Barbitistes

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Barbitistes
File:Phaneropterinae - Barbitistes obtusus. (male).JPG
Adult of Barbitistes obtusus, male
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Barbitistes Charpentier, 1825

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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]

References

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