18. Ledra mutica Fabricius, 1803

Ledra mutica Fabricius, 1803: 25

Material examined: INDIA • 1♀ (16mm); Odisha: Gajapati Dist., Aduba, near Harabhangi, 19°28’41” N, 84°9’16” E, 25.V.2019, S Kushwaha and Party leg.; Regn. No.: H15-9896 .

Diagnostic characters: Rustic brown in colour and overall, coarsely build. Vertex looks alike to spade. Pronotum with four discal longitudinal ridges. Veins on tegmina prominent, with scattered granules. Dilated metathoracic tibia with three lateral hinges.

Distribution. India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Myanmar.

Remark: First record to the state.