Ephippiger perforatus

Ephippiger perforatus, the North Apennine saddle bush-cricket, is a species of insect in the family Tettigoniidae.[2][3]

Ephippiger perforatus
Ephippiger perforatus, male
Female with spermatophore
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Orthoptera
Family:
Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:
Bradyporinae
Tribe:
Ephippigerini
Genus:
Ephippiger
Species:
E. perforatus
Binomial name
Ephippiger perforatus
(Rossius, 1790)
Synonyms

[1]

  • Ephippigera perforata (Rossius, 1790)
  • Ephippiger ephippiger perforatus (Rossius, 1790)
  • Ephippiger perforata (Rossius, 1790)
  • Locusta perforata Rossius, 1790

Distribution

Ephippiger perforatus is endemic to Italy.[4] This species occurs from the Northwest to the Southern Itay, but in the southern part of its range it is much rarer and seems to be declining.[5]

Habitat

These large bush-crickets inhabit shrubs and bushes and from the coasts to the mountains at an elevation of 50–1,500 metres (160–4,920 ft) above sea level.[5]

Description

Ephippiger perforatus can reach a body length of 23–28 millimetres (0.91–1.10 in) in males, of 23–31 millimetres (0.91–1.22 in) in females. The ovipositor reach about 25–26 millimetres (0.98–1.02 in).[6] The body of these bush-crickets is usually light green. The pronotum resembles a saddle. The atrophied wings are unfit to flight. The base of tegmina is brownish or blackish, with a yellowish outer margin.

Bibliography
  • Burr. 1907. Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 19:299
  • Dubrony (1878) Liste des Orthoptères recueillis jusqu'ici en Ligurie, Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria', Genova (Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova) 12:5-23
  • Rossius (1790), Fauna Etrusca 1
  • Targioni-Tozzetti (1882), Ortotteri agrari cioè dei diversi insetti dell'ordine degli ortotteri nocivi o vantaggiosi all'agricoltura o all'economia domestica e principalmente delle cavallette, Annali di Agricoltura, Firenze, Bencini 238 pp., 68 figs.
  • Massa, Fontana, Buzzetti, Kleukers & Odé. 2012. Fauna d'Italia. Orthoptera 48:295

References
  1. GBIF
  2. Catalogue of life
  3. Orthoptera Species File
  4. Fauna europaea
  5. IUCN
  6. A. Harz Die Orthopteren Europas / The Orthoptera of Europe, Volume 1


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