Parasanaa donovani (Donovon, 1834)

Gupta, Sunil Kumar & Chandra, Kailash, 2018, Systematic study of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera: Insecta) fauna from Chhattisgarh, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4), pp. 325-336 : 333

19. Parasanaa donovani (Donovon, 1834)

1834. Gryllus donovani Donovan , Nat . Repos., 2: 69.

1962. Parasanaa donovani, Beier, Das Tierreich , 73: 174.

2000. Parasanaa donovani, Ingrisch and Shishodia, Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. , 90: 21.

Material examined: Chhattisgarh, Raipur, Barnawapara WLS; Barnawapara camp, 01.ix.2011, 1(♀,NC); 06.ix.2011, 1(♀,NC); 08.ix.2011, 3(♀,NC); 10.ix.2011, 1(♀,NC); Furfundi, 21.ix.2011, 1(♀,DC). Jashpur, Badalkhol WLS; Bachhram Beat, 25.v.2012, 2(♀,DC) coll. S. K.Gupta & party .

Diagnostic characters: Head and body dark brown. Only the pronotum and one transverse band on the fifth abdominal tergite bright yellow. Antennae brownish. Pronotum with 2 dark brown spots at hind margin. The tegmina dark reddish brown with 3 big irregular bright yellow spots between radius and cubitus. Ovipositor reddish brown.

Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Jashpur and Raipur), Rajasthan and Sikkim.