Acorypha glaucopsis Walker

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

30. Acorypha glaucopsis Walker

1870. Caloptenus glaucopsis, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus . 4: 702.

2009. Acorypha glaucopsis : Hemp, Jour. Orth. Res., 18 (2): 197.

Material examined: Ramgarh Range, Asarori, 2 male,

1.viii.1966 (Coll. A. Singh & party).

Diagnosis: The fastigium of vertex longer than broad, concave, with a slight median carina at the base; antennae rather longer than the head and pronotum together; pronotum with the sutures slightly marked, the hindmost placed just before the middle, hinder area thickly punctured, especially on the sides; hind femora white outside, the serrations black, the surface with three suffused, longitudinal submacular stripes, and a broken black line along the lower inner carina; hind tibiae yellow, with 7-9 black-tipped spines; prosternal tubercle thick, obtuse and slightly transverse.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Iran and Saudi Arabia.