Diabolocatantops innotabilis (Walker)

Sharma, Narender, 2018, Acridoidea and Pyrgomorphoidea (Insecta: Orthoptera) of Rajaji National Park, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4) : -

35. Diabolocatantops innotabilis (Walker)

1870. Acridium innotabile Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus ., 4: 629.

2007. Catantops pinguis innotabilis : Chandra et al., Zoos’ Print Journal, 22 (5): 2686

Material examined: Chilla Range, Chilla, 1 female,

30.ix.2014, Regd. No. A-13027 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dholkhand Range, Ganjarvan, 1 female, 17.ix.2015, Regd. No. A-13119 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Motichur Range, Motichur, 1 male, 1 female, 31.viii.2015, Regd. No. A-13184-A-13185 (Coll. N. Sharma and party).

Diagnosis: Medium-sized insects; antennae shorter than head and pronotum together; prosternal tubercle short and subcylindrical, weakly compressed at base; lateral lobe of pronotum without coloured pattern; external disc of hind femur without black median spot below the upper carinula; male cercus more upcurved, with more broadened apex and projecting upper apical angle.

Distribution: India: Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep Island, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indo- China, Japan, Java, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Thailand, Yunan.