6. Mecopoda elongata elongata (Linnaeus, 1758)

1758. Gryllus (Tettigonia) elongatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat . (10 th ed.), 1: 429.

2003. Mecopoda elongata, Barman, State Fauna Series 9: Fauna of Sikkim, Zool. Surv. India, (2): 195.

Material examined: Chhattisgarh; Raipur, Barnawapara WLS; Gabod, 20.vii.2011, 1(♂,DC); Barnawapara camp, 05.ix.2011, 1(♀,NC). Kabirdham, Bhoramdev WLS; Chilpi FRH, 26.viii.2011, 1(♀,NC); Balsamund, 01.ix.2011, 3(1 ♂, 2 ♀,DC); Turia, 28.viii.2011, 1(♂,DC). Bastar, Pujariguda, 16.iv.2012, 1(♀,DC). Gariyaband, Udanti WLS; Torenga FRH, 23.viii.2013, 1(♂,NC). Raigarh, Gomerda WLS; Madosilly Water Fall, 22.ii.2012, 1(♀,DC). Durg, Keshavpur Forest, 06.ii.2014, 1(♀,DC); Badbhum FRH , 08.ii.2014, 1(♀,NC); 31.iii.2014, 1(♂,NC) coll. S. K. Gupta & party .

Diagnostic characters: Body very large, brown to dry leaf colour, head more or less rounded, antennae slightly margined, fastigium wide, pronotum wide at posterior margin, lateral lobes of pronotum dark brown at least on upper margin, prosternum with a pair of long spines; tegmina with 4-6 white spots in the middle wings fully developed, hind femora and tibiae very large, male subgenital plate bifurcated, apex pointed.

Distribution: India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh (Bastar, Bilaspur, Gariyaband, Durg, Kabirdham, Raigarh and Raipur), Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Australia; Aru Islands; Borneo; Celebes; China; Indonesia; Japan; Malacca; Malaysia; Moluccas; New Guinea; Philippines; Singapore; Sunda Islands; Taiwan; Thailand and Tonkin.