Ephippiger perforatus

Ephippiger perforatus
Ephippiger perforatus, male
Female with spermatophore
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Genus:	Ephippiger
Species:	E. perforatus
Binomial name
Ephippiger perforatus (Rossius, 1790)
Synonyms[1]
Ephippigera perforata (Rossius, 1790) Ephippiger ephippiger perforatus (Rossius, 1790) Ephippiger perforata (Rossius, 1790) Locusta perforata Rossius, 1790

Ephippiger perforatus, the North Apennine saddle bush-cricket, is a species of insect in the family Tettigoniidae.^[2][3]

Ephippiger perforatus is endemic to Italy.^[4] 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.^[5]

These large bush-crickets inhabit shrubs and bushes and from the coasts to the mountains at an elevation of 50–1,500 metres (160–4,920 ft) above sea level.^[5]

Ephippiger perforatus can reach a body length of 23–28 millimetres (0.91–1.10 in) in males, of 23–31 millimetres (0.91–1.22 in) in females. The ovipositor reach about 25–26 millimetres (0.98–1.02 in).^[6] 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.

• 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

• Grasshoppers of Europe