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Grasshopper Fauna of West Bengal, India (Orthoptera : Acrididae)

Bhowmik, H. K.

Volume 14 | pp 1 - 180 | October 1986
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Introduction
Geographical position of West Bengal
Treatment
Material and method
Measurements
Terminology of principle morphology
Bionomics
- A. Life Histories
- B. Breeding cycles
- C. Fertility, mortality and longevity
- D. Seasonal occurrence, abundance etc.
- E. Food and habitat
- F. Economic importance of grasshoppers
Systematic account
Family acrididae
Key to subfamilies
I. Subfamily acridinae
- Gen. (1) Acrida Linne
  - 1. exaltata (Walk.)
- Gen. (2) Phlaeoba Stal
  - 2. antennata (Br.)
  - 3. panteli (Bol.)
- Gen. (3) Ceracris Walker
  - 4. nigricornis laeta (Bol.)
- Gen. (4) Holopercna Karsch
  - 5. darjeelingensis (Bol.)
Subfamily Gomphocerinae
- Gen. (5) Dnopherula Karsch
- Sub. gen. Aulacobothrus
- Gen. (6) Leva Bolivar
  - 9. indica (Bol.)
Subfamily oedipodinae
- Gen. (7) Aiolopus Fieber
  - 10. thalassinus tamulus (Fabr.)
- Gen. (8) Dittopternis Saussure
  - 11. venusta (Walk.)
- Gen. (9) Heteropternis Stal
  - 12. respondens (Walk.)
- Gen. (10) Oedaleus Fieber
  - 13. abruptus (Th.)
- Gen. (11) Gastrimargus Saussure
  - 14. africanus africanus (Sauss.)
- Gen. (12) Acrotylus Fieber
  - 15. humbertianus (Sauss.)
  - 16. insubricus inficita (Walk.)
- Gen. (13) Meristopteryx Saussure
  - 17. rotundata (Walk.)
- Gen. (14) Trilophidia Stal
  - 18. annulata (Th.)
- Gen. (15) Chloebora Saussure
  - 19. grossa (Sauss.)
- Gen. (16) Pternoscirta Saussure
  - 20. bimaculata (Th.)
  - 21. cinctifemur (Walk.)
- Gen. (17) Sphingonotus Fieber
  - 22. longipennis Sauss.
- Gen. (18) Chondronotulus Uvarov
  - 23. bengalensis (Sauss.)
IV. Subfamily hemiacridinae
- Gen. (19) Gesonula Uvarov
  - 24. punctifrons (St.)
- Gen. (20) Spathosternum Krauss
  - 25. prasiniferum prasiniferum (Walk.)
- Gen. (21) Leptacris Walker
  - 26. vittata (Fabr.)
- Gen. (22) Hieroglyphus Krauss
  - 27. banian (Fabr.)
  - 28. nigrorepletus (Bol.)
- Gen. (23) Parahieroglyphus Carl
  - 30. bilineatus (Bol.)
V. Subfamily oxyinae
- Gen. (24) Oxya Serville
VI. Subfamily coptacridinae
- Gen. (25) Eucoptacra Bolivar
  - 35. praemorsa (St.)
- Gen. (26) Epistaurus Bolivar
  - 36. sinetyi (Bol.)
- Gen. (27) Circocephalus Willemse
  - 37. indica Bhowmik and Halder
VII. Subfamily Tropidopolinae
- Gen. (28) Tristria Stal
  - 38. pulvinata (Uv.)
- Gen. (29) Oxyrrhepes Stal
  - 39. obtusa (de Haan)
VIII. Subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae
- Gen. (30) Pachyacris Uvarov
  - 40. vinosa (Walk.)
- Gen. (31) Patanga Uvarov
  - 41. (Patanga) japonica (Bol.)
- Gen. (32) Cyrtacanthacris Walker
  - 42. tartarica (Linn.)
- Gen. (33) Chondracris Uvarov
  - 43. rosea (de Geer)
IX. Subfamily Calliptaminae
- Gen. (34) Peripolus Martinez
  - 44. pedarius (St.)
X. Subfamily Catantopinae
- Gen. (35) Mesambria Stal
  - 45. dubia (Walk.)
- Gen. (36) Paraconophyma Uvarov
  - 46. scabra (Walk.)
- Gen. (37) Gerenia Stal
  - 47. bengalensis Bhowmik and Halder
- Gen. (38) Catantops Schaum
  - 48. innotabilis (Walk.)
  - 49. erubescens (Walk.)
- Gen. (39) Xenocatantops Dirsh and Uvarov
  - 50. humilis (Serv.)
- Gen. (40) Stenocatantops Dirsh and Uvarov
  - 51. splendens (Th.)
XI. Subfamily Eyprepocnemidinae
- Gen. (41) Choroedocus Bolivar
  - 52. robustus (Serv.)
- Gen. (42) Eupreponotus Uvarov
  - 53. inflatus Uv.
- Gen. (43) Heteracris Walker
  - 54. pulcher (Bol.)
- Gen. (44) Eyprepocnemis Fieber
  - 55. alacris alacris (Serv.)
- Gen. (45) Tylotropidius Stal
  - 56. varicornis (Walk.)
Acknowledgements
References
- (a) Other than systematics
- (b) On systematics
Appendix I.
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