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New tettigoniids of ArunachalDistribution: India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands,Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, HimachalPradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha,Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh andWest Bengal; Aru Islands; Australia; Celebes; China;Indonesia: Borneo, Sunda Islands; Japan, Malaca;Malaysia; Moluccas; New Guinea; Philippines;SIngapore; Taiwan; Thailand; Tonkin.Remarks: Barman & Srivastava (1976) reportedthis species from Kameng and Siang districts ofArunachal Pradesh.Subfamily: ListroscelidinaeGenus Hexacentrus Serville, 183110. Hexacentrus unicolor Serville, 1831 (Image 10)1831. Hexacentrus unicolor, Serville, Ann. Sci. nat.22(86): 146. Syntype, Type locality: Asia–Tropical,Malaysia, Jawa; BMNH, London.1838. Locusta unicolor, Serville, Histoire naturelledes insects. Orthopteres 531.1891. Hexacentrus unicolor, Redtenbacher, Verh.Der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien 41:548,552.1893. Hexacentrus unicolor, Brunner VonWattenwyl, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 213(33):181.1897. Hexacentrus unicolor, Griffini, Misc. Entom.5911–120: 140.1906. Hexacentrus unicolor, Kirby, A SynonymicCatalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera, Saltatoria,Locustidae Vel Acrididae) 2: 287.1912. Hexacentrus unicolor, Karny, GeneraInsectorum 131: 16.1915. Hexacentrus unicolor, Karny, SupplementaEntomologica 4: 74.1922. Hexacentrus unicolor, Hebard, Proc. Acad.Nat. Sci. Philad. 74: 269.1923. Hexacentrus unicolor, Karny, Jour. Roy.Asiat. Soc. Malay. Branch 1: 182.1926. Hexacentrus unicolor, Karny, Jour. Fed.Malay. States mus. 13(2–3): 144.1927. Hexacentrus unicolor, Caudell, Proc. U.S.Nation. Mus. 71(3): 1–42.1929. Hexacentrus unicolor, Bei–Bienko, Ann.Mag.nat. Hist. 104: 543.1931. Hexacentrus unicolor, Karny, Treubia 12(Suppl.): 95.G. Srinivasan & D. Prabakar1933. Hexacentrus unicolor, Willemse, C, mem.Mus. r. hist.nat. Belgique 4(8): 17.1935. Hexacentrus unicolor, Wu, CatalogusInsectorum Sinensium (Catalogue of Chinese insects)103.1936. Hexacentrus unicolor, Tinkham, LingnanSci. J. 15 (2): 213.1939. Hexacentrus unicolor, Ebner, Lingnan Sci. J.18: 297.1941. Hexacentrus unicolour, Furukawa, Zool.Mag. 53(7): 368.1943. Hexacentrus unicolor, Tinkham, notes Ent.Chinoise 10(2): 51.1986. Hexacentrus unicolor, Heller, J. Exp. Biol.126: 97–109.1986. Hexacentrus unicolor, Inagaki, Matsuura &T. Sugimoto, Comptes rendus des séances de la societede biologie et de ses filiales 180(5): 589–592.1990. Hexacentrus unicolor, Ingrisch,Senckenbergiana Biologica 70(1–3): 128.1990. Hexacentrus unicolor, Lee, Insecta Koreana7: 108.1998. Hexacentrus unicolor, Ingrisch & Shishodia,Mitt. Schweiz. Ent. Gesellsch. 71(3–4): 370.1998. Hexacentrus unicolor, Warchalowska: Siwa,Folia biologica (Krakow) 46: 161.2000. Hexacentrus unicolor, Ingrisch & Shishodia,Mitt. Munch. Ent. Ges. 90: 35.2001. Hexacentrus unicolor, Ingrisch & Garai,Esperiana 8: 756.2001. Hexacentrus unicolor, Kim & Kim, KoreanJ. Entomol. 31(3): 162.2004. Hexacentrus unicolor, Shishodia & Barman,Zool. Surv. India, State Fauna Series, Fauna ofManipur, 10 (2): 142.2005. Hexacentrus unicolor, Wang, Jianfeng &Shi, Acta Entomol. Sin. 48(2): 243.2006. Hexacentrus unicolor, Shishodia, Zool. Surv.India , State Fauna Series, Fauna of Nagaland, 12:92.2007. Hexacentrus unicolor, Storozhenk & Paik,Orthoptera of Korea, 60.2010. Hexacentrus unicolor, Tan, Nature inSingapore, 3: 73, 79 (photos).2010. Hexacentrus unicolor, Tan, Nature inSingapore, 3: 246, 262. (photos).Material examined: One female, 20.x.2004,Papumpare District, Arunachal Pradesh, India; ZSI3266Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | November 2012 | 4(14): 3255–3268
New tettigoniids of ArunachalImage 10. Hexacentrus unicolor Serville, 1831© G. SrinivasanQuarters main gate, Itanagar, 27 0 5’–35 0 72’N & 93 0 37’–30 0 72’E, coll. G. Srinivasan, Reg No. IV/2317/APRC/ZSI. One fmale, 10.x.2005, Papumpare District,Arunachal Pradesh, India; Itanagar Zoological Park,Itanagar, 26 0 30’N–29 0 30’N & 91 0 30’E–97 0 30’E, coll.G. Srinivasan, Reg. No. IV/2318/APRC/ZSI.Diagnosis: Fastigium verticis narrow, conical, apexacute. Pronotum longer than broad, disc concave inanterior and posterior area, anterior margin of paranotarounded and the posterior margin angulated; there arethree sulci found on the disc; the upper one is ‘U’shaped, the middle one is transverse, straight and thelower one is in an inverted ‘U’ shaped. Pro, meso andmeta sternum are each provided with a pair of spikelikeprocesses. Tegmen surpassing hind knees; radiussector branching at the hind portion of the tegmen,forked, stem of radius with three more branches. Hindwing caudate. Anterior coxa without spine. Anteriorfemur slightly compressed. Knee lobes of pro andmeso femur are smooth. Legs with the followingnumber of opposing spines on ventral margins: proand meso femur smooth. Left Protibia with six long,external and five long, internal and right protibia withfive long, external and six long, internal spines oneach margin; mesotibia with six long, external and fivelong, internal spines; hind knee lobes with a spine oneach side; hind femora with widely spaced big spinesand between them lie small spines; hind tibiae withsmall spines on dorsal and ventral face externally andinternally. Epiproct triangular, apex obtuse. Cerciconical, apex pointing. Subgenital plate triangular,with a slight medial furrow apex obtuse. Ovipositorfalcate, broad at base and pointed at apex, marginssmooth. Tibial tympana closed on both the sides.G. Srinivasan & D. PrabakarColouration: General colour green. A specialdark brown coloured band covers the pro, meso andmetanotum.Measurements (in mm): Total Length 48; Body 20;Fastigium 2.5; Pronotum 6.5; Tegmen 40; Profemur8.5; Mesofemur 9.5; Postfemur 22; Protibia 8.5;Mesotibia 10; Posttibia 21; Ovipositor 10.2.Distribution: India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands,Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur,Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim; Celebes; China;Indonesia: Borneo and Sumatra; Japan; Malaysia;Moluccas; Myanmar; Philippines; Singapore; Taiwan;Thailand.Remarks: New record for Arunachal Pradesh.SummaryTotally 10 species of tettigoniids are discussed inthis paper. Among them nine species are new recordsto the state of Arunachal Pradesh and five species arereported for the first time from India.REFERENCESBarman, R.S. (2003). Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae.Zoological Survey of India, Fauna of Sikkim, State FaunaSeries 9(2): 193–201.Barman, R.S. & G.K. Srivastava (1976). On a collectionof Tettigoniidae (Insecta) from Arunachal Pradesh, India,Zoological Survey Newsletter 2(3): 93–94.Heller, K.G. (1995). Acoustic signaling in palaeotropical bush–crickets (Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea, Pseudophyllidae):does predation pressure by eavesdropping enemies differ inthe palaeotropics and neotropics. Journal of Zoology 237:469–485.Kulkarni & M.S. Shishodia (2005). Insecta: Orthoptera.Zoological Survey of India, Fauna of Melghat TigerReserve, Conservation Area Series 24: 324.Otte, D. (1997). Tettigonioidea. Philadelphia: Academy ofNatural Sciences. Orthoptera Species File. 7.Rentz, D.C.F. (1979). Comments on the Classification of theOrthoptera Family Tettigoniidae, with a key to Subfamiliesand description of two New Subfamilies. Australian Journalof Zoology 27: 991–1013.Senthilkumar, N., N.D. Barthakur & N.J. Borah (2006).Fauna of Protected Areas - 29. Orthopteran fauna of theGibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam. Zoos’ Print Journal21(8): 2347–2349.Senthilkumar (2010). Orthopteroids in Kaziranga NationalPark, Assam, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2(10):1227–1231.Shishodia, M.S. (2000). Short and Long–horned grasshoppersJournal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | November 2012 | 4(14): 3255–32683267
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