Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Phaneropterinae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus | Family Phaneropteridae Scientific name Barbitistes Higher classification Barbitistini Order Orthoptera | |
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Similar Speckled bush cricket, Barbitistes obtusus, Isophya | ||
Saw tailed bush cricket barbitistes serricauda male
Barbitistes is a genus of katydids crickets in family Phaneropteridae subfamily Phaneropterinae.
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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.
Species
This genus contains the following species:
References
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