Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hygronemobius daphne
Ground cricket
Scavenger; littoral zone; on mud exposed at low tide, under mangroves near Park Headquarters; January-April; first discovered in 1996; taken by sweeping over tidal mud or in pan traps; not found in mangroves east of Villamil on Isabela.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Orthoptera
Suborder
Ensifera
Superfamily
Grylloidea
Family
Gryllidae
Genus
Hygronemobius
Species
daphne
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1996
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz
- Otte, D. Peck, S.B (1998) Crickets of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Nemobiinae and Trigonidiinae). Journal of Orthoptera Research 7: 231-240.
- 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, Hygronemobius daphne", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6505. Accessed 31 October 2026.