Barbitistes fischeri (Yersin, 1854)


Barbitistes fischeri: Male (France, Provence, Rians, late May 2015) [N] Barbitistes fischeri: Male (France, Provence, Rians, late May 2015) [N] Barbitistes fischeri: Male (Massif de la Sainte Baume, mid-June 2009) [N] Barbitistes fischeri: Male (Massif de la Sainte Baume, mid-June 2009) [N] Barbitistes fischeri: Male (Sierra de Albarracin, Spain, late August 2013) [N] Barbitistes fischeri: Male (France, Provence, Rians, late May 2015) [N] Barbitistes fischeri: Male (France, Provence, Rians, late May 2015) [N] Barbitistes fischeri: Female short after mating (France, Provence, Rians, late May 2015) [N] Barbitistes fischeri: Female short after mating (France, Provence, Rians, late May 2015) [N] Barbitistes fischeri: Female short after mating (France, Provence, Rians, late May 2015) [N] Barbitistes fischeri: Female short after mating (France, Provence, Rians, late May 2015) [N] Barbitistes fischeri: Female (Spain, Castellòn, 1000m asl, July 2013) [N] Barbitistes fischeri: Female (Spain, Teruel, Javalambre, August 2013) [N] Barbitistes fischeri: Female (Spain, Teruel, Sierra de Javalambre, August 2013) [N] Barbitistes fischeri: Habitat (Sierra de Albarracin, August 2013) [N] Barbitistes fischeri: Habitat in the Submediterranean white oak woodland (Provence, Mai 2013) [N]

Nutrition:
The species feeds on leaves and small insects.

Habitat:
Barbitistes fischeri inhabits warm dry forests, woody grasslands and scrub.

Life cycle:
Barbitistes fischeri is adult already in June and found until late summer.

Remarks:
Barbitistes fischeri is distributed in the Iberian Peninsula and Southern France to the southern foothills of the Alps.

Hints on determination:
The male has a characteristic appendix on the tip of the abdomen.



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