Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Identified as a Bush Cricket 'Ephippiger ephippiger' by Mohsen

Posted by valter on 08-07-2008 08:04
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Location: Algarve, Portugal

Date Photo Taken: July 2008

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Edited by valter on 10-07-2008 13:39

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 08-07-2008 12:51
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Orthoptera > Tettigonidae > Ephippiger sp. ? (not sure about genus)

Posted by Isidro on 10-07-2008 11:58
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I saw this picture in Insectarium Virtual titled as "Neocallicrania sp".

Posted by valter on 10-07-2008 13:39
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Isidro wrote:
I saw this picture in Insectarium Virtual titled as "Neocallicrania sp".


Yes, but now it's Ephippiger ephippiger.

That's it Wink

Posted by Filex on 04-03-2009 12:09
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Hi Valter

It is definitively not Ephippiger ephippiger (diurnus), which in the Iberian Peninsula is restricted to the very eastern Cantabrian mountains, the Pyrenees and the northern Catalanian mountains (subsp. cunii).

The picture shows the genital apparatus of this male and this allows to discard Neocallicrania serrata or Neocallicrania lusitanica, which do not have any teeth on the middle of the cerci. This rather suggest a Steropleurus species. I would propose Steropleurus pseudolus, which seems to be common in Southern Portugal and Western Andalucia and whose genital apparatus seems to fit, but this should be checked more in detail.

Regards

Miquel
Edited by Filex on 09-10-2010 06:54