Ephippiger
| Ephippiger | |
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| Ephippiger perforatus, female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Tribe: | Ephippigerini |
| Genus: | Ephippiger Berthold, 1827 |
| Synonyms | |
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Ephippigera Serville, 1831 | |
Ephippiger is a bush cricket genus described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini.
Description[]
, male
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[]
- (Ramme, 1933)
- Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
- Fontana & Massa, 2000
- Fontana & Odé, 2003
- Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881
- (Fiebig, 1784)
- Fieber, 1853
- Dufour, 1841
- Ephippiger ephippiger (Fiebig, 1784) - type species (as Gryllus ephippiger Fiebig = E. ephippiger ephippiger)
- Harz, 1966
- Ephippiger perforatus (Rossius, 1790)
- Fruhstorfer, 1921
- Ephippiger provincialis Yersin, 1854
- Serville
- Galvagni, 1955
- Ephippiger terrestris Yersin, 1854
- Baccetti, 1985
- Fischer, 1853
Gallery[]
Ephippiger discoidalis
Ephippiger ephippiger
Ephippiger provincialis
Ephippiger terrestris terrestris
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[]
- Ephippiger
- Biolib
- Fauna Europaea Archived 2017-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- Ephippiger
- Tettigoniidae genera