Aiolopus thalassinus tamulus (Fabricius)

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

19. Aiolopus thalassinus tamulus (Fabricius)

1798. Gryllus tamulus Fabricius, Ent. Syst., Suppl. : 195.

1968. Aiolopus thalassinus tamulus : Hollis, Bull. Brit. Mus . nat. Hist. (Ent.), 22 (7): 347.

Material examined: Kansrau Range, Kansrau, 1 male,

28.v.2014 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Chilla Range , Chilla, 1 female , 30.ix.2014, Regd. No. A-13226 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Ramgarh Range , Phandowala, 1 male, 1 female , 25.vii.2014 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Dholkhand Range , Ganjarvan, 1 male , 28.viii.2014, 1 female, 17.ix.2015, Regd. No. A-13149 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Beribara Range , Senthali, 2 amle , 17.ix.2015, Regd. No. A-13156-A-13157 (Coll. N. Sharma and party).

Diagnosis: Medium sized; fastigium with front angle more acute; foveolae narrowly trapezoid, about as long as wide; frontal ridge gradually narrowing and almost angular towards fastigial end, sparsely punctured; pronotum somewhat saddle-shaped, posterior margin rounded; posterior tibiae usually with red colouration in apical fourth and broadly separated from black band by a wide bluish grey band.

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Orissa, Punjab Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Celebes, China, Hainan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Lombok, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Guinea, Pakistan, Papua, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand and Timor.