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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Gryllus (Gryllus) galapageius Scudder, 1893

Nomenclature (8)

  • Gryllus galapageius Scudder, 1893: 22. (valid in Hebard, 1920: 342 and Rehn & Hebard, 1915: 296)

    Holotype; female; a5067f95-39ac-4d0c-aa65-f7b7b7215976; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Ecuador: Galápagos: Isabela: Isabela

  • Gryllus galapageius Scudder, 1893 (subjective synonym of Acheta assimilis Fabricius, 1775) in Rehn & Hebard, 1915: 296.
  • Gryllus galapageius Scudder, 1893 in Peck, 2001: 138, 139.
  • Gryllus galapagensis [sic] Scudder, 1893 (misspelling of Gryllus galapageius Scudder, 1893)

References (7)

  • Chopard, L. (1967) Gryllides. Fam. Gryllidae; Subfam. Gryllinae (Trib. Grymnogryllini, Gryllini, Gryllomorphini, Nemobiini). In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 10, pp. 213 pp.
  • Hebard, M. (1920) Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Island, 1905-1906. Dermaptera and Orthoptera. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 2(17), 311–346. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97652#page/377/mode/1up
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 1. Crickets (Grylloidea). The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 120 pp.
  • Peck, S.B. (1996) Diversity and distribution of the orthopteroid insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 74(8), 1497–1510.
  • Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NCR Research press, Ottawa, 1–278 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=mITflLCTmKMC
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1915) The genus Gryllus (Orthoptera) as found in America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 67, 293–322. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/79162#page/301/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1893) The Orthoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 25, 1–25, Pl. 1–3. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/24909#page/9/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

After distribution on Galápagos Islands.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012