title: Ephippiger
text: # 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
  