Ephippiger provincialis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Genus: | Ephippiger |
Species: | E. provincialis
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Binomial name | |
Ephippiger provincialis (
Yersin, 1854)
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Ephippiger provincialis, the Provence saddle-backed bush cricket, is a species in the family Tettigoniidae.
Specimens of this species reach a body length of 28–41 millimetres (1.1–1.6 in). The body is light brown or reddish colored, very rarely green. The very short and wide cerci of the males have a tooth inside that is equally long and wide like the tooth at the end. All other species of the tribe Ephippigerini have a much smaller such tooth. The nearly straight Ovipositor is rarely shorter than 25 millimeters.
Ephippiger provincialis is endemic to southern France. It occurs between Saint-Tropez and Marseille.
The specimens sit usually on the ground or on low plants. Adult specimens can be found from June to August. Sometimes mass reproductions happen by this species.