This grass hopper I found near to Amravati City, Maharashtra, India. Help me to identify it.
Dear Wafaa:
near fuscocoeruleipes means related to, similar to. The color of the body is not a good diagnostic to separete species because grasshoppers shows variation even within a same species. In order to have a good identification Is important to collect more samples to compare large series to be sure. Also other morphological characters are requiered to confirm a species such as the disecction of the genitalia.
Regards,
Luis Miguel
Dear Jyoti,
I'm not an expert so please forgive me if I'm wrong. My guess is Chorthippus sp. (Subfamily : Gomphocerinae)
Best,
Tharindu.
Dear Jyoti.
According to my colleague who is entomologist, this grass hopper belongs to gender Locusta, but is still necessary a taxonomy key in order to establish the specie.
Regards.
I don't think this individual belongs to Locusta, neither to Schistocerca gregaria. Mainly because the lenght of the wing in those genus is by far, longer, than the lenght of the abdomen. Also I think Syrbula admirabilis doesn't fit too much because the head of this species is more sharpened than the individual's head of the photo. I'm not a good Orthopteran taxonomist, but I think those identification are not really right.
Dear Jyoti,
As other friends said this species belongs to the subfamily Gomphocerinae. To identify this grasshopper up to species level the detail of morphology such as wing venation, shape and size of body parts is needed.
yours
Sorry, I would like to have a male and a female specimen for determination.
Best regards - B. Nagy
Dear colleagues, nor this is Chorthippus (Gomphocerinae), nor Syrbula (also Gomphocerinae), nor Locusta (Oedipodinae) . What is sure on the first sigth is that this is short horned grasshopper (Caelifera), belonging to Acrididae family. This individual belongs to Eyprepocnemidinae, morphologically similar to Calliptaminae, but not Gomphocerinae+Oedipodinae. Furthermore, this is most likely member of the genus Cataloipus Bolívar, 1890, of which in India three species occurs (hitherto known) - 1) C. cognatus (Walker, 1870) (http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/ShowImage.aspx?TaxonNameID=1113984&ImageID=123873) is recorded from Pakistan and N India (also present in S Africa, which needs to be studied), 2) C. himalayensis Singh & Tandon, 1978 is known from Uttar Pradesh, Nainital only (the locus typicus) and 3) C. indicus Uvarov, 1942 from around Delhi.
Dear friends
In lateral view it looks like a Gomphocerine because of its slanted face. To identify this species as a member of Eyprepocnemidinae we have to trace its prosternal process underside of its prosternum. Although it could be any species, without morphological details (having the specimens or detailed photos) it is not possible to identify the species with certanity.
Mehran Ghazavi
It is much easier to recognize Eyprepocnemidinae by general habitus than Gomphocerinae, in which you need to know if stridulatory file is present so you can exclude Oedipodinae.
Why don't you compare Jyoti's photo with linked specimen of Cataloipus and other specimens of the genus on web and you will see morphllogical resemblance. I agree it is not possibe to ID the species accuratelly, but by having knowledge on Indian Eyprepocnemidinae, the genus is clear.
I suggest Heteracris or similar.
Ventral picture is needed (prosternal process?)
Hind wing?
I agree with Josip:
It belongs to the genus Catailopus (Orthoptera: Acrididae) and species Catailopus near fuscocoeruleipes
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cataloipus_fuscocoeruleipes_female.jpg
http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/hpg/053/index.pdf
Best,
Luis Miguel
Dear Luis,
I agree with you that it is Catailopus but I think it is not fuscocoeruleipes because the general color of the body is different especially the color of femur and wings.
Regards,
Wafaa
Dear Wafaa:
near fuscocoeruleipes means related to, similar to. The color of the body is not a good diagnostic to separete species because grasshoppers shows variation even within a same species. In order to have a good identification Is important to collect more samples to compare large series to be sure. Also other morphological characters are requiered to confirm a species such as the disecction of the genitalia.
Regards,
Luis Miguel
Dear Luis,
Thank you for your explanation but I think "near" may be used with the genus.The species must be sharply identified as you always do.
I agree with you that other morphological characters are required to confirm the species, so I want Jyoti to attach more photos of different views.
OSF mentions three species of Catailopus from India:
Catailopus cognatus
Catailopus himalayensis
Catailopus indicus
According to the description here:
http://www.munisentzool.org/yayin/vol7/issue1/391-417.pdf
it fits quite well to C. indicus. But the genus is in need of revision
I agree with Axel Hochkirch it may be Catailopus indicus. find the attached photo of nymph.
Regards,
Wafaa
@Wafaa Osman, this is adult (female? it seems), (of apparently Cataloipus indicus ) on your photo, as well as on the firlsy posted. Great!
OK Josip you are right, both are adults of Catailopus indicus. Sorry for the mistake.
Thanks for Axel Hochkirch who could reach to the species. Hope the answer is right.
Regards,
Wafaa
It is from Acrididae family, but it is not easy to identify this grasshopper from the photo only, Try this link:
http://www.entomoljournal.com/vol2Issue3/pdf/47.1.pdf
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