Ephippiger

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

Ephippiger
Ephippiger perforatus, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Tribe: Ephippigerini
Genus: Ephippiger
Berthold, 1827
Synonyms

Ephippigera Serville, 1831
Ephippiiger Azam, 1913

Description
Ephippiger ephippigger, 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
  • Ephippiger apulus (Ramme, 1933)
  • Ephippiger bormansi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
  • Ephippiger camillae Fontana & Massa, 2000
  • Ephippiger carlottae Fontana & Odé, 2003
  • Ephippiger cavannai Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881
  • Ephippiger cruciger (Fiebig, 1784)
  • Ephippiger discoidalis Fieber, 1853
  • Ephippiger diurnus Dufour, 1841
  • Ephippiger ephippiger (Fiebig, 1784) - type species (as Gryllus ephippiger Fiebig = E. ephippiger ephippiger)
  • Ephippiger mischtschenkoi Harz, 1966
  • Ephippiger perforatus (Rossius, 1790)
  • Ephippiger persicarius Fruhstorfer, 1921
  • Ephippiger provincialis Yersin, 1854
  • Ephippiger rugosicollis Serville
  • Ephippiger ruffoi Galvagni, 1955
  • Ephippiger terrestris Yersin, 1854
  • Ephippiger tropicalis Baccetti, 1985
  • Ephippiger zelleri Fischer, 1853
  • 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
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