Additions to the reported Elimaea species (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae: Phaneropterinae) from India
Author
Nagar, Rajendra
Author
Mal, Jhabar
Author
Swaminathan, R.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3860
6
536
546
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3860.6.2
53c52354-5a75-427f-b71c-212d3b901494
1175-5326
231080
D01B4001-3431-4E42-B95F-534AB8CC2957
Subfamily:
Phaneropterinae
Diagnosis of the tribe
Elimaeini
. Fastigium verticis forming a right angle with fastigium frontis; pronotum with a distinct humeral sinus; anterior coxa without spine, though in some species a minute spinule may be present; anterior femur on ventral side furrowed, provided with small spines; anterior tibia dorsally furrowed with dorsoapical spurs; tibial tympana covered with conchate fold with wider anterior slit on both sides or on the internal side only; tegmina fully developed, hind wings surpassing tegmina in both sexes; male sub-genital plate without styli; ovipositor usually falcate, rarely sabre shaped, little longer than pronotum.
The species of
Elimaea
Stål, 1874
reported from
India
as per checklist include the following eight:
Elimaea lanceolata
(Walker)
Elimaea melanocantha
(Walker)
Elimaea securigera
Brunner
von Wattenwyl
Elimaea subcarinata
(Stål)
Elimaea carispina
Ingrisch & Shishodia
Elimaea insignis
(Walker)
Elimaea bidentata
Brunner
von Wattenwyl
Elimaea nigrosignata
Bolivar
The above checklist reporting
Elimaea
species from
India
does not include
E
.
thaii
,
E
.
chloris
,
E
.
nautica
and
E
.
subcarinata
sp. nov.
, which is different from
E
.
subcarinata
. The species
E
.
nautica
has been recorded by us from
India
for the first time, which was earlier reported by
Ingrisch (1998)
from
Thailand
and the Indo-China region. Our collections were from Meghalaya state that falls into the Indo-China border area.