On a collection of Acridoidea (Orthoptera) from Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, India
Author
Kumar, Hirdesh
Author
Chandra, Kailash
Author
Ali, Mohd.
Author
Saini, Jagdish
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2018
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journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122411
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8.
Locusta migratoria migratoria
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(Fig. 8)
Materials examined:
Leh, Chilling,
2♂
,
18.vii.2017
; Kargil, Tangole,
2♂
,
2♀
,
23.viii.2017
; Saliskote,
2♂
,
2♀
,
05.ix.2017
; Minjee,
1♂
,
06.ix.2017
; Leh, Hanu,
1♀
,
20.ix.2017
coll. Mohd. Ali.
Diagnosis:
Large sized; antennae filiform; fastigium of vertex slightly concave with obtuse apex; frontal ridge flat; pronotum strongly tectiform, median carina equally raised in prozona and metazona, slightly excised at posterior transverse sulcus; tegmina and wings fully developed.
Male: Body: 30.0; Pronotum: 7.0; Tegmina: 32.0; Hind femur:19.0; Hind tibia:16.0.Female:Body:37.0;Pronotum:
8.0; Tegmina: 40.0; Hind femur: 23.0; Hind tibia: 20.0.