Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Halmenus cuspidatus
Spur-throated Grasshopper
Herbivore; arid to pampa zone; January-December
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Orthoptera
Suborder
Caelifera
Superfamily
Acridoidea
Family
Acrididae
Genus
Halmenus
Species
cuspidatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Halmenus robustus cuspidatus
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.
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- 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, Halmenus cuspidatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6466. Accessed 4 June 2026.