Locusta migratoria migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Kumar, Hirdesh, Chandra, Kailash, Ali, Mohd. & Saini, Jagdish, 2018, On a collection of Acridoidea (Orthoptera) from Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4), pp. 381-388 : 383

8. Locusta migratoria migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758) (Fig. 8)

Materials examined: Leh, Chilling, 2♂, 18.vii.2017; Kargil, Tangole, 2♂, 2♀, 23.viii.2017; Saliskote, 2♂, 2♀, 05.ix.2017; Minjee, 1♂, 06.ix.2017; Leh, Hanu, 1♀,

20.ix.2017 coll. Mohd. Ali.

Diagnosis: Large sized; antennae filiform; fastigium of vertex slightly concave with obtuse apex; frontal ridge flat; pronotum strongly tectiform, median carina equally raised in prozona and metazona, slightly excised at posterior transverse sulcus; tegmina and wings fully developed.

Male: Body: 30.0; Pronotum: 7.0; Tegmina: 32.0; Hind femur:19.0; Hind tibia:16.0.Female:Body:37.0;Pronotum:

8.0; Tegmina: 40.0; Hind femur: 23.0; Hind tibia: 20.0.