Ephippiger
Appearance
Ephippiger | |
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Ephippiger perforatus, female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Tribe: | Ephippigerini |
Genus: | Ephippiger Berthold, 1827 |
Synonyms | |
Ephippigera Serville, 1831 |
Ephippiger is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini.[1]
Description
[edit]Bush crickets of this genus 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 for flight and are only used for the emission of sounds (stridulation).
Distribution
[edit]Species of this genus are mainly present in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Romania, Spain, Iran and Switzerland.[1]
List of species
[edit]- Ephippiger apulus (Ramme, 1933)
- Ephippiger camillae Fontana & Massa, 2000
- Ephippiger carlottae Fontana & Odé, 2003
- Ephippiger cavannai Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881
- Ephippiger diurnus Dufour, 1841
- Ephippiger ephippiger (Fiebig, 1784) - type species (as Gryllus ephippiger Fiebig = E. ephippiger ephippiger)
- Ephippiger melisi Baccetti, 1959
- Ephippiger perforatus (Rossius, 1790)
- Ephippiger persicarius Fruhstorfer, 1921
- Ephippiger provincialis Yersin, 1854
- Ephippiger ruffoi Galvagni, 1955
- Ephippiger terrestris Yersin, 1854
- Ephippiger tropicalis Baccetti, 1985
- Ephippiger zelleri Fischer, 1853
Gallery
[edit]References
[edit]- 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