Baetica ustulata is the only species of bush crickets in the monotypic genus Baetica (tribe Ephippigerini).

Baetica ustulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Bradyporinae
Tribe: Ephippigerini
Genus: Baetica
Species:
B. ustulata
Binomial name
Baetica ustulata
(Rambur, 1839)

It is endemic to Spain. The species feeds on plants, decaying organic matter, and others of its own species.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.