''Ephippiger'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

Palaearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

bush crickets described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family

Tettigoniidae Insects in the family (biology), family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America) or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 8,000 species are known. Part of the subo ...

, subfamily

Bradyporinae The Bradyporinae are a subfamily in the family Tettigoniidae (bush crickets or katydids), based on the type genus '' Bradyporus''. First described as a family, "Bradyporidae" , the first use as Bradyporinae was by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1878. ...

and tribe

Ephippigerini The Ephippigerini are a tribe of bush crickets in the subfamily Bradyporinae, erected by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1878. Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1878) ''Monographie der Phaneropteriden'' 11. Species have been recorded from mainland Europe (not ...

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Description

Bush crickets of this genus have very small wings and the

pronotum The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on e ...

resembles a

saddle A saddle is a supportive structure for a rider of an animal, fastened to an animal's back by a girth. The most common type is equestrian. However, specialized saddles have been created for oxen, camels and other animals. It is not know ...

(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 Stridulation is the act of producing sound by rubbing together certain body parts. This behavior is mostly associated with insects, but other animals are known to do this as well, such as a number of species of fish, snakes and spiders. The mech ...

Distribution

Species of this genus are mainly present in

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and

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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 ''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. History Until ...

ephippiger'' Fiebig = ''E. ephippiger ephippiger'') # '' Ephippiger melisi'' Baccetti, 1959 # ''

Ephippiger perforatus ''Ephippiger perforatus'', the North Apennine saddle bush-cricket, is a species of insect in the family Tettigoniidae. Distribution ''Ephippiger perforatus'' is Endemism, endemic to Italy. This species occurs from the Northwest to the Southern I ...

'' (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

Gallery

Image:Sattelschrecke.jpg, '' Ephippiger ephippiger'' Image:Ephippiger HD.jpg, '' Ephippiger provincialis'' Image:Ephippiger terrestris terrestris.jpg, '' Ephippiger terrestris''

References

* Berthold, 1827 : ''Latreille's Naturliche Familien des Thierreichs / aus dem Franzosischen, mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen, von Arnold Adolph Berthold
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.'' * Michel Chinery, insectes de France 2005 {{Taxonbar, from=Q2709883 Tettigoniidae genera