''Ephippiger'' is a

bush cricket Insects in the 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 suborder Ensifer ...

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family

Tettigoniidae Insects in the 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 suborder Ensifera, ...

, 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" (Burmeister, H., 1838), the first use as Bradyporinae was by Brunner v ...

and tribe Ephippigerini.

Description

In this genus, the bush crickets 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) o ...

resembles a

saddle The 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 kno ...

(the Latin name ''ephippium'' means 'saddle of a horse'). The atrophied wings of ''Ephippiger'' species are unfit to flight and 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 Switzerland.

List of species

* ''

Ephippiger apulus ''Ephippiger'' is a bush cricket genus described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini. Description In this genus, the bush crickets have very small wings and the pronotum r ...

'' (Ramme, 1933) * ''

Ephippiger bormansi ''Ephippiger'' is a bush cricket genus described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini. Description In this genus, the bush crickets have very small wings and the pronotum r ...

'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882 * ''

Ephippiger camillae ''Ephippiger'' is a bush cricket genus described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini. Description In this genus, the bush crickets have very small wings and the pronotum r ...

'' Fontana & Massa, 2000 * ''

Ephippiger carlottae ''Ephippiger'' is a bush cricket genus described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini. Description In this genus, the bush crickets have very small wings and the pronotum r ...

'' Fontana & Odé, 2003 * ''

Ephippiger cavannai ''Ephippiger'' is a bush cricket genus described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini. Description In this genus, the bush crickets have very small wings and the pronotum r ...

'' Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881 * ''

Ephippiger cruciger ''Ephippiger'' is a bush cricket genus described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini. Description In this genus, the bush crickets have very small wings and the pronotum r ...

'' (Fiebig, 1784) * ''

Ephippiger discoidalis ''Ephippiger'' is a bush cricket genus described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini. Description In this genus, the bush crickets have very small wings and the pronotum r ...

'' Fieber, 1853 * ''

Ephippiger diurnus ''Ephippiger'' is a bush cricket genus described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini. Description In this genus, the bush crickets have very small wings and the pronotum r ...

'' Dufour, 1841 * ''

Ephippiger ephippiger ''Ephippiger ephippiger'', the saddle-backed bush cricket, is a species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Bradyporinae. It is found in all of Europe except the British Isles.Fauna Europaea Fauna Europaea is a database of the scien ...

'' (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. Until the mid- ...

ephippiger'' Fiebig = ''E. ephippiger ephippiger'') * ''

Ephippiger mischtschenkoi ''Ephippiger'' is a bush cricket genus described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini. Description In this genus, the bush crickets have very small wings and the pronotum r ...

'' Harz, 1966 * '' Ephippiger perforatus'' (Rossius, 1790) * ''

Ephippiger persicarius ''Ephippiger'' is a bush cricket genus described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini. Description In this genus, the bush crickets have very small wings and the pronotum ...

'' 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

Gallery

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

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

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