Ruspolia lineosa (Walker, 1869) | grasslands |
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(애매부리) | Ruspolia jezoensis (Matsumura and Shiraki, 1908) |
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(좀매부리) | Euconocephalus nasutus (Thunberg, 1815) |
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(여치베짱이) | Parvarhynchus japonicus (Shiraki, 1930) |
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Sickle-bearing bush cricket (실베짱이/이슬여치) | Phaneroptera falcata Poda, 1761 |
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(검은다리실베짱이) | Phaneroptera nigroantennata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878) | grasslands |
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(날베짱이) | Sinochlora longifissa (Matsumura & Shiraki, 1908) | trees |
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Myrmecophilidae - 1 species | ||||
Gryllacrididae - 4 species | ||||
(민어리여치) | Nippancistroger koreanus Storozhenko & Paik, 2003 | Central and southern part of the Korean peninsula and Jeju-do. endemic [4] |
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(어리여치/귀뚜라미여치) | Radigryllacris japonica (Matsumura and Shiraki 1908) | Southern part of the Korean peninsula and Jeju-do. Also in Japan. |
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(범어리여치) | Metriogryllacris tigris [5] Kim, 2014 | Southern part of the Korean islands (endemic) |
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Rhaphidophoridae - 6 species | ||||
(산꼽등이) | Anoplophilus koreanus (Storozhenko & Paik, 2010) [6] | endemic |
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(장수꼽등이) | Diestrammena unicolor [7] (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888) | Mountains. Around the forest floor and rotting wood. | Mainland |
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Greenhouse camel cricket | Diestrammena asynamora (Adelung 1902) | cracks in rocks or near the houses | Mainland |
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(꼽등이/한국굴꼽등이) | 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 |
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(검정꼽등이/우수리말귀뚜라미) | Paratachycines ussuriensis (Storozhenko 1990) | Mountains and also in caves. | Mainland and Jejudo |
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(굴꼽등이) | Paratachycines boldyrevi (Uvarov 1926) | Caves in mountains | Mainland |
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Gryllidae - species | ||||
(희시무르귀뚜라미/부엌귀뚜라미) | Gryllodes supplicans (Walker 1859) | Mainland and near the houses |
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(먹귀뚜라미) | Nigrogryllus sibiricus (Chopard 1925)) | Mountain slopes in dead leaves. | Mainland |
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(쌍별귀뚜라미) | Gryllus bimaculatus (de Geer 1773) | invaded species for pets' feed |
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(알락귀뚜라미/돌거북귀뚜라미) | Loxoblemmus campestris (Matsuura 1988) | Common in and near grassy areas. | Mainland and Jejudo |
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(큰알락귀뚜라미) | Loxoblemmus magnatus (Matsuura 1985) |
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(모대가리귀뚜라미/뿔귀뚜라미) | Loxoblemmus doenitzi (Stein 1881) | Lives in grassy areas, farms and parks. | Mainland and Jejudo |
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(야산알락귀뚜라미/남쪽알락귀뚜라미 | Loxoblemmus equestris (Saussure 1877) | Mainland |
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(꽃알락귀뚜라미) | Loxoblemmus spectabilis (Gorochov and Kostia 1993) | This species was first discovered in North Korea |
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(곰귀뚜라미) | Mitius minor (Shiraki 1911) |
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(루루곰귀뚜라미) | Comidogryllus nipponensis (Shiraki 1911) | Slopes in mountain areas in dead leaves and under rocks. |
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(샴귀뚜라미) | Modicogryllus siamensis (Chopard 1961) | Shores, islands, in short grass and under rocks. | Southern part of mainland South Korea and Jejudo. |
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Teleogryllus emma (Ohmachi and Matsuura 1951) | Common around fields, grass fields, parks and farmland. | Mainland and Jejudo. |
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(탈귀뚜라미/귀뚜라미/애귀뚜라미) | Velarifictorus aspersus (Walker 1869) | Southern parts of the Korean peninsula | Mainland |
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(극동귀뚜라미) | Velarifictorus micado (Saussure 1877) | Usually found in grass fields and near houses. Males dig a hole under a rock to call. | Mainland and Jejudo. |
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(봄여름귀뚜라미) | Velarifictorus ornatus (Shiraki 1911) | Mainland |
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(뚱보귀뚜라미) | Duolandrevus ivani (Gorochov 1988) | Under bark or cracks in rock cliffs. | Jejudo |
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Landreva clara ? (Walker 1869) | ? | probably misrecorded species |
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(곰방울벌레) | Sclerogryllus punctatus (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893) | They live on the ground of tall, thick grass with dead leaves. | Central, south and Jejudo |
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(솔귀뚜라미/큰홀쭉귀뚜라미) | Xenogryllus marmoratus marmoratus (De Haan, 1842) | Mainland and Jejudo |
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Truljalia hibinonis (Matsumura 1919) | Southern part of the Korean peninsula and Jeju-do. Also in Japan.
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Cryptocercidae - 2 species | ||||
(가시바퀴) | Cryptocercus relictus Bey-Bienko 1935 | Rotting wood |
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(갑옷바퀴/귀신바퀴) | Cryptocercus kyebangensis (Grandcolas 2001) | Rotten trunks and branches in high mountains. | Mainland(indigenous species) |
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Blattidae - 4 species | ||||
American Cockroach | Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) | Indoors. Common domestic pest. |
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Smokybrown Cockroach | Periplaneta fuliginosa (Serville, 1838) | Outdoors, in rotting wood. Common pest in Jeju-do. |
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Japanese Cockroach (집바퀴/일본바퀴) | Periplaneta japonica (Karny, 1908) | Rotting wood or indoors. Common domestic pest. | Mainland |
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Australian Cockroach
| Periplaneta australasiae (Fabricius, 1775) | unrecoeded species (only listed) |
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Ectobiidae - | ||||
Kyoto Roach | Asiablatta kyotensis (Asahina 1976) | Can be found around rotting wood and tree sap of the southern parts | Mainland |
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German Cockroach (바퀴/참바퀴/독일바퀴) | Blattella germanica (Linnaeus 1767) | Common domestic pest. |
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(산바퀴) | Blattella nipponica (Asahina 1963) | Forest floor. |
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(유리날개바퀴) | Margattea kumamotonis (Shiraki 1931) | Moist grass | Jeju-do and other islands of the southern parts. Also found in Japan. |
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(줄바퀴) | Symploce striata (Shiraki 1906) | During the night they are found on trees and in leaf litter. rare species | Also in Japan and China. |
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Rhinotermitidae - 2 species | ||||
(흰개미) | Reticulitermes speratus kyushuensis (Morimoto 1968) | Wet rotting wood. Wooden building pest. |
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(칸몬흰개미) | Reticulitermes kanmonensis (Morimoto 1968) | rotting wood |
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Coptotermes formosanus (Shiraki 1905) | Old wood houses in the southern part |
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Mantidae - 7 species | ||||
Chinese mantis | Tenodera sinensis (Saussure, 1871) | Grass | Throughout mainland |
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Narrow-winged mantis | Tenodera angustipennis (Saussure, 1869) | Grass | Through mainland South Korea, Jejudo, Ulleung-do. See here for more comprehensive range. |
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Asian jumping mantis | Statilia maculata (Thunberg, 1784) | Can be found in both rural and urban areas in grass and bushes. | Throughout mainland |
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(민무늬좀사마귀) | Statilia nemoralis (Saussure, 1870) | Gyeonggi Province |
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(항라사마귀/유리날개사마귀)|? Mantis religiosa beybienkoi (Bazyluk, 1960)? | North Korea (?). Found in Western Siberia and Far East Russia, including Khasansky District bordering North Korea. [8] [9] |
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European mantis (항라사마귀/유리날개사마귀/엷은날개사마귀) | Mantis religiosa sinica (Bazyluk, 1960) | Grass | Central and southern part of the Korean peninsula. |
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Giant Asian mantis | Hierodula patellifera (Audinet-Serville, 1839) | Trees | Central and south |
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| Hierodula chinensis (Werner, 1929) | Trees | Central and south |
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(좁쌀사마귀) | Amantis nawai (Shiraki:1908) | South and Jejudo |
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Japanese Boxer Mantis | Acromantis japonica (Westwood, 1889) | Usually lives around shady areas on trees, rocks and leaf litter in mountains in the southern parts. | Also found in China, Japan and Taiwan. |
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