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