Dinarippiger discoidalis, commonly known as the Dalmatian saddle bush-cricket, is a species of bush-cricket in the tribe Ephippigerini. It is the only species in the genus Dinarippiger. The species was originally described by Fieber in 1853 as Ephippiger discoidalis, but was transferred to a new genus in 2023 based on morphological, bioacoustic, and biogeographic evidence.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Dalmatian Saddle Bush-cricket being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Steropleurus andalusius
- Steropleurus pseudolus
- Parasteropleurus perezii
- Ephippiger terrestris
- Uromenus elegans
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Genus
- Dinarippiger
- Species
- Dinarippiger discoidalis
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