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''Eupholidoptera chabrieri'' is a species of
Fauna europaea
/ref> They can be encountered in forest edges, clearings, thickets and shrubs.
The adults reach of length. The basic coloration of the body varies from green to light green and yellow green. The top of the head is orange, with a few black spots in the front.
The compound eyes are pale brown. The antennae are longer than the body. The flat, extended pronotum shows a black band, with an orange-yellow lateral contour. The abdomen is green and quite thick, with a yellow bottom and a black last segment. This species is remarkably long-legged, with a striking pattern of black spots and drawings and small spines on the hind legs.
In the females the tiny dark brown wings are partially hidden under the pronotum, while the males have very short tegmina. The females have a slightly curved ovipositor, which is somewhat shorter than the body.
File: Tettigoniidae - Eupholidoptera chabrieri - young male..jpg, Young male
File:Tettigoniidae - Eupholidoptera chabrieri.JPG, Female, dorsal view
File:Eupholidoptera chabrieri male (31036286634).jpg, Male, detail on cerci
File:Eupholidoptera chabrieri in Kassiopi, Corfu, Greece.jpg, Eupholidoptera chabrieri (female). Kassiopi, Corfu, Greece
katydid
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, t ...
belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae
The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve tribes.
Distribution
The greatest diversity is in the Palaearctic region and many of the familiar European species of bush crick ...
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Subspecies
* ''Eupholidoptera chabrieri bimucronata'' (Ramme, 1927) * ''Eupholidoptera chabrieri brunneri'' (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881) * ''Eupholidoptera chabrieri chabrieri'' (Charpentier, 1825) * ''Eupholidoptera chabrieri galvagnii'' Adamovic, 1972 * ''Eupholidoptera chabrieri garganica'' La Greca, 1959 * ''Eupholidoptera chabrieri schmidti'' (Fieber, 1861) * ''Eupholidoptera chabrieri usi'' Adamovic, 1972Distribution and habitat
These crickets are mainly present in France, southernSwitzerland
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, Italy, Slovenia, Romania, Croatia and in Greece./ref> They can be encountered in forest edges, clearings, thickets and shrubs.
Description
The adults reach of length. The basic coloration of the body varies from green to light green and yellow green. The top of the head is orange, with a few black spots in the front.
The compound eyes are pale brown. The antennae are longer than the body. The flat, extended pronotum shows a black band, with an orange-yellow lateral contour. The abdomen is green and quite thick, with a yellow bottom and a black last segment. This species is remarkably long-legged, with a striking pattern of black spots and drawings and small spines on the hind legs.
In the females the tiny dark brown wings are partially hidden under the pronotum, while the males have very short tegmina. The females have a slightly curved ovipositor, which is somewhat shorter than the body.
Biology
Adults can be found from July through September. This species start breeding in July. Only eggs overwinter, hatching in next April. The song of these crickets consists of short, high-frequency single sounds, usually presented in series at a distance of a few seconds.Gallery
References
* Ciplak B., K.-G. Heller, F. Willemse (2009) - Review of the genus Eupholidoptera (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae): different genitalia, uniform song Zootaxa 2156: 1–75 (Publication date: 7/13/2009) {{Taxonbar, from=Q1552022 Tettigoniinae Insects described in 1825 Taxa named by Toussaint de Charpentier Orthoptera of Europe