Ceracris striata Uvarov

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

14. Ceracris striata Uvarov

1923. Ceracris striata Uvarov, Ent. Mitt. , 14: 16.

1985. Ceracris striata : Bhowmik, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Pap. No., 78: 10.

Material examined: Chilla Range, Chilla, 1 male, 1 female 30.ix.2014, Regd. No. A-13227-A-13228 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Ramgarh Range, Phandowala, 1 male,

28.v.2014, Regd. No. A-13209 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Motichur Range, Motichur, 4 male, 5 female, 31.viii.2015, Regd. No. A-13102-A-13110 (Coll. N. Sharma and party).

Diagnosis: Comparatively smaller insects; compressed; tegmina with only a sharp defined narrow sulphurous stripe in scapular area; anal area greenish or only lightly paler than the rest of the tegmina; metazona heavily punctured; hind femora without fascia before the pale ring; hind tibiae black below, blackish blue above with the usual colour pattern near the base.

Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

Subamily OEDIPODINAE