Orthoptera: Insecta) Diversity of Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, India

ISSN 0375-1511

Rec. zool. Surv. India: 112(Part-l): 33-42,2012

ACRIDOIDEA (ORTHOPTERA: INSECTA) DIVERSITY OF DUDHWA NATIONAL PARK, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA

NARENDER SHARMA Zoological Survey of India Northern Regional Centre, Dehradun-248195, India Email: narencienaiscientist.com

INTRODUCTION head and thorax are diverse; antennae are filiform Dudhwa National Park is spread around 500 sq but sometimes ensiform; tarsi three segmented; km along vvilh a buffer area of almost 100 Sq km. hind femora long, slender and thick towards base Dudhwa National Park is home to one of the finest and adapted for leaping; wings are either fully Sa! forests in India, some of these trees are more developed or reduced or absent; forewings in the than 150 years old and over 70 feet tall. Dudhwa's form of leathery tegmina; hind wings fan like; male birds, in particular, are a delight for any avid bird external genitalia complex, symmetrical and watcher. The marshlands are especially inviting concealed, when not in use, by the enlarged ninth for about 400 species of resident and migratory abdominal sternum (Subgenital plate). birds including the Swamp Partridge, Great Salty The most notable work on Indian Woodpecker, Bengal Florican, plenty of painted grasshoppers was made by Kirby (1914). He storks, sarus cranes, owls, barbels, woodpeckers, wrote "Fauna of British India, including Ceylon minuets and many more. Much of the park's avian and Burma". Later on Bolivar (1914, 1918), fauna is aquatic in nature, and is found around Uvarov (1921,1923,1925,1927,1929,1940,1940a. Dudhwa's lakes-especially Banke Tal. 1940b, 1942) have also studied the Orthoptera of Dudhwa National Park is full of mosaic Indian subcontinent. Willemese (1955) has grasslands and dense sal forests to swampy studied the Orthoptera of Indo-Malayan region. marshes. Dudhwa National park's terrain is as Lateron Dirsh (1954,1956,1958), Dirsh & Uvarov diverse as the wildlife population of it. While the (1953). Banerjee & Kevan (I960), HoUis (1965, northern edge of the Park lies along the Indo-Nepal 1968,1971,1975) Mason (1973) and Ritchie (1981, border, the River Suheli is in the southern boundary. 1982) have taxonomically revised several genera. Dudhwa National Park is punctuated by Tandon and Shishodia (1969, 1976, 1989) have extensive stretches of grasslands. The studied Indian grasshoppers from different states. predominant tree species found in the park are As regards to Acridoidea fauna of Uttar Pradesh, Shorea nobusta, Terminali.s lomentosa, Adinu cordijblia.no bod y has worked out the group from the state. Eugenia jambolana, Terminalia belericcu Bombax The present paper deals with 32 species belonging malabaricum and JJalbergia sissoo, and more. to 2 families and 25 genera. All the species are The Acridids popularly known as reported from the National Park for the first time. '"grasshoppers and locusts" constitutes an Four species are recorded for the first time from interesting and agriculturally important group of Uttar Pradesh. Classification followed here is insects. They are moderate in size, but range from according to Uvarov (1966) and and Shishodia et less than 10 mm to 65 mm. The form of body shape. al. (2010). 34 Rec. zool. Surv. India

ABBREVIATIONS USED : Coll. Name of the Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere : Bangladesh, Collector. Cambodia, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sii Lanka, Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnam. SYSTEMATIC ACCOUNT Order ORTHOPTERA Remarks : It is a common species, generally found near the marshy land. Superfamily ACRIDOIDEA Family 1. PYRGOMORPHIDAE Family ACRIDIDAE Subfamily ORTHACRIDTNAE Subfamily GOMPHOCERINAE Genus 1. Chrotogonus Serville, 1839 Genus 3. Aulacohothrus Bolivar, 1902 3. Aulacohothrus luteipes luteipes (Walker) 1. Chrotogous (Clir.) trachypterus trachypterus (Blanchard) 1871. Stenobothrus luteipes Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus., 5:82. 1836. Ommexecha trachypterum Blanchard, Annls. Soc. ent. France, 5: 618. 1971. Dnopherula (Aulacohothrus) luteipes: Jago, Proc. Acad. Sci. PhUad., 123 (8): 243. 1959. Chrotogonus (Oir.) trachypterus trachypterus: Kevan, 1993. Aulacohothrus luteipes luteipes: Ingrisch, Enl. Scand., Publocoes cult. Co. Diam, Angola, no. 43 : 147. 24 (3) :321. Material examined: Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 1 Material examined: Dudhwa. Bhadrola Kuan, 2 d', 2 ?, 1.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa cf, 2 ¥, 1.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa Railway Station, 1 cf, 1 ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma Railway Station. 2 cf, 4 ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). & party). Distribution : India : Andhra Pradesh, Assam. Distribution : India : Andaman & Nicobar Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujrat, Haryana, Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhaya Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Pradesh, Maharshtra, Meghalaya, Orissa, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Kamataka, Madhaya Pradesh, Rajasfhan, Sikkim,Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Maharshtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere : Afghanistan, Tripura Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengladesh, Iran, Nepal, Pakisthan. Bengal. Elsewhere : Bangladesh, China, Europe, Remarks : This species is the pest of various Japan, Myanmar, Nepal. North America, Pakistan, types of crops. Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand. Genus 2. Atractomorpha Saussure, 1862 Subfamily ACRIDINAE 2. Atractomorpha crenulata (Fabricius) Genus 4. Acrida Linnaeus, 1758 1793. Truxalis crenulata Fabricius, Ent. Syst., 2 : 28. 4. Acrida exaltata (Walker) 1969. Atractomorpha crenulata: Kevan and Chen, Zool. J. 1859. Truxalis exaltata Walker, Ann. Mag. nal. Hist., (3) 4: Linn. Soc, 48:187. 222. Material examined: Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 2 1954. Acrida exalta: Dirsh, Bull. Soc. FouadEnt., 38:149. cf, 3 ?, 1 (f, 1.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Material examined: Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 2 Dudhwa Railway Station, 1 cf, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. cf, 3 ?, 1.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa Sharma & party). Railway Station, 1 cf, 2 ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa, Near National Park Entry Gate, Distribution : India : Andaman & Nicobar 1 cf, 1 ?, 30.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujrat. Distribution : India : Andaman & Nicobar Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kamataka, Kerala, Lakshadeep Islands, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Madhaya Pradesh, Maharshtra, Manipur. Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab. Rajasthan, Kamataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura Uttarakhand, Uttar Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab. SHARMA: Acridoidea (Orthoptera : Insecta) Diversity of Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, India 35

Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Distribution : India : Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya and : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Uttar Pradesh. Arabia, South East Tibet, Sri Laiika, Yemen and Remarks : During the recent surveys undertaken in West Aden. Uttar Pradesh, this species has been collected only Genus 5. Perella Bolivar, 1914 from Dudwa National Park. The species is a new record from Uttar Pradesh. 5. Perella insignis Bolivar 1914. Perella insignis Bolivar, Trah. Mus. Cienc. nal. Madr., Subfamily OEDIPODINAE Madrid. 20:87 Genus 8. Ceracris Walker, 1870 Material examined: Dudhwa Railway Station, 2 8. Ceracris nigricomis nigricomis (Walker) ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa, 1870. Ceracris nigriocomis Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Br. Near National Park Entry Gate, 1 cf, 30.X.2006 (Coll. Mus., 4:791. N. Sharma & party). 1923. Ceracris nigricomis nigricomis : Uvarov, Ent. Mitt. Distribution : Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Berl, 14:13. Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Material examined : Dudhwa, Near National Remarks : The species is endemic to India and Park Entry Gate, 2 cf, 1 ?, 30.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma is not found common in distribution. & party); Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 1 cf, 1 ?, l.x.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa Railway Genus 6. Phlaeoba Stal, 1860 Station, 2 d", 1 ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). 6. Phlaeoba infumata Brurmer Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, 1893. Phlaeoba infumata Brurmer, Annali Mus. civ. Star. Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nat. Giacomo Dona, 33 : 124. Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil 1914. Phlaeoba ifumata: Kirby, Fauna Brit. India. Orthopt,Nadu , Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and :103. West Bengal. Elsewhere : Afghanistan, Myanmar, South China, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Material examined: Dudhwa, Near National Park Entry Gate, 2 cf, 2 ?, 30.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & Remarks : This species is forest in habitat and is party); Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 1 cf, 2 ?, l.x.2006 a new record from Uttar Pradesh. (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa Railway 9. Ceracris striata Uvarov Station, Id*, 1 ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). 1924. Ceracris slriala Uvarov, Ent. Milt., 14: 16. Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Material examined: Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 1 Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, cf, 2 ?, l.x.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Near National Park Entry Gate, 1 d", 1 ?, 30.X.2006 Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa Railway Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Station, 1 d", 3 ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere : Bangladesh, East Nepal, Hainan Islands, Distribution: India : Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar, S. China, South and North Malacca, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Uttar Pradesh. Termasserim, Yunnan. Tripura Genus 7. Orthochtha Karsch Genus 9. Aiolopus Fieber, 1853 7. Orthochtha indica Uvarov 10. Aiolopus tlialassinus tatnulus (Fabricius) 1942. Orthochtha indica Uvarov, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1798. Gryllus tamulus Fabricius, Ent. Syst, Suppl.: 195. (11)9: 587. 1968. Aiolopus thalassinus tamulus : Mollis, Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), 22 (7): 347. Material examined: Dudhwa Railway Station, 2 cf, 1 ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa, Material examined: Dudhwa, Near National Park Bhadrola Kuan, 1 cf, 1 ¥, l.x.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma Entry Gate. 2 d", 2 ?, 30.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & & party). party); Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 1 d", 1 ¥, l.x.2006 36 Rec. zool. Sum. India

(Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa Railway Material examined: Ehidhwa, Near National Park Station, 1 ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). Entry Gate, 1 cf, 30.x.2(X)6 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 1 cf, 2 ?, l.x.2006 (Coll. Distribution : India : Andaman & Nicobar N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa Railway Station, 1 Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, cf, 1 ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma %, party). Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Orissa. Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu. Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Rajasthan, Sikkim,Taniil Nadu, Elsewhere : Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Celebes, China, Hainan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Lombok, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Elsewhere : Africa, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Guinea, Pakistan, Papua, Philippines, Singapore. Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet and Yemen Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand and Timor. Genus 12. Trilophidia Stal, 1873 Remarks : This species is recorded throughout 13. Trilophidia annulata (Thunber) Oriental region and extends upto Australia. 1815. Gryllus annulatus Thunberg, Mem. Acad. Sci. St.- Genus 10. Oedaleus Fieber, 1853 Pelersb., 5:234. 11. Oedaleus abruptus (Thunberg) 1965. Trilophidia annulda: HoUis, Trans. R. ent. Soc. London. 1815. Gn/llus abruptus Thunberg, Mem. Acad. Sci, St.- 117(8): 251. Petersb., 5:233. Material examined: Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 3 1981. Oedaleus abruptus: Ritchie, Bull. Brit. Mus. nut. Hist.cf , 2 ?, l.x.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa, (Ent), 42 (3): 104-107. Near National Park Entry Gate, 2 cf, 1 ?, 30.X.2006 Material examined: Dudhwa Railway Station, 1 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa Railway cf, 2 ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa, Station, 3 cf, 2 ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). Near National Park Entry Gate, 1 cf, 1 ?, 30.X.2006 Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa, Bhadrola Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Kuan, 2 cf, 1 ?, l.x.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Sikkim,Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Pradesh, West Bengal. Meghalaya, Grissa, Pondicheiry, Punjab, Rajasthan,- Elsewhere : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Borneo, Sikkim,Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar China, Hong Kong, Japan, Java, Korea, Malaysia, Pradesh, West Bengal. Mongolia, Myaiunar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sarawak, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Elsewhere : Australia, Bangladesh, China, Thailand and Vietnam. Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Genus 13. Acrotylus Tieber, 1853 Genus 11. Gastrintargus Sausstire, 1884 14. Acrotylus hutnbertianus Saussure 12. Gastrintargus africanus africanus (Saussure) 1884. Acrotylus humbertianus Saussure, Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. nut. Geneve, 28 (9): 189. 1888. Oedaleus (Gastrintargus) marmoratus var. Africana Saussure, Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. nat. Geneve., 30 (1): 1914. Acrotylus humbertianus : Kirby, Fauna Brit. India, 39. Orthoptera: 153. 1910. Gastrimargus africanus : Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth, 3 : Material examined: Dudhwa, Near National Park 227. Entry Gate, 1 cf, 30.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); 1982. Gastrimargus africanus africanus : Ritcivie, Bull. Brit.Dudhwa , Bhadrola Kuan, 1 cf, 1 ¥, 1 .x.2006 (Coll. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), 44 (4): 248. N. Sharma & party). SHARMA: Acridoidea (Orthoptera : Insecta) Diversity of Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, India 37

Distribution : India : Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Distribution : India : Andaman & Nicobar Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Pradesh, Lakshadweep Island, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi. Goa, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Elsewhere Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Lanka. Elsewhere: Bangladesh, Borneo, China, Hainan, Subfamily SPATHOSTERNINAE Japan, Java, Kalimantan, Malacca, Myanmar, Genus 14. Spathostemum Krauss, 1877 Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. 15. Spathostemum prasiniferum prasiniferum (Walker) Genus 16. Oxya Serville, 1831 1871. Heteracris (?) prasinifera Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. 17. Oxya fuscovittata (Marschall) Brit. Mm., 5 Suppl.: 65. 1836. Gryllus fuscoviiiatus Marschall, Annln. Wien. Mus. 1936. Spathostemum prasiniferum prasiniferum : Tinkham, Naturg., 1:211. Lingman. Sci. }oum. Canton, 15 :51. 1971. Oxya fuscovittata : HoUis, Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Material examined: Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 2 Hist. (Ent), 26 (7): .289. cf, 5 ?, 1 .X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa, Material examined: Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 1 Near National Park Entry Gate, 3 cf, 2 ?, 30.X.2006 d, 1 ?, 1.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa, (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa Railway Near National Park Entry Gate, 2 cf, 1 ?, 30.X.2006 Station, 10 cf, 9 ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa Railway Distribution : India : Andamian & Nicobar Station, 1 cf, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Pradesh, Jammu & Kashnur, Kamataka, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kamataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Rajastiian, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhnd, Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhnd, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. and West Bengal. Elsewhere : Bangladesh, Hainan, Myanmar, Elsewhere : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Nepal, Pakistan, South East China, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and USSR. Thailand, Vietnam and West Malaysia. 18. Oxya hyla hyla Serville Remarks : The species is found almost throughout India and is associated with the grassy 1831. Oxya hyla Serville, Amis. Sci. nat. (zool), 22 : 287. habitats. 1971. Oxya hyla hyla : HoUis, Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent), 26:282. Subfamily OXYINAE Material examined: Dudhwa, Near National Park Genus 15. Gesonula Uvarov, 1940 Entiy Gate, 2 ?, 30.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); 16. Gesonulapunctifrons (Stal) Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 2 cf, 1 ?, l.x.2006 (Coll. 1860. Acridium (Oxya) punctifrons Stal, Kongl. Freg. Eug.N . Sharma & party); Dudhwa Railway Station, Icf, Resa. Omkring Jor den. Insects : 336. 1 ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). 1951. Gesonula punctifrons : Mischenko, Locusts and Distribution : India : Andaman & Nicobar grasshoppers of USSR and Adjacent countries, Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Catantopinae: 172 Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujrat, Material examined: Dudhwa, Near National Park Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Entiy Gate, 2 cf, 1 ?, 30.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & Kamataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, party). Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, 38 Rec. zool. Sum. India

Rajasthan, Sikkim,Tamil Nadu, Tripura, 1914. Eucoptacra praemorsa : Kirby. Faun Brit. Idia, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Orihoptera (Acrididae): 240. Elsewhere : Afghanistan, Africa, Angola, Material examined: Dudhwa Railway Station, 1 Bangladesh, Madagascar, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, cf, 1 ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa, Zambia, Ghana, Guinea, Iran, Kenya, Liberia, Bhadrola Kuan, 2 cf, 1 ?, l.x.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma Nepal, Pakistan, Persia and Sri Lanka. & party); Dudhwa, Near National Park Entry Gate, 1 cf, 30.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). 19. Oxya nitidula (Walker) 1870. Acrdium nitidula Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus., Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal 4:631. Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, 1971. Oxya nitidula: Hollis, Bull. Bri. Mus. nat. Hst. (Ent), Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, 26 (7): 315. Manipur, Meghalaya, Orissa, Sikkim,Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Material examined: Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 2 Bengal. Elsewhere : China, Myanmar, Taiwan and d", 1 ?, 1.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa, Tenasserim. Near National Park Entry Gate, 1 ?, 30.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). Subfamily CYRTACANTHACRIDINAE Distribution : India : Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, 18. Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1870 Chhattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya 22. Cyrtacanthacris tatarica (Linnaeus) Pradesh, Manipur, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil 1758. Gryllus Locusta talaricus Linnaeus, Systema Naturae Nadu, Tripura and West Bengal. (l()'hed.):^2. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. 1923. Cyrtacanthacris tatarica: Uvarov, Bull. Eni. Res., 14: Remarks : During recent surveys undertaken in 39. Uttar Pradesh, this species has been only collected Material examined: Dudhwa, Near National Park from Dudhwa National Park. The species is a new Entry Gate, 2 ¥, 30.X.2006 (CoU. N. Sharma & party); record from Uttar Pradesh. Dudhwa Railway Station, 1 cf, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. 20. Oxya velox (Fabricius) Sharma & party). 1787. Gryllus velox Fabricius, Mantissa Insectorum, 1:239. Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal 1971. Oxya velox : Hollis, Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), 26 Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, (7): 297. Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Material examined: Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 2 Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, cf, 1 ?, 1.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). Ehidhwa, Manipur, Meghalaya, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Near National Park Entry Gate, 1 cf, 30.X.2006 (CoU. Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand. Uttar Pradesh and N. Sharma & party). West Bengal. Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Artmachal Elsewhere: Africa, Bangladesh, Central America, Pradesh, Assam, Bihar. Haryana, Himachal Hainan, Indonesia. Madagascar, Mediterranean Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Region, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles. Sri Lanka, South West Nagaland, Orissa, Rajasthan, Sikkim,Tamil Nadu, Asia, Sumatra and Thailand. Tripura. Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Subfamily EYEPREPOCNEMIDINAE Elsewhere : Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Genus 19. Eyprepocnemis Fieber, 1853 Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand. 23. Eyprepocnemis alacris alacris (Serville) Subfamily COPTACRIDINAE 1839. Acridium alacre Serville, Hist. Nat. Ins. Orth.,: 682. Genus 17. Eucoptacra Bolivar, 1902 1958. Eyprepocnemis alacris alacris: Dirsh, Proc. R. ent. Sac. London, (B) 27 (3-4): 40. 21. Eucoptacra praemorsa (Stal) 1860. Acridium (Calantops ?) praemorsum Stal, Kpnjgl. Freg. Material examined: Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 2 Eug. Resa. Omkring Jor den.Insects : 330. cf, 1 ?, l.x.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa, SHARMA: Acridoidea (Orthoptera : Insecta) Diversity of Dudhwa National Park, Uttar F*radesh, India 39

Near National Park Entry Gate, 1 cf , 30.X.2006 (Coll. Material examined ; Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa Railway Station, Icf, Icf, 1 ¥, 1.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). Near National Park Entry Gate, 2 cf, 1 ?, 30.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa Railway Distribution : India: Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Station, 2 cf 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Kamataka, Distribution : Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Manipur, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Haryana, Himachal Meghalaya, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Elsewhere and West Bengal. Elsewhere : Afghanistan, : Bangladesh. Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq. Pakistan and Sri Lanka. 27, Choroedocus illustris (Walker) Remarks : This species is widely distributed in 1870. Heteracris illustris Walker, Cat. Derm,. Salt. Brit. India. Mm., 4 :622,623. 24. Eyprepocnemis roseus Uvarov, 1942 1921. Choreodocus illustris : Uvarov, Trans. R. ent. Soc. 1942. Eyprepocnemis rosesus Uvarov, Ann. Mag. not. Hist., London, 69 (1&2): 109. 9(11): 597. Material examined : Dudhwa Railway Station, 1958. Eyprepocnemis rosea: EHrsh, Proc. R. ent. Soc. London,2cf , 1 ¥, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & parly); Dudhwa, (8) 27(3-4): 42. Bhadrola Kuan, 4 cf, 3 ?, l.x.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma Material examined: Dudhwa, Near National Park & party); Dudhwa, Near National Park Entry Gate, Entry Gate, 1 d', 30.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); 1 cf, 2 ?, 30.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 2 cf, 1 ?,l.x.2006 (Coll. Distribution : Andhra Pradesh, Himachal N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa Railway Station, 1?, Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). Nadu and Uttarakhand. Elsewhere : Bangladesh. Distribution: India: Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Remarks: The species is a new record from Uttar Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh. Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. Elsewhere : Bangladesh, Myanmar, Genus 22. Eupreponotus Uvarov, 1921 Pakistan and Thailand. 28. Eupreponotus inflatus Uvarov Genus 20. Heteracris Walker, 1870 1921. Eupreponotus inflatus Uvarov, Ann. Mag. nut. Hist., 25. Heteracris pulchra (Bolivar) (9)7:508. 1902. Euprepocnemis pulchra Bolivar, Annls. Soc. ent: France, Material examined: Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 2 70: 630.1958. Heteracris pulchra : Dirsh, Tijdschr. cf, 2 ?, l.x.200.6 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa, Ent, 101:54. Near National Park Entry Gate, 1 cf, 2, ?, 30.X.2006 Material examined: Dudhwa, Near National Park (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa Railway Entry Gate, 1 c5\ 30.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & Station, 1 ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). party). Distribution : India : Orissa, Uttarakhand, Uttar Distribution : India : Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Pradesh, and West Bengal. DeUu, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and West- Bengal. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. Genus 23. Diabolocatantops Jago, 1984 Subfamily CATANTOPINAE 29. Diabolocatantops innotabilis (Walker) Genus 21. Choreodocus Bolivar, 1914 1870. Acridium innotabile Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus., 4:629. 26.Choroedocus robustus (Serville) 1953. Catantops pinguis innotabilis : Dirsh and Uvarov, 1839, Acridium robustus Serville, Ins. Orth., 647. Tijdsch. Ent, 96 (3): 233. 1921. Choreodocus robustus: Uvarov, Trans, ent. Soc Land.1984 . Diabolocatantops innotabilis, Jago, Trans. Amer. (69): 109. Enlomal. Soc, 110 (3): 371. 40 Rec. zool. Surv. India

Material examined: Dudhwa, Near National Park 1982. Xenocatantops kamyi: Jago, Tram. Am. ent. Soc, 108 Entiy Gate, 2 cf, 30.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); (3): 455. Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 2 cf, l.x.2006 (Coll. N. Material examined : Dudhwa Railway Station, Sharma & party); Dudhwa Railway Station, 1 d*, Id, 1 ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). l¥, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Distribution: India: Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Pradesh, Maharastra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep Island, Madhya Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh. Elsewhere: Nepal. Pradesh, Maharastra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Genus 25. Stenocatantops Dish and Uvarov Nagaland, Orissa, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West 32. Stenocatantops splendens (Thunberg) Bengal. 1815. Gryllus splendens Thunberg, Mem. Acad. Sci. St- Petersh., 5:236. Elsewhere : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Borneo, 1953. Stenocatantops splendens: Dirsh and Uvarov, Tijschr. Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indo-China, Japan, Ent, 96 (3): 237. Java, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Simiatra, Material examined: Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 1 Tibet and Thailand. cf, 5 ?, l.x.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa, Genus 24. Xenocatantops Dirsh and Uvarov, 1953 Near National Park Entry Gate, 1 cf, 2 ?, 30.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party): Dudhwa Railway 30. Xenocatantops humilis humilis (Serville) Station, 2 ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). 1839. Acridium humile Serville, Ins. Orth.,: 662. 1953. Xenocatantops humilis humilis : Dirsh, & Uvarov, Distribution : India : Andaman and Nicobar Tijdschr. Ent, 96:237. Islandas, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar. Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Material examined: Dudhwa, Bhadrola Kuan, 8 Pradesh, Maharastra, Manipur, Meghalaya, cf, 5 ?, 1 .X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa, Nagaland, Orissa, Sikkim,Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Near National Park Entiry Gate, 2 cf 1 ?, 30.X.2006 Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. (Coll. N. Sharma & party); Dudhwa Railway Station, 1 cf, 1 ?, 2.X.2006 (Coll. N. Sharma & party). Elsewhere : Borneo, China, Celebes, Hainan, Java, Korea, Malaysia, Moluccas Island, Myanmar, Distribution : India : Andaman and Nicobar Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Islandas, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Manipur, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Meghalaya, Mizoram. Nagaland, Sikkim,Tamil Author is thankful to Director, Zoological Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Survey of India, Kolkata and Dr. T.K. Pal, Officer Incharge, Entomology Division A and Field Survey Elsewhere : Bangladesh, Borneo, Indo-China, Division; ZSl for all sorts of facilities in connection Java, Lombock, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New with this survey. My sincere thanks are also to Dr. Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Thailand, S.K. Mondal. Assistant Zoologist, for helping in Tibet. Vietnam and Yunan. the completion of the manuscript. Thanks are also 31 Xenocatantops kamyi (Kirby) due to different officials of Forest Department of 1910. Catantops kamyi Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orthopt., 3 ; 483. Dudwa National Park for their help during survey. SHARMA: Acridoidea (Orthoptera : Insecta) Diversity of Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, India 41

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Manuscript Received : 16 April 2010; Accepted : 28 August 2012