Ephippiger perforatus | |
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Ephippiger perforatus, male | |
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Female with spermatophore | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Genus: | Ephippiger |
Species: | E. perforatus
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Binomial name | |
Ephippiger perforatus (Rossius, 1790)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Ephippiger perforatus, the North Apennine saddle bush-cricket, is a species of insect in the family Tettigoniidae. [2] [3]
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]
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]
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.