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Journal of Threatened Taxa PLATINUM The Journal of Threatened Taxa (JoTT) is dedicated to building evidence for conservaton globally by publishing peer-reviewed artcles OPEN ACCESS online every month at a reasonably rapid rate at www.threatenedtaxa.org. All artcles published in JoTT are registered under Creatve Commons Atributon 4.0 Internatonal License unless otherwise mentoned. JoTT allows unrestricted use, reproducton, and distributon of artcles in any medium by providing adequate credit to the author(s) and the source of publicaton. Journal of Threatened Taxa Building evidence for conservaton globally www.threatenedtaxa.org ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) Short Communication Some new records of katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Uttar Pradesh, India Ramesh Singh Yadav & Dharmendra Kumar 26 April 2020 | Vol. 12 | No. 5 | Pages: 15655–15660 DOI: 10.11609/jot.4331.12.5.15655-15660 For Focus, Scope, Aims, Policies, and Guidelines visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/editorialPolicies#custom-0 For Artcle Submission Guidelines, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions For Policies against Scientfc Misconduct, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/editorialPolicies#custom-2 For reprints, contact <[email protected]> The opinions expressed by the authors do not refect the views of the Journal of Threatened Taxa, Wildlife Informaton Liaison Development Society, Zoo Outreach Organizaton, or any of the partners. 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Member Threatened Taxa Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 April 2020 | 12(5): 15655–15660 ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) PLATINUM OPEN ACCESS DOI: htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.4331.12.5.15655-15660 #4331 | Received 04 June 2019 | Final received 09 March 2020 | Finally accepted 04 April 2020 S h o Some new records of katydids (Orthoptera: Tetgoniidae) r t from Utar Pradesh, India C o Ramesh Singh Yadav 1 & Dharmendra Kumar 2 m m 1 u Government School Dehariya, Post - Rohuna (Zamania), District- Ghazipur, Utar Pradesh 232331, India. n 2 Janta Vedic College Baraut, Baghpat District, Utar Pradesh 250611, India. i 1 [email protected] (corresponding author), 2 [email protected] c a t i o Abstract: In the present investgaton intensive feld surveys were species from 72 genera of tetgoniids in his checklist n undertaken to explore katydids of Utar Pradesh. Five species of of Orthoptera from India. They are dominant fauna of katydids from four genera, namely, Letana cf. megastridula Ingrisch, 1990, Parasanaa donovani (Donovan, 1834), Sathrophyllia femorata tropical and subtropical ecosystems. In India, most of (Fabricius, 1787), S. rugosa (Linnaeus, 1758), and Acanthoprion the taxonomic studies of katydids are carried out from suspectum (Brunner 1895) were recorded for the frst tme from Utar Pradesh, India. the northeastern Indian states as compare to other states (Shishodia et al. 2010). Keywords: Acanthoprion, Chandauli, Ghazipur, grasshoppers, Letana, Katydids are also called long-horned grasshoppers. Mirzapur, Parasanaa, Sathrophyllia. They belong to the suborder Ensifera and the superfamily Tetgonioidea. They are very easily identfed by their Grasshoppers and katydids are an important group very long antennae, (hence the common name) and belonging to the order Orthoptera. Globally, more than sword- or sickle-shaped long ovipositor with four 28,530 valid species of orthoptera have been catalogued segmented tarsi. They are more similar to crickets in which more than 7,500 species of tetgoniids are than other grasshoppers. The Indian katydids are known worldwide (Cigliano et al. 2018). Exploraton grouped in nine subfamilies of which Phaneropterinae of tetgoniids from Utar Pradesh, India is not much is the most diverse and Phyllophorinae is the least more explored as compare to Maharashtra (Chandra & diverse subfamily. Letana is a highly diverse genus of Gupta 2012). However, due to the scatered reportng katydids (Tetgoniidae) in India (Shishodia et al. 2010). on this group, exact estmaton is unavailable also at the Some important notable works on the taxonomy and natonal leve as well as from Utar Pradesh. However, distributon of Tetgoniidae from India are done by Shishodia et al. (2010) mentoned some 160 species from Barman & Srivastava (1976), Barman (1993, 2003), 72 genera of tetgoniids in his checklist of Orthoptera Ingrisch & Shishodia (2000), Shishodia (2000), Shishodia from India. Due to the scatered reportng on this group, & Tandon (2000), Kulkarni & Shishodia (2004, 2005), exact estmaton is unavailable at the natonal level, Shishodia & Barman (2004), Senthilkumar et al. (2006), however, Shishodia et al. (2010) mentoned some 160 Chandra et al. (2007), Senthilkumar (2010), Shishodia Editor: R.K. Avasthi, Rtd. Associate Professor/Head, Vaish College, Rohtak, India. Date of publicaton: 26 April 2020 (online & print) Citaton: Yadav, R.S. & D. Kumar (2020). Some new records of katydids (Orthoptera: Tetgoniidae) from Utar Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(5): 15655-15660. htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.4331.12.5.15655–15660 Copyright: © Yadav & Kumar 2020. Creatve Commons Atributon 4.0 Internatonal License. JoTT allows unrestricted use, reproducton, and distributon of this artcle in any medium by providing adequate credit to the author(s) and the source of publicaton. Funding: None. Competng interests: The authors declare no competng interests. Acknowledgements: Authors are thankful to the Professor-in-charge, RGSC, BHU, Barkachha, Mirzapur, India for laboratory assistance.The frst author wishes to extend his grattude to Dr. Sigfrid Ingrisch, Germany for providing the translaton of Beier’s key (1954), and also to Dr M.A. Farooqi (India) for providing the necessary literature. 15655 J TT New records of katydids from Utar Pradesh Yadav & Kumar Table 1. Coordinates of survey sites. Site Coordinate 1 Barkachchha, Mirzapur 25.1330N & 82.5640E 2 Chahaniya, Chandauli 25.4180N & 83.2110E 3 Gai Ghat , Ghazipur 25.4150N & 83.5590E 4 Jangipur, Ghazipur 25.6540N & 83.5570E 5 Maujhi, Chandauli 25.2600N & 83.2660E 6 Nagra, Ballia 25.9680N & 83.8710E 7 Sahadatpur, Mau 25.9240N & 83.4520E state. Hence, the authors have tried to explore the long- horned grasshoppers from Utar Pradesh. Materials and Methods The present exploraton was part of a series of surveys at several locatons in eastern Utar Pradesh during 2017 (Image 1). The katydids were collected using sweep nets, light traps, and by hand picking. Most collectons were made during night and morning hours, i.e., 19.30–23.00 h and 07.00–10.00 h, respectvely. The collected katydids were killed in a container containing ethyle acetate. Subsequently, the materials were cleaned with hair brush, pinned and relaxed (as per need) on the handmade stretching board of thermacol. It was kept for more than 60–72 hours for drying to avoid decompositon of the specimens. The identfcaton is based on the morphological and genital features and classifcaton was done according to Cigliano et al. (2018). The specimens collected were deposited in the Department of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology (RGSCE), Faculty of Agriculture, Rajiv Gandhi South Campus, Banaras Hindu University, Mirzapur, Utar Pradesh, India. The coordinates of the survey sites are presented in Table 1. Results Order: Orthoptera Suborder: Ensifera Figure 1 . Survey sites in Utar Pradesh Superfamily: Tetgonioidea Family: Tetgoniidae 1. Subfamily: Phaneropterinae et al. (2010), Srinivasan & Prabakar (2012), and Yadav Tribe: Letanini (2016). Letana cf megastridula Ingrisch, 1990 (Image 1) Utar Pradesh is one of the largest states in India 1990. Letana megastridula Ingrisch, Entomologica and considered biogeographically diverse ranging from Scandinavica 21(3): 258. plains to dry and plateau areas. Here, foral and faunal 2007. Letana megastridula Chandra et al. Zoos’ Print diversity is very varied but katydids are under-studied Journal 22(5): 2684. probably because of their nocturnal habit. Farooqi & 2016. Letana megastridula Gaikwad et al. Journal of Usmani (2016) recorded 13 species of katydids from this Threatened Taxa 8(2): 8534. 15656 Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 April 2020 | 12(5): 15655–15660 J TT New records of katydids from Utar Pradesh Yadav & Kumar © R.S. Yadav Image 1. Letana cf. megastridula Ingrisch, 1990. Materials examined: RGSCE 006–007, 17.ix.2017, 1 © D. Kumar male, 1 female, Utar Pradesh, Chahaniya (Chandauli), grasses, coll. R.S. Yadav; RGSCE 008, 10.ix.2017, 1 Image 2. Parasanaa donovani (Donovan, 1834). female, Nagra (Ballia), grasses, coll. R.S. Yadav; RGSCE 009, 24.ix.2017, 1 male, Jangipur (Ghazipur), bushes, coll. R.S. Yadav; RGSCE 0010, 24.ix.2017, 1 female, Distributon: Rajasthan, Sikkim (Shishodia et al. Sahadatpura (Mau), bushes, coll. R.S. Yadav. 2010), and Utar Pradesh (present study). Diagnosis characters: Bluish-green, medium-sized Habitat: Small bushes are the preferred habitat of insect. An antenna is about a double the length of the the species. body. The tegmina is narrow, dorsal porton of tegmina is brown in colour, surpassing the hind knees and with Sathrophyllia femorata (Fabricius, 1787) (Image 3) forked radial areas (Ra); the lef tegmina with broad 1869. Sathrophyllia femorata, Walker, Cat. Derm. stridulatory feld. Body along with legs is reddish or Salt. Brit. Mus.: 401.
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