Monotypic Orthoptera genera

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thumb|Video of Sepiana sepium Sepiana sepium, common name sepia bush-cricket, is a species of bush crickets belonging to the tribe Platycleidini and genus group Platycleis. It is the only species within the monotypic genus Sepiana.

Chlorobalius is a monotypic genus of Australian bush crickets (katydids) in the tribe Terpandrini containing the single species Chlorobalius leucoviridis, sometimes known as the spotted predatory katydid. C. leucoviridis is a predator and is an acoustic aggressive mimic of cicadas; by imitating the sounds and movements made by female cicadas, it lures male cicadas to within its reach and then eats them.

species of insect

Paraneonetus is a monotypic genus of wētā containing the species Paraneonetus multispinus, commonly known as the Three Kings cave wētā. P. multispinus is a cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to the Three Kings Islands of New Zealand.

species of insect

species of insect

Acyrophyllum is a genus of katydids, containing a single species, Acyrophyllum exiguum. The genus name is commonly misspelled as Acrophyllum.

species of insect

Dichopetala is a genus of short-wing katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. There is one described species in Dichopetala, D. mexicana.

Aularches miliaris is a grasshopper species of the monotypic genus Aularches, belonging to the family Pyrgomorphidae. A native of South and Southeast Asia, the bright warning colours of this fairly large grasshopper keep away predators and their defense when disturbed includes the ejection of a toxic foam.

Tripetalocera is a genus of Asian groundhoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in the subfamily Tripetalocerinae Bolívar, 1887; the genus was described in 1834 by John Obadiah Westwood.

Eufalconius pendleburyi is a groundhopper species found in Malaysia, belonging to the tribe Scelimenini. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Eufalconius.

Tropidolophus is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. Tropidolophus is monotypic, with the single species T. formosus, the great crested grasshopper, from North America. thumb|Tropidolophus formosus

Tasmanoplectron isolatum is a rare nocturnal species of cave cricket, and is the only species represented in the genus Tasmanoplectron, belonging to the family Rhaphidophoridae. In 1971, Aola M. Richards was first to describe this species in Tasmania, Australia, where its geographical distribution is restricted to. The genus is thought to have affinities with New Zealand fauna due to its marked differences from the other Australian Rhaphidophoridae.

Drymadusa is a monotypic genus of bush crickets named by Johann Philipp Emil Friedrich Stein in 1860; it is the type genus of the tribe Drymadusini, which was erected by Boris Uvarov in 1924. Now containing the single species Drymadusa dorsalis, it previously included others moved to genera such as Afrodrymadusa, Anadrymadusa and Paradrymadusa.

Angaracris barabensis is a species of bandwing grasshopper which inhabits the steppes of central and northeast Asia.

Neoxizicus is a monotypic genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini in the subfamily Meconematinae. It is only found in Vietnam.

Parasanaa is a genus of bush-cricket recorded from India, Indochina, Malesia through to New Guinea. It is represented by a single species, Parasanaa donovani

Grylloderes is a genus of crickets in the subfamily Gryllinae, unplaced in any tribe; it was erected by Ignacio Bolívar in 1894.

Holocerus is a monotypic genus of groundhoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in the tribe Guntheritettigini, erected by Ignacio Bolívar in 1887. Previously placed in the subfamily Metrodorinae, it now forms part of the Guntheritettiginae after a revision in 2025.

Poecilopsyra is a monotypic genus of katydids or bush crickets native to Malesia. The single (type) species, Poecilopsyra octoseriata, was originally taken from Borneo.