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On a collection of Acridoidea (Orthoptera) from Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, India


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While undertaking the insect survey in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir State of India, a total of 33 specimens of grasshoppers were collected. The collected materials comprised of 10 species belonging to 8 genera and 04 subfamilies under 02 families of Acridoidea. With the photographs of each species, a key of species is also provided. Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) eurasius eurasius Mistshenko, 1937 is recorded for the first time from the state.

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Distribution, First Record, Grasshoppers, Himalaya, Locusts.
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Authors

Hirdesh Kumar
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, Block M, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal, India
Kailash Chandra
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, Block M, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal, India
Mohd. Ali
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, Block M, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal, India
Jagdish Saini
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, Block M, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal, India

Abstract


While undertaking the insect survey in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir State of India, a total of 33 specimens of grasshoppers were collected. The collected materials comprised of 10 species belonging to 8 genera and 04 subfamilies under 02 families of Acridoidea. With the photographs of each species, a key of species is also provided. Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) eurasius eurasius Mistshenko, 1937 is recorded for the first time from the state.

Keywords


Distribution, First Record, Grasshoppers, Himalaya, Locusts.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi%2Fv118%2Fi4%2F2018%2F122411