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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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