Tylotropidius varicornis (Walker)

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

32. Tylotropidius varicornis (Walker)

1870. Heteracris varicornis Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus ., 4: 667.

2007. Tylotropidius varicornis : Chandra et al., Zoos’ Print Journal, 22 (5): 2686.

Material examined: Ramgarh Range, Asarori, 1 male,

15.vii.1966 (Coll. A. Singh & party); Dholkhand Range, Dholkhand, 2 male, 28.ii.2015 (N. Sharma & party).

Diagnosis: Pronotum brown with lateral carinae pale; antennae filiform, as long as head and pronotum together; prosternal tubercle compressed, truncated, bituberculate at apex; tegmina and wings longer than abdomen but shorter than posterior femora; tegmina with a row of triangular whitish spots upon the radial stripe in the costal area; wings bluish hyaline; hind femora thickened at the base, very slender towards the tip; hind tibiae and tarsi dull blue; cerci straight, slightly compressed, acuminate.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Meghalaya, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Myanmar and Sri Lana.