Oedaleus abruptus (Thunberg)

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

16. Oedaleus abruptus (Thunberg)

1815. Gryllus abruptus Thunberg, Mem. Acad. Sci, St. - Petersb., 5: 233.

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

Material examined: Ramgarh Range, Asarori, 4 male,

3.xii.1966 (Coll. A.Singh and party), Phandowala, 2 female, 28.v.2014, Regd. No. A-12836-A-12837, 1 female,

25.vii.2014, 2 female, 28.v.2014 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Beribara Range, Bam, 1 female, 28.viii.2014 (Coll. N. Sharma and party).

Diagnosis: Small sized insects; fastigium of vertex almost flat; pronotum short with incomplete wide cruciform marks, strongly carinated and entire, the median sulcus visible on the sides of pronotum before the middle, pointed at hind margin; hind wings hyaline or pale yellow at the base, with a black transverse band, curving inwards to the anal angle; hind tibiae straw- coloured with dark basal ring and thicker sub-basal pale ring.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhaya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Orissa, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanisthan, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.