Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Copiphora brevicauda
Cone-headed Grasshopper
Herbivore; transition, agriculture and evergreen shrub zones; February-June. The species has been intercepted on bananas at U.S. ports (specimens in USNM), so it could have traveled to the Galápagos on supply boats, after flying to the boat's lights at night.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Orthoptera
Suborder
Ensifera
Superfamily
Tettigonioidea
Family
Tettigoniidae
Genus
Copiphora
Species
brevicauda
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1989
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz
- 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. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
- 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, Copiphora brevicauda", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5734. Accessed 5 November 2026.