Barbitistes
''Barbitistes'' is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae The Phaneropterinae, the sickle-bearing bush crickets or leaf katydids, are a subfamily of insects within the family Tettigoniidae. Nearly 2,060 species in 85 genera throughout the world are known. They are also known as false katydids or round-h .... Description In the genus ''Barbitistes'' the anterior dorsal surface of the vertex (''fastigium'') is usually conical and blunt. The length of the antenna is approximately 1.5 - 3 fold to body length. The males have long and often tortuous appendages on the rear-most segments ("cerci"). The ''Barbitistes'' species are often brightly colored. Distribution Species of this genus are present in much of Europe (but not the British Isles or Scandinavia) and in Asia Minor. Species This genus contains the following species: # '' Barbitistes alpinus'' # '' Barbitistes constrictus'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 # '' Barbitistes fischeri'' (Yersin, 1854) (synon ...
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Barbitistes Obtusus
''Barbitistes obtusus'', the southern saw-tailed bush-cricket or Alpine saw bush-cricket, is a species of Tettigoniidae, bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Distribution and habitat This species replaces ''Barbitistes serricauda'' in the Southern Alps. It is present in France, Italy and Switzerland, from the Basses-Alpes to the Julian Alps and central Apennines, with a small populations in the Apuan Alps. This typical mountain species prefers lightly shaded woods and scrubland up to 2000 meters a.s.l.. It is often found on blackberry leaves. Description ''Barbitistes obtusus'' can reach a length of in males, of in female, with an ovipositor of .Linnea
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