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Ephippiger ephippiger
Steppen-Sattelschrecke



Subspecies

Original description
Gryllus ephippiger
Fiebig (1784). Schr. Berlin. Ges. Fr. V, p. 260, plate 3, fig. 6-7.

Synonyms
Gryllus ephippiger Fiebig, 1784
Ephippiger ephippiger (Fiebig, 1784)
Locusta ephippiger (Fiebig, 1784)
Barbitistes ephippiger (Fiebig, 1784)
Ephippigerida ephippiger (Fiebig, 1784)
Ephippigera ephippiger (Fiebig, 1784)
Ephippigera vitium Serville, 1831
Ephippigera perforatus Burmeister, 1838 (nec Rossius) (a misidentification)
Ephippigera diurnus Dufour, 1841
Ephippigera fibigii Fieber, 1853
Ephippigera fabricii Fieber, 1853
Ephippigera vitium silvicola Azam, 1901
Ephippigera ephippigera moguntiacus Schuster, 1906
Ephippigera vitium moguntiacus Schuster, 1906
Ephippigera ephippigera Leonhardt, 1913 (unjustified emendation)
Ephippigera persicaria Fruhstorfer, 1921
Ephippigera crucigera eustratia Fruhstorfer, 1921
Ephippigera vitium eustratia Fruhstorfer, 1921
Ephippigera vitium silvicola eustratia Fruhstorfer, 1921 (excluded name under Article 1.3.4.)
Ephippiiger montigena Azam, 1913 (sic!)
Ephippiger montigena (Azam, 1913)
Ephippiger vitium montigena (Azam, 1913)
Ephippiger vitiom Reichholf-Rehm, 1984 (a misspelling)

The nominal taxon Ephippigera vitium has been regarded as a separate species for quite some time in the past, but is now regarded as a synonym of the nominal taxon Gryllus ephippiger, and I adopt this notion here.


Additional German name: Östliche Steppen-Sattelschrecke.


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