Phlaeoba infumata Brunner von Wattenwyl

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

10. Phlaeoba infumata Brunner von Wattenwyl

1893. Phlaeoba infumata Brunner von Wattenwyl, Ann. Mus . Genova, 33 (2): 124.

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

Material examined: Kansrau Range, Kansrau, 2 male,

28.v.2014, 2 male, 3 female, 31.viii.2015, Regd. No. A-13203-A-13207 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Chilla Range , Chilla, 1 male , 30.ix.2014, Regd. No. A-13222, Mandal , 4 male , 26.02.2016, Regd. No. A-13168-A-13171 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Ramgarh Range , Phandowala, 1 male , 25.vii.2014, Regd. No. A-12955 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dholkhand Range , Ganjarvan, 2 male, 2 female ,

28.viii.2014, Regd. No. A-12958-A-12960, 1 male, 2 female. 17.ix.2015, Regd. No. A-13142-A-13144 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Motichur Range, Motichur, 3 male, 2 female, 31.viii.2015, Regd. No. A-13111-A-13115, (Coll. N. Sharma and party).

Diagnosis: Body medium-sized; colour brownish testaceous; fastigium of vertex above with a continous median carina extending along the head and pronotum; antennae ensiform, as long as the head and pronotum together; pronotum with a rudimentary carina on each side between median and lateral carinae; tegmina and wings longer than abdomen; wings fusco-hyaline, infumated towards extremity; subgenital plate of male acute at apex.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh, East Nepal, Hainan Island, Myanmar, South China, South and North Malacca, Yunnan.