Ephippiger provincialis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Genus: | Ephippiger |
| Species: | E. provincialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ephippiger provincialis (Yersin, 1854)
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Ephippiger provincialis, the Provence saddle-backed bush cricket, is a species in the family Tettigoniidae.
Description
[edit]Specimens of this species reach a body length of 28–41 millimetres (1.1–1.6 in). The body is light brown or reddish colored, very rarely green. The very short and wide cerci of the males have a tooth inside that is equally long and wide like the tooth at the end. All other species of the tribe Ephippigerini have a much smaller such tooth. The nearly straight Ovipositor is rarely shorter than 25 millimeters.
Distribution
[edit]Ephippiger provincialis is endemic to southern France. It occurs between Saint-Tropez and Marseille.
Mode of life
[edit]The specimens sit usually on the ground or on low plants. Adult specimens can be found from June to August. Sometimes mass reproductions happen by this species.
References
[edit]- Heiko Bellmann (2006). Der Kosmos Heuschreckenführer, die Arten Mitteleuropas sicher bestimmen. Stuttgart: Franckh-Kosmos. ISBN 3-440-10447-8.
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