Acrotylus humbertianus Saussure

Sharma, Narender, 2018, Acridoidea and Pyrgomorphoidea (Insecta: Orthoptera) of Rajaji National Park, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4) : -

21. Acrotylus humbertianus Saussure

1884. Acrotylus humbertianus Saussure, Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. nat. Geneve, 28 (9): 189.

2007. Acrotylus humbertianus : Chandra et al., Zoos’ Print Journal, 22 (5): 2685.

Material examined: Dholkhand Range, Ganjarvan, 1 female, 17.ix.2015, Regd. No. A-13148 (Coll. N. Sharma and party).

Daignosis: Body pilose, small in size; antennae longer than head and pronotum together; the tip of vertex conical, concave, with a carina on each side; pronotum finely carinate; prozona with two fuscus fascia, the lateral margin white below; tegmina with two oblique white spots or fascia; wings hyaline, yellow at base, radial area with a semilumnar fuscous fascia.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Lakshadweep Island, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.