Acridoidea and Pyrgomorphoidea (Insecta: Orthoptera) of Rajaji National Park Author Sharma, Narender text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2018 118 4 journal volume 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/132291 2581-8686 13184027 26. Spathosternum prasiniferum prasiniferum (Walker) 1871. Heteracris prasinifera Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus ., 5 : 65. 2007. Spathosternum prasiniferum prasiniferum : Mandal et al., Pictorial handbook on Indian short-horned grasshopper pests ( Acridoidea : Orthoptera ) (Zool. Surv. India ): 23. Material examined : Kansrau Range, Kansrau, 1 male , 17.iv.1967 (Coll. A. Singh and party), 3 male , 5 female , 28.v.2014 , 2 male , 2 female , 28.i.2016 ( Coll. N. Sharma and party); Chilla Range , Chilla , 4 male , 4 female , 30.ix.2014 , Regd. No. A-13215-A-13221, Regd. No. A-13032, Mandal , 1 male , 26.ii.2016 , A-13178 ( Coll. N. Sharma and party); Ramgarh Range , Phandowala , 2 female , 28.vii.2014 , 1 male , 3 female 28.i.2015 , Regd. No. A-12834-A12837, 2 male , 28.i.2016 , Regd. No. A-13182-A-13183 ( Coll. N. Sharma and party); Dholkhand Range , Ganjarvan , 1 female , 28.viii.2014 , 2 male , 2 female 17.ix.2015 , Regd. No. A-13127-A-13130 ( Coll. N. Sharma and party); Dholkhand Range ; Dholkhand , 3 male , 4 female , 28.xii.2015 (Coll. N. Sharma and party). Diagnosis : Body small in size; a dark brown stripe runs behind the lower part of eye and below the lateral carinae of pronotum on each side; central area of tegmen with a longitudinal black streak, generally almost obsolete in male and well marked in female; head considerably shorter than pronotum; antennae short; tegmina reaching distal end of hind femora; hind femora with a rounded genicular lobe. Distribution: India : Andaman and Nicobar Islands , Andhra Pradesh , Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Bihar , Chhattisgarh , Delhi , Goa, Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Jammu and Kashmir , Karnataka , Kerala , Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra , Manipur , Meghalaya , Mizoram , Nagaland , Orissa , Punjab, Rajasthan , Sikkim , Tamil Nadu , Tripura , Uttarakhand , Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal . Elsewhere : Bangladesh , Hainan, Malaysia , Myanmar , South East China , Sri Lanka , Thailand , West and Vietnam .