Baetica ustulata is the only species of bush crickets in the monotypic genus Baetica (tribe Ephippigerini).
Baetica ustulata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Subfamily: | Bradyporinae |
Tribe: | Ephippigerini |
Genus: | Baetica |
Species: | B. ustulata
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Binomial name | |
Baetica ustulata (Rambur, 1839)
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It is endemic to Spain. The species feeds on plants, decaying organic matter, and others of its own species.[2]
References
edit- ^ Presa, J.J.; García, M.; Clemente, M.; Barranco Vega, P.; Correas, J.; Ferreira, S.; Hochkirch, A.; Lemos, P.; Odé, B.; Prunier, F. (2016). "Baetica ustulata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T2463A75337918. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T2463A75337918.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Ros-Santaella, José L.; Pintus, Eliana; Senhadji, Karim (4 March 2015). "Cannibalistic behaviour of the vulnerable and endemic Baetica ustulata (Rambur 1838) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Ephippigerinae): first report". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Nouvelle Série. 51 (2): 89–92. doi:10.1080/00379271.2015.1063251. ISSN 0037-9271. S2CID 83858034. Retrieved 9 January 2023.