Atractomorpha crenulata (Fabricius)

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

3. Atractomorpha crenulata (Fabricius)

1793. Truxalis crenulatus Fabricius, Ent. Syst. , 2: 28.

2008. Trilophidia annulata : Shishodia, Faunal diversity of Jabalpur district, M.P., (Zool. Surv. India): 100.

Material examined: Kansrau Range, Kansrau, 2 female,

28.i.2015,Regd.No.A-12841-A-12842, 2male, 31.viii.2015 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Chilla Range, Chilla, 3 male, 30.ix.2014, Regd. No A-13230-A-13232 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Ramgarh Range, Phandowala, 2 male,

25.vii.2014 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Dholkhand Range, Ganjarvan, 2 male, 28.viii.2014, 1 mlae, 1 female,

17.ix.2015, Regd. No. A-13138-A-A-13139, Dholkhand, 2 male, 5 female, 28.ii.2015 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Beribara Range, Senthali, 3 male, 1 female, 17.ix.2015, Regd. No. A-13150-A-13153, (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Gohri Range, 3 male, 3 female, 28.iv.2015, Regd. No. A-12776-A-12781 (Coll. N. Sharma).

Diagnosis: Medium-sized, body elongated, ground colour green or pale; membranous area always present near posterior margin of lateral pronotal lobes; pronotal carinae ill defined; tegmina pointed, extending for onefourth of their length beyond the hind femora; wings red at base; abdomen smooth and rosy.

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujrat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep Islands, Madhaya Pradesh, Maharshtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Malaya, Myanmar, N.W. Nepal, Pakistan, S. Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Thailand.