Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Dallasiellus murinus
Phytophagous on plant roots; littoral to pampa and agriculture zone; at lights, in litter, in cave; January-December.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Heteroptera
Superfamily
Pentatomoidea
Family
Cydnidae
Section
Geotomini
Genus
Dallasiellus
Species
murinus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Froeschner, R.C. (1985) Synopsis of the Heteroptera or True Bugs of the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 407: 1-84.
- Froeschner, R.C. (1968) Burrower bugs from the Galápagos Islands collected by the 1964 Expedition of the Galápagos Scientific Project (Hemiptera: Cydnidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 70(2): 192.
- 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. Kukalova-Peck J. (1986) Preliminary summary of the subterranean fauna of the galapagos islands, Ecuador. Part II. The insects, evolution, and biogeography. Proc. 9th Intnl. Congr. Speleology, Barcelona 2: 166-169.
- 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, Dallasiellus murinus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5781. Accessed 1 November 2026.