Xenocatantops humilis humilis (Serville)

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

36. Xenocatantops humilis humilis (Serville)

1839. Acridium humile Serville , Ins . Orth.,: 662.

2007. Xenocatantops humilis humilis : Chandra et al., Zoos’ Print Journal, 22 (5): 2686.

Material examined: Ramgarh Range, Ramgarh, 1 male, 1 female, 3.xii.1966 (Coll. A. Singh and party), 1 male, 1 female, 28.i.2015, Regd. No. A-12956-A-12957(Coll. N. Sharma and party); Chilla Range, Chilla, 2 male, 1 female,

30.ix.2014, Regd. No. A-13028-A-13029, A-13211 (Coll. N. Sharma and party).

Diagnosis: Antennae longer than head and pronotum together, median segments twice as long as broad; prosternal tubercle conicle, with obtuse apex, slightly inclined backwards; pronotum with a median weak carina, crossed by three sulci; prozona and metazona subequal; pronotal and thoracic markings much lighter with proportionately broader light oblique band on episternum III; male cercus single with rounded apex.

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islandas, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh, Borneo, Indo- China, Lombock, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Thailand, S. Tibet, Vietnam and Yunan.