''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 ...
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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:[Biolib]
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# '' Barbitistes alpinus''
# '' Barbitistes constrictus'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
# '' Barbitistes fischeri'' (Yersin, 1854) (synonym ''B. berenguieri'' Fagniez, 1935)
# '' Barbitistes kaltenbachi'' Harz, 1965
# '' Barbitistes obtusus'' Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881
# '' Barbitistes ocskayi'' (Charpentier, 1850)
# '' Barbitistes serricauda'' (Fabricius, 1798) - type species
# '' Barbitistes vicetinus'' Galvagni & Fontana, 1993
# '' Barbitistes yersini'' Brunner, 1878
References
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Phaneropterinae
Ensifera genera