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New Records of Acridoidea (Insecta : Orthoptera) from Punjab, India
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Six species of short-horned grasshoppers i.e., Leva indica (Bolivar), Gelastorhinus filatus (Walker), Pusana ruglosa (Uvarov), Eucoptacra praemorsa (Stal), Chondracris rosea (De Geer), Xenocatantops karnyi (Kirby) under family Acrididae and superfamily Acridoidea have been reported for the first time from the state Punjab.
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Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Oedipodinae, Catantopinae, Punjab.
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