Steropleurus annae (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881:181)

Sardinian saddle-backed bush-cricket, Sardinian saddle bush-cricket

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Ephippigera annae Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881:181 (original combination); Uromenus annae (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881:181)

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

Distribution

Sardinia, Italy

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Targioni-Tozzetti, A. (1881). Orthopterorum Italiae species novae in Collectione R. Musei Florentini Digestae. Bull. Soc. entom. Ital. 13: 180-186.

Other references:

Buzzetti, Filippo Museo, Brizio, Cesare, Fontana, Paolo and Massa, Bruno. (2019). A new voice from Sardinia: Uromenus annae (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881) (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Bradyporinae: Ephippigerini). Zootaxa 4560(2): 311-320.

Buzzetti, Filippo Museo and Fontana, Paolo. (2001). On the Identity of Ephippigera annae Targioni –Tozzetti, 1881 (Insecta Orthoptera Tettigoniidae). Atti Acc. Rov. Agiati, 8th ser., 1(251): 53-66.

Buzzetti, F. M., Loru, L., Fiori, M. A. F. and Pantaleoni, R. (2021). Emerging from Presumed Extinction: Updated Distribution and Conservation of Uromenus annae (Targioni-Tozzetti 1881), Endemism of Sardinia (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae), in Proceedings of the 1st International Electronic Conference on Entomology, 1–15 July 2021, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland, doi:10.3390/IECE-10369.

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