Ephippigerida Explained

Ephippigerida is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by Ignacio Bolívar in 1903^[1] as Uromenus (Ephippigerida). To date (2022) species have only been recorded from the Iberian peninsula.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists:

subgenus Ephippigerida Bolívar, 1903^[3]

1. Ephippigerida areolaria (Bolívar, 1877) - type species (as Ephippiger areolarius Bolívar, by subsequent designation^[4])
2. Ephippigerida asella Navás, 1907
3. Ephippigerida carinata (Bolívar, 1877)
4. Ephippigerida diluta (Bolívar, 1878)
5. Ephippigerida longicauda (Bolívar, 1873)
6. Ephippigerida marceti Navás, 1907
7. Ephippigerida pantingana (Navás, 1904)
8. Ephippigerida rosae Barat & Correas, 2015
9. Ephippigerida saussuriana (Bolívar, 1878)

subgenus Lobionifera Barat & Correas, 2015

1. Ephippigerida laserena Barat & Correas, 2015

subgenus Parisia Domenech Fernández, 2022

1. Ephippigerida barati Domenech Fernández, 2022

Notes and References

1. Bolívar I (1903) In Buysson: Catalogue des orthoptères locustides des collections du muséum. Bull. Mus. Nat. d'Hist. Nat. 9: 226 (available at www.biodiversitylibrary.org).
2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1132391 Orthoptera Species File: genus Ephippigerida Bolívar, 1903 (retrieved 8 January 2023)
3. Bolívar I (1903) In Buysson. Catalogue des orthoptères locustides des collections du muséum. Bull. Mus. Nat. d'Hist. Nat. 9: 226.
4. Kirby WF (1906) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:i-viii, 1-562.