First Record of the Genus Gomphocerus Thunberg, 1815 (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from India

Abstract

ABSTRACT The clubbed-legged grasshopper Gomphocerus sibiricus (Linnaeus, 1767) and its genus Gomphocerus Thunberg, 1815, (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Gomphocerinae) are recorded for the first time from the Indian fauna. The species was recorded from the Trans-Himalayan region (Zanskar and Panikhar region of Ladakh) of India in august 2019. A detailed description of both the genus and the species is given.