Ephippiger perforatus, the North Apennine saddle bush-cricket, is a species of insect in the family Tettigoniidae.Catalogue of lifeOrthoptera Species File
Distribution Ephippiger perforatus is endemic to Italy.Fauna europaea 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.IUCN
Habitat These large bush-crickets inhabit shrubs and bushes and from the coasts to the mountains at an elevation of above sea level.
Description Ephippiger perforatus can reach a body length of in males, of in females. The ovipositor reach about .A. Harz Die Orthopteren Europas / The Orthoptera of Europe, Volume 1 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.
Bibliography Burr. 1907. Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 19:299 Dubrony (1878) Liste des Orthoptères recueillis jusqu'ici en Ligurie, Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria', Genova (Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova) 12:5-23 Rossius (1790), Fauna Etrusca 1 Targioni-Tozzetti (1882), Ortotteri agrari cioè dei diversi insetti dell'ordine degli ortotteri nocivi o vantaggiosi all'agricoltura o all'economia domestica e principalmente delle cavallette, Annali di Agricoltura, Firenze, Bencini 238 pp., 68 figs. Massa, Fontana, Buzzetti, Kleukers & Odé. 2012. Fauna d'Italia. Orthoptera 48:295
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External links Grasshoppers of Europe