Ephippiger
Genus of cricket-like animals
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Ephippiger is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini.[1]
| Ephippiger | |
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| Ephippiger perforatus, female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
Description
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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
List of species
- 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
