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Ephippigerini
	Ephippiger ephippiger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Bradyporinae
Tribe:	Ephippigerini; Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Synonyms
	Ephippigeridae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878; Ephippigerinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878;

The Ephippigerini are a tribe of bush crickets in the subfamily Bradyporinae, erected by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1878.^[1] Species, including the typical Ephippiger ephippiger are sometimes called "saddle-backed bush crickets": they have been recorded from mainland Europe (not the British Isles or Scandinavia), North Africa and the Horn of Africa.^[2]

Genera

The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists:

Afrosteropleurus Barat, 2012
Albarracinia Barat, 2012 - monotypic Albarracinia zapaterii (Bolívar, 1877)
Baetica Bolivar, I., 1903 - monotypic Baetica ustulata (Rambur, 1839)
Baratia Llucià Pomares, 2021 - monotypic Baratia sari Llucià Pomares, 2021
Callicrania Bolívar, 1898
Coracinotus Barat, 2012
Corsteropleurus Barat, 2012 - monotypic Corsteropleurus chopardi (Ebner, 1938)
Dinarippiger Skejo, Kasalo, Fontana & Tvrtković, 2023 - monotypic Dinarippiger discoidalis (Fieber, 1853)
Ephippiger Berthold, 1827
Ephippigerida Bolivar, 1903
Lluciapomaresius Barat, 2012
Lucasinova Barat, 2012 - monotypic Lucasinova nigromarginata (Lucas, 1849)
Neocallicrania Pfau, 1996
Parasteropleurus Barat, 2012
Platystolus Bolivar, I., 1878
Praephippigera Bolivar, 1903
Sabaterpia Barat, 2012
Sorapagus Barat, 2012 - monotypic Sorapagus catalaunicus (Bolívar, 1898)
Steropleurus Bolivar, 1878
Synephippius Navás, 1905 - monotypic Synephippius obvius (Navás, 1904)
Uromenus Bolivar, 1878