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Cycloptilum lepismoide McNeill, 1901

Scaly Cricket

Herbivore; scavenger?; littoral to pampa zone. Adult males retain forewings for stridulating, adult females have no wings. Both sexes are flightless

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Orthoptera

Suborder
Ensifera

Superfamily
Grylloidea

Family
Gryllidae

Genus
Cycloptilum

Species
lepismoide

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
  • Peck, S.B. (1996) Diversity and distribution of the orthopteroid insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 1497-1510.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Cycloptilum lepismoide", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10315. Accessed 5 November 2026.