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15 October 2019 First Record of the Genus Oxytauchira Ramme, 1941 (Acridoidea: Acrididae: Oxyinae) from Uttar Pradesh, India with Description of a New Species
Sahar Mobin, Mohd Kamil Usmani
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Abstract

The present paper provides a new record of the genus Oxytauchira Ramme, 1941 from Uttar Pradesh, India and a new species of the same genus Oxytauchira is described and illustrated from India. The new species Oxytauchira rohilla sp. nov. is reported from Sambhal District of Rohilkhand Region. This is the second species of Oxytauchira reported after Oxtauchira jaintia Ingrisch, Willemse & Shishodia, 2004 from India. The characteristic features of the new species are the presence of a bilobate prosternal process, uniform coloration of hind femur without any marking, tegmina surpassing abdomen and hind femur knees and presence of an external apical spine on hind tibia.

Sahar Mobin and Mohd Kamil Usmani "First Record of the Genus Oxytauchira Ramme, 1941 (Acridoidea: Acrididae: Oxyinae) from Uttar Pradesh, India with Description of a New Species," Entomological News 128(5), 508-514, (15 October 2019). https://doi.org/10.3157/021.128.0510
Received: 27 September 2018; Accepted: 11 January 2019; Published: 15 October 2019
KEYWORDS
Acrididae
new record
new species
Oxyinae
Rohilkhand
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