Elimaea nautica Ingrisch, 1998

Nagar, Rajendra, Mal, Jhabar & Swaminathan, R., 2014, Additions to the reported Elimaea species (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae: Phaneropterinae) from India, Zootaxa 3860 (6), pp. 536-546 : 545

Elimaea nautica Ingrisch, 1998

(Figs. 41–44)

Material examined (1 Specimen). Meghalaya: North Khasi Hills, 0 4.06.2013, Jhabar Mal (Umiam).

Elimaea nautica Ingrisch. Fastigium verticis narrow, dorsal surface sulcate, in lateral view sinuate; step-like declined to fastigium frontis; pronotum with disc flattened but lateral rounded; transverse sulcus V or short Yshaped; with a short and weak medial carina before apex; anterior margin rounded; paranota 1.1xlonger than high, ventral and posterior margin angle rounded, humeral sinus distinct; anterior femur with spines on both ventral margins, meso-and posterior femur with spines on ventro-external margin; tibial tympana conchate on both sides; genicular lobe of all legs bispinose; anterior tibiae with dorsal and ventral, external and internal apical spur; dorsal surface sulcate.

Male. Not in our collections, but described by Ingrisch (1998).

Female. Epiproct long tongue shaped, apex acutely projecting in middle; cerci short slightly curved, stout in the basal area, narrowing in about middle, but then cylindrical and sub-equal in width up to apex, apex obtuse (Fig.41);sub-genital plate long triangular, apex rather broadly excised in middle sub-truncate between two short obtuse lateral projections (Fig.42); gonangulum of ovipositor with a large and thick ventral apical appendage (Fig.43); ovipositor (Fig.44).

Distribution in India. Rajasthan (Udaipur, Rajsamand, Banswara, Sirohi), Gujarat (Anand), Maharashtra (Akola), Madhya Pradesh (Mandsaur) and Meghalaya (East Khasi Hills, North Khasi Hills,Mawflang, Ri-Bhoi, Umiam).