Loxoblemmus equestris Saussure

Mal, Jhabar, Nagar, Rajendra & Swaminathan, R., 2015, Morphological characterization of some representative species of the genus Loxoblemmus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae; Gryllini) from India, Zootaxa 3955 (3), pp. 329-339 : 333-334

1. Loxoblemmus equestris Saussure

Loxoblemmus equestris Saussure, 1877 . Mem. Soc. Geneve, 25, 249. pl. 13 (XVI), figs. 4, 4a–c. Chopard, 1925, Ann.Mag. nat. Hist., (9) 15, 515. Chopard, 1931, Bull. Raffles Mus., No. 6, 131. Sundrasagara, 1954, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 52, 548.

♂: Rather small species. Head brown above with 6 yellow stripes on the occiput and a tranverse band of the same colour on top of the frontal rostrum; wide and feebly arched. Face wide, flattened, strongly oblique. Antennae with first joint presenting a dentiform projection on the external angle. Pronotum transverse, brown varied with yellowish, and pubescent; lateral lobes brown. Legs yellowish, mottled with brown. Anterior tibiae perforated with a large, external tympanum and a small one on the internal face. Posterior tibiae armed with 5 spines on each margin. Elytra extending to the apex of abdomen; mirror lozenge- shaped, rounded posteriorly, longer than broad, undivided, with acute anterior angle; harp region with 2 oblique veins; apical field rather long, presenting 5 veins and a regular, long reticulation; lateral field with distant veins. Wings usually caudate.

♀: Head convex above; frontal rostrum very short, with scarcely acute anterior margin. Face slightly flattened. Elytra presenting on the dorsal field a reticulation of irregular lengthened areolae. Ovipositor straight, with apical valves narrow, acute.

Material examined (3 ♂): India: Rajasthan: 1♂, Udaipur, 12.x.2007, Coll., P. S. Rathore; 1♂, Udaipur, 6.x.2006, Coll., B. K. Patidar; Madhya Pradesh: Mandsaur: 1♂, xi.2012, Coll., Jhabar Mal.

PLATE I. Loxoblemmus Saussure, 1877 . A–M, Loxoblemmus equestris Saussure, 1877 (♂); A, Male; B, Head dorsal view; C, Yellow band on top of rostrum; D, Face strongly oblique; E, Antennal projection dentiform; F, Pronotum lateral lobe brown; G, External tympanum; H, FW—apical field; I, FW—mirror lozenge-shaped; J, FW—harp region with 2 oblique veins; K, FWlateral region with distant veins; L, Posterior tibiae armed with spines; M, Male genitalia