Truxalis nasuta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Usmani, Mohd. Kamil & Nayeem, Md. Rashid, 2012, Studies on taxonomy and distribution of Acridoidea (Orthoptera) of Bihar, India, Journal of Threatened Taxa 4 (13), pp. 3190-3204 : 3201

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34. Truxalis nasuta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diagnostic characters: The species can easily be identified by its pronotum sellate, hind wing strongly dark brown tessellate, basally crimson in female.

Material Examined: 1 female, 21.vi.2009, on

paddy, Jamui.

Morphometry: (length in mm). Female: Body 67, Tegmina 61, Pronotum 7, Hind femur 45.

Remarks: Graminivorous. It is usually found in old farmland. Also found in sparse gramineous vegetation and some occur even in cultivated fields.

Natural enemies: No natural enemies have been recorded.

Distribution: Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab.

Subfamily: Gomphocerinae Jacobson & Blanki, 1902