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Acrotylus insubricus

Description

30. Acrotylus insubricus (Scopoli, 1786)

Diagnostic characters: Body of medium size, pronotum saddle shaped and shorter than width, eyes somewhat bulging, tegmina with infuscated spots beyond middle, hind wings with lunate incomplete fascia.

Material examined: 1 female, 9.vii.2009, on paddy, Sitamarhi.

Morphometry: (length in mm). Female: Body 26.0, Tegmina 20.35, Hind femur 7.7. Pronotum 2.8.

Remarks: It has been found damaging rice and millet in India.

Natural enemies: No natural enemies have been recorded.

Distribution: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh.

Notes

Published as part of Usmani, Mohd. Kamil & Nayeem, Md. Rashid, 2012, Studies on taxonomy and distribution of Acridoidea (Orthoptera) of Bihar, India, pp. 3190-3204 in Journal of Threatened Taxa 4 (13) on page 3200, DOI: 10.11609/JoTT.o3010.3190-204, http://zenodo.org/record/4986970

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Scopoli
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Baissogryllidae
Genus
Acrotylus
Species
insubricus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Acrotylus insubricus (Scopoli, 1786) sec. Usmani & Nayeem, 2012