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

Authors

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

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122411

Keywords:

Distribution, First Record, Grasshoppers, Himalaya, Locusts

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.

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2019-11-13

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Kumar, H., Chandra, K., Ali, M., & Saini, J. (2019). On a collection of Acridoidea (Orthoptera) from Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 118(4), 381–388. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122411

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Volume 118, Issue 4, 2018

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