Barbitistes constrictus

Description

Barbitistes constrictus is a species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is found in Austria, Belarus, Central European Russia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Kaliningrad Region, Latvia, Lithuania, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. The species is found mainly in coniferous forests. Barbitistes is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. In the genus Barbitistes the anterior dorsal surface of the vertex (fastigium) is usually conical and blunt. The length of the antenna is approximately 1.5 - 3 fold to body length. The males have long and often tortuous appendages on the rear-most segments ("cerci"). The Barbitistes species are often brightly colored. Species of this genus are present in much of Europe (but not the British Isles or Scandinavia) and in Asia Minor.