Calliptaminae Brunner, 1983

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 : 3195-3196

Subfamily: Calliptaminae Brunner, 1983 12. Acorypha glaucopsis (Walker, 1870)

Diagnostic characters: Body of medium size; integument finely dotted, antennae filiform, shorter than head and pronotum together, fastigium of vertex moderately long, with longitudinal concavity and strong lateral carinulae, frons vertical, frontal ridge

flat, Lower inner spur of hind tibia with the apex simply recurved bearing sparse hairs, Pronotum with metazona slightly longer than prozona; prosternal process slightly transverse.

Material Examined: 6 males, 4 females, 13.vi.2009, on hilly grasses of Chand Tan Shahid Pir, Sasaram, Rohtas.

Morphometry: (length in mm). Male: Body 16.0, Tegmina 12.5, Hind femur 9.35, Pronotum 3.3. Female: Body 24.0, Tegmina 20.7, Hind femur 14.4, Pronotum 5.65.

Remarks: Very active and has exceptionally robust hind femur.

Natural enemies: No natural enemies recorded.

Distribution: Bihar, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu.