Ephippiger

Ephippiger is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini.

Description

Ephippiger ephippiger, male

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 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

1. Ephippiger apulus (Ramme, 1933)
2. Ephippiger bormansi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
3. Ephippiger camillae Fontana & Massa, 2000
4. Ephippiger carlottae Fontana & Odé, 2003
5. Ephippiger cavannai Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881
6. Ephippiger cruciger (Fiebig, 1784)
7. Ephippiger discoidalis Fieber, 1853
8. Ephippiger diurnus Dufour, 1841
9. Ephippiger ephippiger (Fiebig, 1784) - type species (as Gryllus ephippiger Fiebig = E. ephippiger ephippiger)
10. Ephippiger mischtschenkoi Harz, 1966
11. Ephippiger perforatus (Rossius, 1790)
12. Ephippiger persicarius Fruhstorfer, 1921
13. Ephippiger provincialis Yersin, 1854
14. Ephippiger rugosicollis Serville
15. Ephippiger ruffoi Galvagni, 1955
16. Ephippiger terrestris Yersin, 1854
17. Ephippiger tropicalis Baccetti, 1985
18. Ephippiger zelleri Fischer, 1853

Gallery

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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

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