Chorthippus indus (Uvarov, 1942)

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

35. Chorthippus indus (Uvarov, 1942)

Diagnostic characters: Colour variable, green, testacious or brown. Antennae sub depressed, longer than the head and pronotum together. Pronotum with transverse sulcus placed about the middle, the head not carinated above, the pronotum strongly tricarinate, the median carina slightly raised, the lateral carinae slightly incurved before the middle and then diverging. Tegmina longer than abdomen in a male usually shorter in the female, sometimes with longitudinal yellow scapular lines. Wings hyaline with brown nervures. Pectus and front leg pilose, legs not spotted, hind tibia with twelve small spines, decreasing in size towards the base. Subgenital plate in the male is curved, pubescent, valves of the ovipositor unarmed.

Material examined: 1 male, 29.vi.2009, on grasses of vegetable field, Madhubani.

Morphometry: (length in mm). Male: Body 17.15, Tegmina 11.7, Hind femur 10.6, Pronotum 3.7.

Remarks: It is a large species other than those already recorded. It may well become minor pests at times.

Natural enemies: No natural enemies have been recorded.

Distribution: Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab.