Aulacobothrus luteipes luteipes (Walker)

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

7. Aulacobothrus luteipes luteipes (Walker)

1871. Stenobothrus luteipes Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus ., 5 Suppl.: 82.

1993. Aulacobothrus luteipes luteipes (Walker) : Ingrish, Ent. Scand., 24(3):321.

Material examined: Kansrau Range, Kansrau, 8 male, 8 female, 28.v.2014 (Coll. N. Sharma and party); Chilla

Range, Chilla, 8 female, 30.ix.2014 (Coll. N. Sharma and party).

Diagnosis: Small-sized insects; antennae filiform; fastigium of vertex almost trapezoidal, with truncate apex; fastigial foveolae not visible from above; pronotum subcylindrical with nearly parallel lateral carinae which are weakly concave in the middle part; posterior part of pronotum nearly smooth and posterior margin obtusely angulate, median carina distinct; hind femora with three black bands on the dorsal surface and with a black one at distal end; hind tibiae reddish in the apical part.

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh, China, Europe, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, North America, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand.