Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Neoconocephalus triops
Cone-headed Grasshopper
Herbivore; arid to humid forest zone; February-June. Females are green and males are brown-grey
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Orthoptera
Suborder
Ensifera
Superfamily
Tettigonioidea
Family
Tettigoniidae
Genus
Neoconocephalus
Species
triops
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Conocephalus insulanus, C. insularum
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Hebard, M. (1920) Expedition of the Calfornia Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, 1905-1906. 17. Dermaptera and Orthoptera. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 2(17): 311-346.
- Hickin, N. (1979) Animal life of the Galapagos. Ferundune Books, Faringdon, U.K., 236 pp.
- 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. (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, Neoconocephalus triops", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6666. Accessed 31 October 2026.