ON A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS HEROGLYPHUS KRAUSS (ORTHOPTERA : ACRIDIIDAE) FROM INDIA
A.R. BHUSNAR *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY, KOLHAPUR-416 004, INDIA.
T.V. SATHE *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY, KOLHAPUR-416 004, INDIA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A new species Hieroglyphus kolhapurensis is reported and described for the first time from India. Female : 48 mm long, tegmina 32 mm long, 6 mm wide; hind wing 34 mm long, 10 mm wide; antenna brownish with yellow bands; ovipositor 9 mm long, upper lamellae 5 mm long and lower lamellae 4 pm long, anal cerci 4 mm long. Male ; 41.3 mm long, tegmina 26 mm long, 4 mm wide; hind wing 26.5 mm long; antenna 23 mm long, brownish with yellow bands.
Keywords: New Species, Hieroglyphus kolhapurensis,, description, paddy pest