Hexacentrus unicolor Serville, 1831

Gupta, Sunil Kumar & Chandra, Kailash, 2018, Systematic study of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera: Insecta) fauna from Chhattisgarh, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4), pp. 325-336 : 328

5. Hexacentrus unicolor Serville, 1831

1831. Hexacentrus unicolor Serville, Ann. Sci. nat. (Zool.), Paris, 22: 146.

2000. Hexacentrus unicolor, Shishodia, Rec. zool. Surv. India. 98 (1): 13.

Material examined: Chhattisgarh, Raipur, Barnawapara WLS; Barnawapara camp, 10.ix.2011, 1(♂,NC); Bar Forest , 16.vii.2011, 1(♂,DC); 06.viii.2011, 1(♀,DC). Kabirdham, Bhoramdev WLS; Chilpi FRH, 26.viii.2011, 1(♂,NC); 30.viii.2011, 1(♂,NC); 31.viii.2011, 1(♀,NC); Turia, 28.viii.2011, 1(♂,DC); Balsamund, 01.ix.2011, 1(♂,DC); Pagvahi village , 01.ix.2011, 2(♂, ♀ DC); Jeevmar Nala, 29.viii.2011, 1(♂,DC); Gariyaband, Udanti WLS; Torenga FRH, 23.viii.2013, 1(♂,NC). Raigarh, Gomerda WLS; Tamtora FRH, 28.v.2014, 1(♂,NC). Surguja, Tara FRH, 16.ix.2012, 2(♂,NC) coll. S. K. Gupta & party .

Diagnostic characters: Colour brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow; a special dark- brown coloured band covers the pro, meso and metanotum; left anterior tibia with 6 external and 5 internal and right anterior tibia with 5 external and 6 internal spines; hind knee lobes with a spine on each side; hind femora with widely spaced big spines and between them lie small spines; hind tibiae with small spines on dorsal and ventral face externally and internally.

Distribution: India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh (Raipur, Gariyaband, Kabirdham, Raigarh and Surguja), Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim. Elsewhere: Borneo; Celebes; China; Japan; Java; Moluccas; Myanmar; Philippines; Sumatra; Singapore; Taiwan and Thailand.