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 for flight and are 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

 * 1) Ephippiger apulus (Ramme, 1933)
 * 2) Ephippiger bormansi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
 * 3) Ephippiger camillae Fontana & Massa, 2000
 * 4) Ephippiger carlottae Fontana & Odé, 2003
 * 5) Ephippiger cavannai Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881
 * 6) Ephippiger cruciger (Fiebig, 1784)
 * 7) Ephippiger discoidalis Fieber, 1853
 * 8) Ephippiger diurnus Dufour, 1841
 * 9) Ephippiger ephippiger (Fiebig, 1784) - type species (as Gryllus ephippiger Fiebig = E. ephippiger ephippiger)
 * 10) Ephippiger mischtschenkoi Harz, 1966
 * 11) Ephippiger perforatus (Rossius, 1790)
 * 12) Ephippiger persicarius Fruhstorfer, 1921
 * 13) Ephippiger provincialis Yersin, 1854
 * 14) Ephippiger rugosicollis Serville
 * 15) Ephippiger ruffoi Galvagni, 1955
 * 16) Ephippiger terrestris Yersin, 1854
 * 17) Ephippiger tropicalis Baccetti, 1985
 * 18) Ephippiger zelleri Fischer, 1853