Oedaleus senegalensis (Krauss)

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

17. Oedaleus senegalensis (Krauss)

1877. Pachytylus senegalensis Krauss, Akad. Wiss. Wien, Vienna , 76 (1): 56.

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

Material examined: Motichur Range, Motichur, 5 male, 5 female, 16.9.1966 (Coll. A.K.Singh), Satyanarain, 1 male,

15.9.1966 (Coll. A.K. Singh).

Diagnosis: Pronotum is shorter, the white lines are more slender, the principal sulcus is placed at or behind the middle and the hinder edge of the pronotum is rounded; the tegmina are long and narrow, subhayline, with the base varied with light brown, two larger blotches being more conspicuous than the others; wings greenish hyaline towards the base; hind tibiae dark red.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Jammu and Kasmir, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan, North Africa, Pakistan and Western U.S. S.R.