Ephippiger

Ephippiger is a bush cricket genus described by Berthold in 1827, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini.

Ephippiger

Ephippiger perforatus, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Tribe:	Ephippigerini
Genus:	Ephippiger Berthold, 1827
Synonyms
Ephippigera Serville, 1831 Ephippiiger Azam, 1913

Description

Ephippiger ephippigger, male

In this genus, the bush crickets have very small wings and the pronotum resembles a saddle (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).

Ephippiger apulus (Ramme, 1933)
Ephippiger bormansi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
Ephippiger camillae Fontana & Massa, 2000
Ephippiger carlottae Fontana & Odé, 2003
Ephippiger cavannai Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881
Ephippiger cruciger (Fiebig, 1784)
Ephippiger discoidalis Fieber, 1853
Ephippiger diurnus Dufour, 1841
Ephippiger ephippiger (Fiebig, 1784) - type species (as Gryllus ephippiger Fiebig = E. ephippiger ephippiger)
Ephippiger mischtschenkoi Harz, 1966
Ephippiger perforatus (Rossius, 1790)
Ephippiger persicarius 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

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