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Gongylus gongylodes (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Mantodea): A new record for Madhya Pradesh, IndiaK. Chandra, R.M. Sharma and D.K. HarsheyZoological Survey of India, Central Regional Sta7onVijaynagar, Jabalpur-­‐482002, M.P. IndiaEmail: kailash611@rediffmail.com; sharma_rm2003@yahoo.co.inThe compila,on work of Mukherjee et al (1995) on Man,d fauna of India includes 16 species belonging to 11 genera from Madhya Pradesh. Subsequently, Mukherjee and Shis-­hodia (1999) added 5 more species to the State fauna rais-­ing the number to 21. During the recent faunis,c survey of Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh a few curious and un-­common man,d specimens were collected. On closer ex-­amina,on they were iden,fied as Gongylus gongylodes (Linnaeus). This species was not reported in earlier works, thus intended to record its occurrence from the State of Madhya Pradesh. This species has been reported earlier from Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. From outside India it is known from In-­donesia and Sri Lanka. The updated list of species (15 gen-­era and 22 species) so far reported from the State has also been appended here. Gongylus gongylodes (Linnaeus)1758. Gryllus (Man3s) gongylodes Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. 10: 426.1767. Man3s gongylodes Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. 2(10): 6901871. Gongylus gongylodes Saussure, Mem. Soc. Geneve, 21: 185 1995. Gongylus gongylodes Mukherjee, Hazra & Ghosh, Oriental Insects, 29: 331Material examined: Madhya Pradesh, Khargone, Narmada nagar, Indore Road, 2 Males, 3.x.2007, Coll. D.K. Harshey (Registra,on No. A/12400).Diagnos^c characters: Body colour brown. Dila,on of pro-­notum rhomboidal, width roughly one third the length of pronotum, lateral angles sharp. Body length (excluding protuberance) 71.0 – 76.0; pronotum 31.0-­‐ 35.0; width 8.0-­‐9.0; metazona 28.0-­‐29.0; coxa 16.0-­‐17.0; femur 18.0-­‐19.0; ,bia 9.0-­‐10.0; forewing 47.0-­‐48.0.Other details as per Mukherjee et al (1995).ReferencesMukherjee, T.K., Hazra, A.K., and Ghosh, A.K. (1995). The Man-­‐,d Fauna of India (Insecta: India). Oriental Insects, 29: 185-­‐358.Mukherjee, T.K. and Shishodia, M.S. (1999). Mantodea of Patalkot Chhindwara DisI., Madhya Pradesh, India. Records of Zoological Survey of India, 97(4): 45-­‐48.AcknowledgementThe authors are thankful to Dr. Ramakrishna, Director, Zoo-­logical Survey of India, Kolkata for facili,es and encour-­agement.ORDER: MANTODEAFamily: HymenopodidaeSubfamily: AcromantinaeTribe: AcromantiniEphestiasula intermedia WernerEphestiasula amoena (Boliver)Ephestiasula pictipes (Wood-Mason)Subfamily: HymenopodinaeCreobroter laevicollis (Saussure)Family: MantidaeSubfamily: ChoeradodinaeChoeradodis cancellata (Fabricius)Subfamily: TarachodinaeDidymocorypha lanceolata (Fabricius)Dysaules himalyanus Wood-MasonSubfamily: LiturgusinaeHumbertiella ceylonica SaussureHumbertiella indica SaussureHumbertiella similis Giglio-TosHumbertiella affinis Giglio-TosSubfamily: ThespinaeTribe: ParathespiniParathespis humbertiana SaussureSubfamily: SchizocephalinaeSchizocephala bicornis (Linn.)Subfamily: AmelinaeTribe: AmeliniMemantis gardeneri WernerSubfamily: MantinaeTribe: MiomantiniDeiphobe indica Giglio-TosDeiphobe infuscata (Saussure)Tribe: MantiniHierodula tenuidentata SaussureHierodula ventralis Giglio-TosMantis religiosa Linn.Statilia maculata (Thunberg)Family: EmpusidaeSubfamily: EmpusinaeEmpusa fasciata Brulle´*Gongylus gongylodes (Linn.)Bugs R A! No. 17 March 2011 21