Acrida exaltata (Walker)

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

9. Acrida exaltata (Walker)

1859. Truxalis exaltata Walker, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 4 (3): 222.

2008. Acrida exalta: Shishodia, Faunal diversity of Jabalpur district, M.P., (Zool. Surv. India): 97.

Material examined: Kansrau Range, Kansrau, 1 female,

28.v.2014, Regd. No. A-13031 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Chilla Range , Chilla, 2 male , 30.ix.2014, Regd. No. A-13030-A-13210 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Ramgarh Range , Phandowala, 1 male , 25.vii.2014 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Dholkhand Range , Ganjarvan, 5 male, 2 female , 17.ix.2015, Regd. No. A-13132-A-13137 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Motichur Range , Motichur, 1 male, 6 female , 31.viii.2015, Regd. No. A-13098-A-13101 (Coll. N. Sharma and party). Beribara Range , Senthali, 2 male ,

17.ix.2015, Regd. No. A-13154-A-13155 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Gohri Range, 1 male, 1 female, 28.iv.2015, Regd. No. A-12782-A-12783 (Coll. N. Sharma and party).

Diagnosis: Head conically ascending, basal part narrow; fastigium of vertex broad, laminate and truncate at extremity; transverse sulcus of pronotum placed near the middle of disc; male subgenital plate, in profile, comparatively long, with more elongate part; tegmina without pointed apex, a little produced beyond the hind knees; wings slightly shorter than tegmina; hind femora without any peg-like structure on internal surface.

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, S.E.Tibet, Sri Lanka, Yemen and West Aden.