Oxya velox (Fabricius, 1787)

Usmani, Mohd. Kamil & Nayeem, Md. Rashid, 2012, Studies on taxonomy and distribution of Acridoidea (Orthoptera) of Bihar, India, Journal of Threatened Taxa 4 (13), pp. 3190-3204 : 3194

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11609/JoTT.o3010.3190-204

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4986976

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038687A2-FF8F-FFF3-A319-B26DD19DF910

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Carolina

scientific name

Oxya velox (Fabricius, 1787)
status

 

8. Oxya velox (Fabricius, 1787)

Diagnosticcharacters:Posteriorventralbasivalvular sclerites of ovipositor without any well defined spines on its lower inner margin. Median pair of spines on posterior margin of subgenital plate set wider apart. Male circus conical with subacute apex.

Material examined: 2 females, 25.vi.2009, on paddy saplings, Bhagalpur; 1 female, 25.x.2010, on grasses, Motihari, Purba Champaran.

Morphometry: (length in mm). Female: Body 13.7, Tegmina 23.05, Hind femur 14.65, Pronotum 8.85.

Remarks: Commonly spotted in paddy saplings rather than the crop.

Natural enemies: Red mite Eutrombidium trigonum also observed parasitizing this species.

Distribution: Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Baissogryllidae

Genus

Oxya

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