Orchelimum is a genus of katydid with 21 known species. They are known as greater meadow katydids due to them being larger than the related genus Conocephalus ("lesser meadow katydids").
Species The following species are recognised in the genus Orchelimum:
Subgenus Metarhoptrum Rehn & Hebard, 1915 Orchelimum fraternum Rehn & Hebard, 1915 Orchelimum superbum Rehn & Hebard, 1915 Orchelimum unispina (Saussure & Pictet, 1898) Subgenus Orchelimum Serville, 1838 Orchelimum agile (De Geer, 1773) Orchelimum bullatum Rehn & Hebard, 1915 Orchelimum campestre Blatchley, 1893 Orchelimum carinatum Walker, 1971 Orchelimum concinnum Scudder, 1862 Orchelimum delicatum Bruner, 1892 Orchelimum erythrocephalum Davis, 1905 Orchelimum fidicinium Rehn & Hebard, 1907 Orchelimum gladiator Bruner, 1891 Orchelimum laticauda (Redtenbacher, 1891) Orchelimum militare Rehn & Hebard, 1907 Orchelimum minor Bruner, 1891 Orchelimum nigripes Scudder, 1875 Orchelimum pulchellum Davis, 1909 Orchelimum silvaticum McNeill, 1891 Orchelimum vulgare Harris, 1841 Subgenus Stenorhoptrum Rehn & Hebard, 1915 Orchelimum bradleyi Rehn & Hebard, 1915 Orchelimum volantum McNeill, 1891 [Unplaced subgenus] Orchelimum kasumigauraense Inoue, 2000
See also extinct: †Orchelimum placidum Scudder, 1890
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