Ephippiger
# Ephippiger

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

## Description

Bush crickets of this genus 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).

## Distribution

Species of this genus are mainly present in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Romania, Spain, Iran and Switzerland.

## List of species

* 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

## Gallery

* Ephippiger discoidalis
* Ephippiger ephippiger
* Ephippiger provincialis
* Ephippiger terrestris terrestris
