Ephippiger
| Ephippiger | |
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| Ephippiger species, female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Superfamily: | Tettigonioidea |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Bradyporinae |
| Genus: | Ephippiger, Berthold, 1827 |
Ephippiger is a bush cricket genus described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae.
Description
Ephippiger species
In this genus, the bush crickets have very small wings and the pronotum resembles a saddle (the Latin name ephippium means 'saddle of a horse'). The atrophied wings of Ephippiger species are unfit to flight and only used for the emission of sounds (stridulation).
Distribution
Species of this genus are mainly present in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Romania, Spain, IRAN and Switzerland.
List of Species
- Ephippiger apulus (Ramme, 1933)
- Ephippiger bormansi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
- Ephippiger camillae Fontana & Massa, 2000
- Ephippiger carlottae Fontana & Odé, 2003
- Ephippiger cavannai Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881
- Ephippiger cruciger (Fiebig, 1784)
- Ephippiger discoidalis Fieber, 1853
- Ephippiger diurnus Dufour, 1841
- Ephippiger ephippiger (Fiebig, 1784)
- Ephippiger mischtschenkoi Harz, 1966
- Ephippiger perforatus (Rossius, 1790)
- Ephippiger persicarius Fruhstorfer, 1921
- Ephippiger provincialis Yersin, 1854
- Ephippiger rugosicollis Serville
- Ephippiger ruffoi Galvagni, 1955
- Ephippiger terrestris Yersin, 1854
- Ephippiger tropicalis Baccetti, 1985
- Ephippiger zelleri Fischer, 1853
References
- Berthold, 1827 : Latreille's Naturliche Familien des Thierreichs / aus dem Franzosischen, mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen, von Arnold Adolph Berthold (texte original).
- Michel Chinery, insectes de France 2005
External links
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Ephippiger discoidalis
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Ephippiger ephippiger
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Ephippiger provincialis
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Ephippiger terrestris terrestris
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