Conocephalus (Anisoptera) maculatus (Le Guillou,1841)

Gupta, Sunil Kumar & Chandra, Kailash, 2018, Systematic study of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera: Insecta) fauna from Chhattisgarh, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4), pp. 325-336 : 327

1. Conocephalus (Anisoptera) maculatus (Le Guillou,1841)

1841. Xiphidion maculatum Le Guillou, Revue Zool. , 4: 294.

2007. Conocephalus maculatus Chandra, K., Gupta, S. K. and Shishodia, M. S., Zoos ΄Print Journal, 22 (5): 2684.

Material examined: Chhattisgarh, Raipur, Barnawapara WLS; Nakti Pond , 13.vii.2011, 1(♂,DC); Latadadar, 22.x.2011, 1(♀,DC) ; Barnawapara camp, 02.vii.2011, 3(♂,NC) ; 13.vii.2011, 1(♀,NC). Kabirdham, Bhoramdev WLS; Sarondhadadar , 27.viii.2011, 2(♂,DC) ; Jeevmar nala, 29.viii.2011, 1(♀,DC); Rajadhar Forest , 01.xii.2011, 2(♂, ♀,DC) ; 27.viii.2011, 1(♀,NC). Bastar, Jagdalpur range, 15.vii.2011, 1(♀,DC); Bhanpuri Forest , 20.x.2011, 1(♀,DC). Koriya, Gurughasidas NP; Pipertala Forest , 17.xi.2011, 1(♂,DC) ; Sonhut FRH, 14.v.2012, 1(♀,NC) ; 22.v.2012, 1(♂,NC) ; Berdev Nala, 17.xi.2013, 2(♂, ♀,NC) ; Rewala, 09.xii.2013, 2(♀,NC). Gariyaband, Udanti WLS; Jugad, 17.x.2011, 1(♂,DC) ; Mainpur, 25.vi.2014, 4(2 ♂, 2 ♀,DC) . Raigarh, Gomerda WLS; Kankabira, 19.ii.2012, 6(♂,DC) ; Tamtora Rest House, 19.ii.2012, 1(♂, ♀, NC) ; Naresh nagar, 20.ii.2012, 2(♀,DC) . Jashpur, Badalkhol WLS; Sahidand, 28.v.2012 4(2 ♂, 2 ♀,DC) ; Lujari ghat, 24.ix.2013, 2(♂, ♀,DC) ; Kuhapani Watch Tower, 22.iii.2014, 1(♂,DC) . Durg, Gondli dam west, 28.i.2014, 1(♂,DC) . Korba, Hukradugru, 30.v.2012, 20(13 ♂, 7 ♀,DC) ; Telimnala, 03.vi.2012, 6(1 ♂, 5 ♀,DC). Surguja, Tamor Pingla WLS; Ramkola, 15.v.2013, 4(1 ♂, 3 ♀,DC) coll. S. K. Gupta & party .

Diagnostic characters: Body size small, colour light brown to light green. Prosternum bispinose; presence of suffused and interrupted brown band between mediun and ulner veins of the tegmina; hind femora unarmed ventrally; male cerci with one internal spine; ovipositor short and straight.

Distribution: India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh (Bastar, Bilaspur, Durg, Gariyaband, Jashpur, Koriya, Raigarh, Raipur and Surguja), Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Africa; Australia; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Java; Malaysia; Nepal; New Guinea; Philippines and Sierra Leone.