Gesonula punctifrons (Stal, 1861)

Chand, D. Suresh, Das, Swapan Kr. & Kumar, Hirdesh, 2021, Diversity of short-horned grasshoppers (Insecta: Orthoptera) in the Sunderban Biosphere Reserve, West Bengal, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (4), pp. 473-481 : 478

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https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v121/i4/2021/143669

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scientific name

Gesonula punctifrons (Stal, 1861)
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1861. Acridium (Oxya) punctifrons Stal, Kong I. Svensk. Fregat Eugen. Res. Omkring Jorden , 3: 336.

1975. Gesonula punctifrons : Hollis, Bull. Br. Mus . nat. Hist. (Ent.), 31: 209.

Material examined: 1 ex, Gosaba, 18.ix.2011; 2 exes, Kaikhali, 5.iv.2012; 1 ex, Sajnekhali WLS, 18.ix.2011; 1 ex, Kaikhali, 1.xi.2012; 1 ex, Kakdweep, 5.iv.2013; 1 ex, Bakhalli, 6.iv.2013; 1 ex, Fraserganj, 7.iv.2013.

Distribution: India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh, Borneo, China, Hainan, Japan, Java, Kalimantan, Malacca, Myanmar, North Vietnam, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Tongking. Remarks: This species was listed from Sunderbans by

Mandal & Nandi (1989).

Mandal, A. K. and Nandi, N. C. 1989. Fauna of Sundarban Mangrove Ecosystem, West Bengal, India. Fauna of Conservation Areas, 3: 1 - 116, 13 Plates.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Acrididae

Genus

Gesonula