Barbitistes
| Barbitistes | |
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| Adult of Barbitistes obtusus, male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Family: | Phaneropteridae |
| Subfamily: | Phaneropterinae |
| Genus: | Barbitistes Charpentier, 1825 |
Barbitistes is a genus of katydids crickets in family Phaneropteridae subfamily Phaneropterinae.[1]
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 most of Europe and in Asia Minor.[2]
Species
This genus contains the following species:[3]
- Barbitistes berenguieri Fagniez, 1935
- Barbitistes brunneri Pancic, 1883
- Barbitistes constrictus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
- Barbitistes fischeri (Yersin, 1854)
- Barbitistes kaltenbachi Harz, 1965
- Barbitistes obtusus Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881
- Barbitistes ocskayi (Charpentier, 1850)
- Barbitistes serricauda (Fabricius, 1798)
- Barbitistes vicetinus Galvagni & Fontana, 1993
- Barbitistes yersini Brunner, 1878
References
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