Sathrophyllia rugosa ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

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 : 334

23. Sathrophyllia rugosa ( Linnaeus, 1758)

1758. Gryllus (Tettignonia) rugosa Linnaeus, Syst. Nat . (10 th ed.) 1: 430.

1962. Sathrophyllia rugosa, Beier, Das Tierreich , 73: 199- 200.

Material examined: Chhattisgarh; Kabirdham, Bhoramdev WLS; Rengakhar Forest , 04.xii.2011, 1(♀,DC). Bastar, Jagdalpur, Lamon Eco Park, 22.vii.2011, 1(♀,DC). Koriya, Gurughasidas NP; Sonhut FRH, 10.vii.2013, 1(♂,NC); Berdev Nala, 17.xi.2013, 1(♀,DC). Gariyaband, Udanti WLS; Jugad, 29.vi.2014, 1(♀,DC). Durg, Balod FRH, 23.i.2014, 1(♂,NC); Badbhum FRH, 08.ii.2014, 1(♀,NC); 01.iv.2014, 1(♀,NC) coll. S. K. Gupta & party .

Diagnostic characters: Body rugose, pronotum of middle crest large, often swollen on the basal part of pronotum, tegmina convex, femora with semi-rounded grooves ventrally, tibia spotted, ovipositor blade like.

Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Bastar, Gariyaband, Kabirdham, Koriya and Raipur), Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Java; Sri Lanka and Sumatra.

Abbreviation: WLS: Wildlife Sanctuary; coll.: Collector; DC: Day collection; NC: Night collection; FRH: Forest Rest House.