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Systematic Account of Orthoptera Fauna of Bastar District, Chhattisgarh, India Biodiversity Journal , 2016, 7 (1): 39–50 Systematic account of Orthoptera fauna of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, India Sunil Kumar Gupta Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, 'M' Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700053 West Bengal, India; e-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT A faunistic survey in Bastar district, Chhattisgarh (India) revealed 52 species belonging to 45 genera, 8 families, including five species which are new record to the Orthoptera fauna of Chhattisgarh: Calliptamus barbarus barbarus (Costa, 1836), Ceracris fasciata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893), Oedaleus senegalensis (Krauss, 1877), Aularches miliaris miliaris (Linnaeus,1758), and Loxoblemmus haani Saussure, 1877. KEY WORDS Distribution; Bastar; Orthoptera; Chhattisgarh. Received 23.02.2016; accepted 08.03.2016; printed 30.03.2016 INTRODUCTION belonging 45 genera under 8 families viz. Ac- rididae 28 species 21 genera, Pyrgomorphidae 4 The major works on Orthopteran fauna of India species 4 genera, Tetrigidae 4 species 4 genera, were published by Kirby (1914) and Chopard Tridactylidae 1 species and 1 genus, Gryllidae 6 (1969). Notable papers on Orthoptera fauna of species 6 genera, Trigonidiidae 2 species 2 genera, Chhattisgarh state were also done by Dwivedi Gryllotalpidae 1 species 1 genus, Tettigoniidae 6 (1978, 1990), Dixit & Sinha (1982), Agrawal & species 6 genera, are known from Bastar district Sinha (1987), Chandra & Gupta (2005), Chandra et of Chhattisgarh. Of these, five species are reported al. (2007), Gupta et al. (2008), Gupta & Chandra for the first time. (2010) and Gupta & Shishodia (2014), but so far no In Table 1 are showen coordinates of collection comprehensive account on Orthoptera of Bastar is localities. The species recorded for the first time are available a part from a few exceptions including: marked with an asterisk (*). All specimens are Chopard (1970) who described Arachnomimus sub- preserved in collection R.P. Gupta & co-workers alatus Chopard, 1970 and Sinha & Agrawal (1973) collection. who described Kempiola shankari (Sinha et Agrawal, 1973) both from the same locality, i.e. Kutums war cave. Shishodia, (1995) reported 15 species belong- ing 15 genera under 6 families from Indravati Tiger SYSTEMATIC Reserve, Bastar. Shishodia (2000) reported 77 species of crickets and grasshoppers from Bastar. Order ORTHOPTERA Suborder CAELIFERA Superfamily ACRIDOIDEA MATERIAL AND METHODS Family ACRIDIDAE Subfamily ACRIDINAE A total of 514 specimens representing 52 species Genus Acrida Linnaeus, 1758 40 SUNIL KUMAR GUPTA S. No. Site Latitude N L o n g i t u de E Altitude 1. Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) m 1 Asna Village 19°7'15.4'' 82°01' 20.9'' 539 Truxalis exaltata - Walker, 1859: 222 Acrida exaltata - Dey & Hazra, 2003: 24 2 Amaguda 19°9'45.4'' 82°0'15.1'' 553 ExAMINED MATERIAL . Chhattisgarh; Bastar, 3 Bhanpuri 19°19'17.4'' 81°51'17.0'' 514 Malgaon, 23.xI.2011, 1 male; 18.IV.2012, 1 male; 4 Bhatiguda 19°2'53.4'' 82°3'3.5'' 515 Village Belaguda, 16.I.2012, 1 male; Jhariya Bahara Nala, 20.III.2012, 3 males; Kurandi, 23.III.2012, 2 5 Belguda 19°13'03'' 81°58'55.1'' 552 Village males and 2 females; Erikpal Village, 24.II.2012, 6 Chidaipadar 19°10'1.7'' 81°58'19.9'' 543 1 male. 7 Dongaghatpara 19°00'28.5'' 81°05'08'' 485 DISTRIBUTION IN CHHATTISGARH . Bastar, Bilaspu r, 8 Erikpal Village 19°07'17.9'' 82°03'34.9'' 542 Raipur. 9 Gariya 19°4'53.2'' 82°3'1.9'' 547 bahar river 2. Acrida gigantea (Herbst, 1786) 10 Hathguda 19°5'45.6'' 82°3' 9.7'' 561 Truxalis gigantea - Herbst, 1786: 191 11 Jagdalpur City 19°4'33.4'' 82°1'51.7'' 478 Acrida gigantea - Joshi et al., 2004: 71 12 Jeeragaon 19°2'7.9'' 82°9'39.1'' 563 ExAMINED MATERIAL . Chhattisgarh; Bastar, Rampal Village, 19.I.2012, 1 female; Bhanpuri, 13 Kalcha 19°6'36.8'' 82°6'18.9'' 559 20.x.2011, 2 females; Neganar Village, 4.I.2012, 1 14 Kohkapal 19°8'32.1'' 82°6'21.4'' 562 male; Dongraghat para, 6.II.2012, 1 male; Jag- 15 Kolchur 19°10'5.8'' 81°57'31.9'' 555 dalpur city, 13.II.2012, 1 male; Taraguda, 13.II.2012, 4 females; Ericpal Village, 25.II.2012, 16 Kopaguda 19°3'34.7'' 82°6'43.1'' 600 Village 1 female; Malgaon, 9.III.2012, 1 female; 17 Kotamsar 18°52'45'' 81°55'21.1'' 487 10.III.2012, 1 female; Kohkapal, 14.III.2012, 2 18 Kurundi 19°1'49.5'' 82°6'13.1'' 578 females; Kurundi, 23.III.2012, 1 male and 1 female; Gariya Bahar river, 24.III.2012, 1 female; 19 Machkote 19°0'52.4'' 82°8'2.3'' 555 range Machkote Range, 7.VI.2012, 2 males and 2 fe- 20 Malgaon 19°8'6.9'' 82°4'47.9'' 551 males; Kopaguda, 22.V.2012, 1 female. 21 Magedha 19°46'0.4'' 81°53'16.9'' 592 DISTRIBUTION IN CHHATTISGARH . Bastar, Bilaspur, Raipur. 22 Makdi FRH 19°46'22.3'' 81°54'12.8'' 671 23 Mongrapal 19°11'26.9'' 81°59'27.1'' 572 3. Acrida turrita (Linnaeus, 1758) Village 24 Nakaguda 19°10'7.8'' 81°2'47.4'' 579 Gryllus (Acrida ) turritus - Linnaeus, 1758: 427 Village Gryllus (Acrida ) nasutus - Linnaeus, 1764: 118 25 Neganar 19°12'1.7'' 81°1'3.3'' 488 Village Acrida turrita - Kirby, 1914: 98 26 Piplavand 19°19'24.5'' 81°55'39.2'' 513 ExAMINED MATERIAL . Chhattisgarh; Bastar, 27 Pushpal 18°15'23.5'' 82°4'53.2'' 584 Mangra para, 7.I.2012, 1 male and 1 female; Be- laguda, 18.I.2012, 1 male; Dongaghat para, 28 Rampal 19°13'39.9'' 82°00'41.5'' 599 7.II.2012, 1 female; 8.II.2012, 1 female; Malgaon, 29 Sonarpal beat 19°18'37.5'' 81°51'51.5'' 486 7.II.2012, 2 males; 10.III.2012, 1 male and 2 fe- 30 Taraguda 19°9'25'' 82°6'17.1'' 554 males; Erikpal Village, 24.II.2012, 1 female; Kurundi, 23.III.2012, 1 male; Kolchur, 18.IV.2012, 31 Tiwasguda 19°10'3'' 82°2'48.5'' 579 1 male; 7.VI.2012, 1 male; Kopaguda, 22.V.2012, 32 Ulnar 19°10'20.3'' 82°7'28'' 568 1 female. 33 Umargaon 19°10'40.2'' 82°1'36.2'' 568 ISTRIBUTION IN HHATTISGARH Village D C . Bastar and Raipur. Table 1. Coordinates of collection localities of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh (India). Genus Phlaeoba Stål, 1860 Systematic account of Orthoptera fauna of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, India 41 4. Phlaeoba infumata Brunner, 1893 8. Diabolocatantops innotabilis (Walker, 1870) Phlaeoba infumata - Brunner, 1893: 124 Acridium innotabile - Walker, 1870: 629 Phlaeoba infumata - Dey & Hazra, 2003: 25. Diabolocatantops innotabilis - Jago, 1984: 371 ExAMINED MATERIAL . Chhattisgarh; Bastar, ExAMINED MATERIAL . Chhattisgarh; Bastar, Jag - Sonarpal Beat, 17.x.2011, 1 male; Neganar Village, dalpur range, 29.VIII.2011, 2 females; Neganar Vil - 4.I.2012, 1 male; Nakaguda Village, 24.I.2012, 1 lage, 4.I.2012, 1 female; Mograpal Village, female; Malgaon, 9.II.2012, 1 female; 10.III.2012 6.I.2012, 2 females; Chidaipadar, 20.I.2012, 1 fe - 1 male; Erickpal Village, 24.II.2012, 1 male; male; Asna Village, 2.II.2012, 1 female; 4.II.2012, Kohkapal, 14.III.2012, 3 males and 4 females; 2 females; Erikpal Village, 24.II.2012, 1 male; Kalcha, 24.IV.2012, 2 males; 18.VI.2012, 1 male; Malgaon, 9.III.2012, 2 males and 1 female; Machkote range, 7.VI.2012, 1 male and 1 female. Kohkapal, 14.III.2012, 2 females; Gariya bahar river, 22.III.2012, 1 female; Machkote range, ISTRIBUTION IN HHATTISGARH D C . Bastar, Bilaspur, 7.VI.2012, 1 female. Raipur. DISTRIBUTION IN CHHATTISGARH . Bastar, Bilaspur , 5. Phlaeoba panteli Bolivar, 1902 Raipur. Phlaeoba pantel i - Bolivar, 1902: 589 Genus Pachyacris Uvarov, 1923 Phleoba panteli - Dey & Hazra, 2003: 27 ExAMINED MATERIAL . Chhattisgarh; Bastar, 9. Pachyacris vinosa (Walker, 1870) Jagdalpur range, 29.VIII.2011, 1 female. Acridium vinosum - Walker, 1870: 587 DISTRIBUTION IN CHHATTISGARH . Bastar, Bilaspur, Pachyacris vinosa - Shishodia & Dey, 2006: 107 Raipur. ExAMINED MATERIAL . Chhattisgrah; Bastar, Makdi range, 8.xI.2011, 1 male. Subfamily CALLIPTAMINAE Genus Calliptamus Audinet-Serville, 1831 DISTRIBUTION IN CHHATTISGARH . Bastar, Bilaspur , Raipur. 6. Calliptamus barbarus barbarus (Costa, 1836) (*) Genus Stenocatantops Dirsh et Uvarov, 1953 Acridium barbarum - Costa, 1836: 13 Caloptenopsis punctata - Kirby, 1914: 208 10. Stenocatantops splendens (Thunberg, 1815) Calliptamus barbarus barbarus - Massa, 2009: 81 Gryllus splendens - Thunberg, 1815: 236 ExAMINED MATERIAL . Chhattisarh; Bastar, Stenocatantops splendens - Shishodia, 2000: 63 Amaguda, 24.VIII.2011, 1 female. ExAMINED MATERIAL . Chhattisgrah; Bastar, DISTRIBUTION IN CHHATTISGARH . Bastar. Mograpal Village, 7.I.2012, 1 males and 1 female; Asna Village, 4.II.2012, 1 female; Malgaon, REMARK . New record from Chhattisgarh state. 9.III.2012, 1 male; 10.III.2012, 1male and 3 fe- males; Kohkapal, 14.III.2012, 1 female. Subfamily CATANTOPINAE Genus Choroedocus Bolivar 1914 DISTRIBUTION IN CHHATTISGARH . Bastar, Bilaspur , Raipur. 7. Choroedocus illustris (Walker, 1870) Genus Xenocatantops Dirsh et Uvarov, 1953 Heteracris illustris - Walker, 1870: 662, 663 Chroedocus illustris - Uvarov, 1921a: 109 11. Xenocatantops humilis humilis (Audinet- ExAMINED MATERIAL . Chhattisgarh; Bastar, Serville, 1839) Jagdalpur range, 19.VIII.2011, 1 female. Acridium humile - Audinet-Serville, 1839: 662 DISTRIBUTION IN CHHATTISGARH . Bastar. Xenocatantops humilis humilis - Shishodia, 2000: 62 42 SUNIL KUMAR GUPTA ExAMINED MATERIAL . Chhattisgarh; Bastar, Subfamily EYEPREPOCNEMIDINAE Makdi Pond, 9.Ix.2011, 1 female; 7.VI.2012, 1 fe - Genus Tylotropidius Stål, 1860 male; Mograpal Village, 7.I.2012, 1 male; Malgaon, 9.III.2012, 1 male; 9.xII.2012, 1 female; Ko- 15. Tylotropidius varicornis (Walker, 1870) hkapal, 14.III.2012, 1 male; Kurundi, 23.III.2012, Heteracris varicornis - Walker, 1870: 667 1 female.
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