New Records of Acridoidea (Insecta : Orthoptera) from Punjab, India

Authors

  • Narender Sharma
     Zoological Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre, 218 Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun-248195

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117287

Keywords:

Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Oedipodinae, Catantopinae, Punjab.

Abstract

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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Published

2017-08-01

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Sharma, N. (2017). New Records of Acridoidea (Insecta : Orthoptera) from Punjab, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 117(1), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117287

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Volume 117, Issue 1, 2017

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