Himertula kinneari (Uvarov, 1923)

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 : 330

9. Himertula kinneari (Uvarov, 1923)

1923. Himerta kinneari Uvarov, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 29 (3): 661.

2000. Himertula kinneari, Ingrisch & Shishodia, Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. , 90: 20.

Material examined: Chhattisgarh; Raipur, Barnawapara WLS; Barnawapara camp, 12.vii.2011, 1(♀,NC); Dond Nala, 10.vii.2011, 3(♀,NC); 23.vii.2011, 1(♂); 27.vii.2011, 1(♂); 10.viii.2011, 1(♂); 18.viii.2011, 1(♂); Nakti Pond, 13.vii.2011, 1(♀,NC); Thatghat, 09.viii.2011, 2(♀,DC); Hardi Pathar, 12.viii.2011, 1(♂,DC); Dongpahari, 4.vii.2011, 1(♂,DC); Jhiriya nala, 25.vii.2011, 4(1 ♂, 3 ♀,DC). Kabirdham, Bhoramdev WLS; Chilpi FRH, 25.viii.2011, 1(♀,NC); 26.viii.2011, 1(♂,NC);; Pagvahi village , 1.ix.2011, 1(♂,DC); Turia , 28.viii.2011, 2(♂,DC). Bastar, Jagdalpur range, 30.viii.2011, 1(♀,DC). Koriya, Gurughasidas NP; Sonhut FRH, 01.viii.2011, 1(♂,NC). Durg, Gondli dam, 23.viii.2011, 1(♀,DC); Keshavpur , 06.xi.2014, 3(♂). Korba, Tharpakhra Nala, 25.iii.2014, 1(♂,DC); Devpahari, 25.iii.2014, 1(♂,DC) coll. S. K. Gupta & party.

Diagnostic characters: Last tergite large, narrowly sulcate along the middle, with the hind margin almost straight, very feebly and broadly sinuate, not obtusely excised; cerci with their apices compressed portion straight, forming an obtuse rounded angle with the base; male subgenital plate with the lobes very long, strongly compressed and recurved, female subgenital plate transverse, simply truncate behind. Ovipositor short, strongly recurved; upper margin straight; lower margin regularly curved; disc rugulose.

Distribution: India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh (Bastar, Durg, Kabirdham, Korba, Koriya and Raipur), Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan and Nepal.