Barbitistes is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae.Orthoptera Species File
Description In the genus Barbitistes the anterior dorsal surface of the vertex (fastigium) is usually conical and blunt. The length of the antenna is approximately 1.5 - 3 fold to body length. The males have long and often tortuous appendages on the rear-most segments ("cerci"). The Barbitistes species are often brightly colored.
Distribution Species of this genus are present in much of Europe (but not the British Isles or Scandinavia) and in Asia Minor.Fauna Europaea
Species This genus contains the following species:Biolib
Barbitistes alpinus Barbitistes constrictus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Barbitistes fischeri (Yersin, 1854) (synonym B. berenguieri Fagniez, 1935) Barbitistes kaltenbachi Harz, 1965 Barbitistes obtusus Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881 Barbitistes ocskayi (Charpentier, 1850) Barbitistes serricauda (Fabricius, 1798) - type species Barbitistes vicetinus Galvagni & Fontana, 1993 Barbitistes yersini Brunner, 1878
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