Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Gryllus galapageius
Field Cricket
Herbivore; arid to humid forest zone; January, May, June, October. Wings are seemingly always fully developed and can be used for flight.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Orthoptera
Suborder
Ensifera
Superfamily
Grylloidea
Family
Gryllidae
Genus
Gryllus
Species
galapageius
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Gryllus assimilis
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Otte, D. Peck, S.B. (1997) New species of gryllus (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Gryllidae) from the Galapagos Islands. Journal of Orthoptera Research 6: 161-173.
- 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, Gryllus galapageius", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6454. Accessed 31 October 2026.