Ephippiger

Ephippiger is a genus described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae.

Description

In this genus grasshoppers have very small wings, the pronotum resembles a saddle (the Latin name ephippium means 'saddle of 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 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)
  • 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

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

External links

• Ephippiger
• Biolib
• Fauna Europaea

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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