Galapagos Species Database

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

Halmenus robustus Scudder, 1893

Spur-throated Grasshopper

Herbivore; arid to pampa zone; February-July

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Orthoptera

Suborder
Caelifera

Superfamily
Acridoidea

Family
Acrididae

Genus
Halmenus

Species
robustus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Halmenus robustus robustus

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

References

  • 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.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1969) Acridoidea of the Galapagos Islands (Orthoptera). Bull. British Museum Entomology 23(2): 28-51.
  • Peck, S.B. (1996) Diversity and distribution of the orthopteroid insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 1497-1510.
  • 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.
  • Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
  • Parkin, P. Parkin D.T., Ewing, A.W. & Ford, H.A. (1972) A report on the arthropods collected by the Edinburgh University Galapagos Islands Expedition, 1968. The Pan-pacific Entomologist 48: 100-107.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Halmenus robustus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6467. Accessed 19 May 2025.