Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids of Kerala, an updated checklist for the order Orthoptera

Abstract

An updated checklist of the order Orthoptera of Kerala is provided. Eighty five species have been added to the existing checklist. A total of 215 species and 21 subspecies belonging to 154 genera under 18 families of two suborders are enumerated along with their distributional data across the state. Suborders Caelifera and Ensifera are represented by 127 and 88 species, respectively.