Gastrimargus africanus africanus (Saussure)

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

15. Gastrimargus africanus africanus (Saussure)

1888. Oedaleus (Gastrimargus) marmoratus var. africana Saussure, Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. nat. Geneve, 30 (1): 39.

2007. Gastrimargus africanus africanus : Chandra et al., Zoos’ Print Journal, 22 (5): 2685.

Material examined: Motichur Range, Motichur, 5 male, 2 Female, 16.ix.1966 (Coll. A. Singh & party), 2 male, 2 female, 31.viii.2015, Regd. No. A-13199-A-13202 (Coll. N. Sharma and party), Chilla Range, Chilla, 1 male, 1 female, 30.ix.2014, Regd. No. A-13025-A-13026 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Kansrau Range, Kansrau, 3 male,

28.v.2014 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Dholkhand Range, Ganjarvan, 2 male, 17.ix.2015, Regd. No. A-13140–A-13141 (Coll. N. Sharma and party).

Diagnosis: Body medium to large size; fastigium of vertex concave; antennae as long as head and pronotum together or slightly larger; pronotum with median carina moderately arcuate, shallowly intersected by hind sulcus, hind margin sharply or bluntly angular, dorsum smooth with pale X-marking usually effaced and without pale striae; tegmina surpassing hind knees; wings with dark brown or black; hind femora blue-grey or blue black.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamilnadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Africa, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet and Yemen.