Barbitistes
# Barbitistes

Barbitistes is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae.

## 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 berenguieri Fagniez, 1935
* Barbitistes brunneri Pancic, 1883
* Barbitistes constrictus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
* Barbitistes fischeri (Yersin, 1854)
* Barbitistes kaltenbachi Harz, 1965
* Barbitistes obtusus Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881
* Barbitistes ocskayi (Charpentier, 1850)
* Barbitistes serricauda (Fabricius, 1798)
* Barbitistes vicetinus Galvagni & Fontana, 1993
* Barbitistes yersini Brunner, 1878
