Sphingonotus Fieber, 1852

Gupta, Sunil Kumar, Chandra, Kailash & Husemann, Martin, 2019, An annotated checklist of the Indian species of the band-winged grasshopper genus Sphingonotus Fieber, 1852 (Orthoptera: Acrididae) with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4604 (2), pp. 349-358 : 350-351

Subgenus Sphingonotus Fieber, 1852

Diagnosis of the genus. Body slender, frons verticle, usually slightly sloping; frontal ridge flat, sometimes concave, constricted below the ocellus, the lower margins of the ridge are wider apart and obliterated. Antennae filiform, longer than head and pronotum together. Head shorter than pronotum, fastigium of vertex sloping forwards, concave with lateral carinulae and fastigial foveolae present, some times indistinct, frons verticle. Pronotum slightly constricted in prozona with three transverse sulci; posterior angle rounded, obtuse. Tegmina and hind wings well developed, hind wings hyaline, bases of different colours, with or without a dark fascia. Supra-anal plate of male triangular, tip acute, often rounded. Subgenital plate short, obtuse and recurved. Ovipositor short with moderately robust curved valves.

Distribution in India: the genus is found in the Trans-Himalayan; the Himalayan; Desert; Semi Arid; Western Ghats; Deccan Peninsula and North East Indian ecological regions.