Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Cycloptilum erraticum Scudder, 1893

Scaly Crickets

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Orthoptera

Suborder
Ensifera

Superfamily
Grylloidea

Family
Gryllidae

Genus
Cycloptilum

Species
erraticum

Taxon category: Accepted

Distribution

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

References

  • 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, Cycloptilum erraticum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5766. Accessed 5 November 2026.