Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Closteridea bauri
Herbivore; arid to pampa zone; February, August. This is a flightless species which probably lost its wings on the Galápagos
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Orthoptera
Suborder
Caelifera
Superfamily
Acridoidea
Family
Acrididae
Genus
Closteridea
Species
bauri
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Dirsh, V.M. (1969) Acridoidea of the Galapagos Islands (Orthoptera). Bull. British Museum Entomology 23(2): 28-51.
- Hebard, M. (1920) Expedition of the Calfornia Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, 1905-1906. 17. Dermaptera and Orthoptera. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 2(17): 311-346.
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- Peck, S.B. (1996) Diversity and distribution of the orthopteroid insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 1497-1510.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Closteridea bauri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5716. Accessed 31 October 2026.