The tribe Acridini Latreille is redefined. Keys to subtribes and species where necessary are given. The genera and species are redefined along with the list of synonymies.

NAYYAR AZIM,M.

RESHI,Shabir A.

The tribe Acridini Latreille is redefined. Keys to subtribes and species where necessary are given. The genera and species are redefined along with the list of synonymies.-The tribe Acridini Latreille is redefined. Keys to subtribes and species where necessary are given. The genera and species are redefined along with the list of synonymies

Nayyar Azim, M.

Reshi, Shabir A.

Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie)

Nota Científica(Short Communication)TAXONOMIC NOTES ON THE TRIBE ACRIDINI LATREILLE (ACRIDINAE: ACRIDIDAE: ORTHOPTERA) OF KASHMIR, INDIANayyar Azim, M. & S. A. Reshi. 2010. Taxonomic notes on the tribe Acridini Latreille (Acridinae: Acri-didae: Orthoptera) of Kashmir, India. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n.s.), 26(1): 219-222.ABSTRACT. The tribe Acridini Latreille is redefined. Keys to subtribes and species where necessaryare given. The genera and species are redefined along with the list of synonymies.Tribe Acridini LatreilleDiagnosis: Body usually slender; pronotum usually with median and lateral carinae;tegmina and wings fully developed; spurious median vein of tegmina usually absent;prosternal process usually absent; femoro-tegminal stridulatory mechanism absent;hind femur without row of modified peg like structures at lower edge of innersurface; male with epiphallus bridge shaped having ancorae and lophi, aedeagus withbasal apical valves connected by flexure.Members falling under two subtribes of Acridini are found in Kashmir.Key to subtribes of Acridini found in Kashmir1. Head strongly oblique; antennae ensiform; hind legs long and slender; epiphalluswith bilobate lophi  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Acridina1’Head slightly oblique; antennae usually filiform, rarely slightly ensiform; hind legs neververy long and slender; epiphallus usually with unilobate lophi  . . . . . . . . . . .PhlaeobinaIn Kashmir, the subtribe Acridina is represented by Acrida, while Phlaeobina isrepresented by Phlaeoba.Genus Acrida Linnaeus.Gryllus (Acrida) Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. (10th ed.), 1: 427.Type-species: Gryllus (Acrida) turritus LinnaeusThe genus can be distinguished on the basis of the following characters: Large sizedinsects; body elongated, almost stick-like; head elongated,conical antennae ensiform,gradually tapering to the apex; fastigium of vetex projecting strongly in front of eyes;fastigial foveolae absent; frontal ridge narrow, shallowly sulcate; pronotum elongate,dorsum crossed by posterior transverse sulcus only, median and lateral carinae low, but219ISSN 0065-1737 Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n.s.) 26(1): 219-222 (2010)Recibido: 11/05/2009; aceptado: 18/09/2009.distinct; tegmina and wings fully developed with acute or obtuse apex; lobes of hind kneewith acute to obtuse apices, upper inner lobe slightly longer than external; aroliummoderately large, shorter than claw; male with supra-anal plate triangular, cercus short,conical, subgenital plate conical, epiphallus with ancorae large, lophi bilobate; femalewith subgenital plate obtuse angular, weakly trilobite or almost truncate, ovipositor short,robust with robust and slightly curved valves.The genus can easily be distinguished in having elongated stick-like body andconical head.The genus is represented by three species in Kashmir.Key to species of Acrida found in Kashmir1. Body greenish, lateral carinae of pronotum not clear with a black line . . . . . . . .21’ Body yellowish, lateral carinae of pronotum clear with a black line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Acrida gigantea Herbst2. Tegmina without distinct colored margin  . . . . . . . . . . . . .Acrida exaltata Walker2’Tegmina with edges pinkish brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Acrida lugubris Burr.Acrida gigantea (Herbst)Truxalis giganteus Herbst, 1794. Fuessly Archiv., 173.Acrida gigantea Kirby, 1910. Syn. Cat. Orth. 3(2):93.The characters of the species are same as described by Kirby (1914) except colorwhich is brownish.Material examined: 3 , 5 , Kashmir, Baramulla, Uri, Chandanwari on Maize,9.ix.2006 (Shabir A. Reshi). Acrida exaltata (Walker)Truxalis exaltata Walker, 1859. Ann. mag. nat. Hist., 4(3):222.Truxalis brevicollis Bolivar, 1893. Feuille Jeunes nat., 27(8): 162.Acrida lugubris Burr.,1902. Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond.,2:170.Acrida curta Uvarov, 1936. Linn. Journ. Zool., 39:536.The characters are same as described by Kirby (1914). The genitalic characters areas follows: Male subgenital plate long and pointed; female subgenital plate withposterior margin setose, dorsal valve of ovipositor  shorter than lateral apodeme,spermatheca with apical diverticulum well developed, pre-apical diverticulum saclike.220Nayyar Azim & Reshi: Notes on Acridini of Kashmir, India Material examined: 4 , 7 , Kashmir, Kupwara, Karnah, Gundi Gujran on grass,6.ix.2005 (Shabir A. Reshi); 11 , 7 , Srinagar, Dachigam National Park on grass,21.ix.2005 (Shabir A. Reshi); 11 , 9 , Baramulla, Uri, Chandanwari on maize, 9.ix.2006 (Shabir A. Reshi).Acrida lugubris Burr. (Junior synonymy of Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859)Acrida ligubris Burr., 1902. Trans. ent. soc. Lond., 157, 170.It is a junior synonymy of Acrida exaltata Walker. However Kirby (1914) andSharma & Gupta (1997) did not treat this as a synonymy of A. exaltata.The species was recorded from Kashmir by Kirby (1914) and Sharma and Gupta(1997) recently recorded it from Jammu region of the state. However, the presentauthors could not collect any specimen of the species.Genus Phlaeoba StalPhlaeoba Stal, 1860. Eugenie’s Res. Orth., 360.Kirbyella Bolivar, 1909. Bol.soc.Esp.hist.nat.,9:289.Type-species: Gomphocerus rusticus Stal.The genus can be distinguished on the basis of the following characters: Smallerinsects; head short; antennae shorter as long as or longer than the combined length ofhead and pronotum together, basal half widened and flattened; fastigium of vertexshort, slightly projecting forward, widely angular,  wider than long with distinctmedian carinula; fastigial foveolae absent; frontal ridge shallowly sulcate from baseof antennae; pronotum with posterior margin rounded, median and lateral carinaedistinct, lateral carinae parallel, median carina intersected by posterior transversesulcus only, metazona shorter than prozona; tegmina and wings fully developed, aslong as or longer than abdomen or lobiform; hind femur as long as or slightlyexceeding tip of abdomen; arolium large; male with supra-anal plate angular, cercishort, conical, subgenital plate short, subconical with obtuse apex, epiphallus bridgeshaped, ancorae short, lophi bilobate; female with ovipositor valves long and slightlycurved.The genus is represented by a single species in Kashmir.Phlaeoba tenebrosa (Walker)Opomala tenebrosa Walker, 1871. Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus. Lond.,5:53.Phlaeoba tenebrosa (Walker), Uvarov, 1924. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 20:318.221Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n.s.) 26(1) (2010)The species was recorded from Kashmir by Bei-Bienko and Mishchenko (1951). Thepresent authors could not collect any specimen of the species from the region.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The authors are greatly indebted to Prof. Ghulam Mustafa Shah, Head, P.G. Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, for providing research facilities. One of usSAR is thankful to the state government authorities for granting permission to visit the disturbed andrestricted areas of the state for the collection of grasshoppers.LITERATURE CITEDBei-Bienko, G. Y. & Mishchenko, L. L. 1951. Locusts and grasshoppers of USSR and adjacent coun-tries. Vols.1-2. Israel Program for scientific  translations. Jerusalem. 691pp.Kirby, W. F. 1914. The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma Orthoptera (Acrididae).Today & Tomorrow’s Printers & Publishers, New Delhi. 276pp.Sharma, B. & Gupta, N. 1997. Identification key to the short horned grasshoppers (Othoptera:Acri-didae) from sub-Shivalik plains of Jammu. Journal of Insect Science, 10(1):5-7. M. NAYYAR AZIM and Shabir A. RESHISection of Entomology, P.G. Department of Zoology,University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006 (J & K), INDIA.E-mail: mnayyarazim@yahoo.com222Nayyar Azim & Reshi: Notes on Acridini of Kashmir, India 

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Taxonomic notes on the tribe Acridini Latreille (Acridinae: Acrididae: Orthoptera) of Kashmir, India

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