Phaneroptera gracilis Burmeister 1838
Creators: name: Nagar, Rajendra
name: Swaminathan, R.
name: Mal, Jhabar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Phaneropteridae
Phaneroptera
Phaneroptera gracilis

description: Phaneroptera gracilis Burmeister, 1838
(Fig. 4 & 5; Plate IX, X & XI)
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:8101
Material examined. (75 Specimens, 31♀ & 44♂) India (Gujarat; Madhya Pradesh; Kerala; Maharashtra; Meghalaya; Rajasthan; Tamil Nadu): 20.ix.2006, Coll. G. S. Chundawat (Mennar, Udaipur); 6.xi.2008, Coll. Lekha (Chikalwas, Udaipur); 21.vii.2007, Coll. B. K. Patidar (Jhalawar); 18.v.2006, Coll. R. Swaminathan (Jalor); 4.ix.2007, Coll. P. S. Rathore (Mavli, Udaipur); 3.viii.2007, Coll. Lekha (Fetehpur, Sikar); 20.i.2007, G. S. Chundawat (Khehbrahma); 4.x.2007, Coll. S. L. Jat (Rao Madara); 24.iii.2007, Coll. R. S. Meena (Udaipur); 19.ii.2007, Coll. R. S. Meena (Jhadol, Udaipur); 10.vii.2006, Coll. G. S. Chundawat (Surat); 30.i.2007, Coll. P. S. Rathore (Sirohi); 6.ii.2007, Coll. R. S. Meena (Udaipur); 4.ix.2012, Coll. Jhabar Mal (Mavli, Udaipur); 10.vii.2013, Coll. R. Swaminathan (Anand); 8.ix.13, Coll. R. Swaminathan (Udaipur); 8.x.2013, Coll. Rajendra Nagar (Patur, Akola); 21.ix.2013, Coll. (ARSS, Vallabanagar); 19.i.2014, Coll. Rajendra Nagar (TNAU, Coimbatore), (5); 12.ix.2013, Coll. R. Swaminathan (Udaipur); 19.i.2014, Coll. Jhabar Mal (TNAU, Coimbatore), (2); 12.ix.2013, Coll. R. Swaminathan (Udaipur); 1.x.2013, Coll. R. Swaminathan (Anta, Baran); 17.xii. 2013, Coll. Rajendra Nagar (Udaipur); 21.ix.2013, Coll. Rajendra Nagar (Salumber, Udaipur); 9.x.2013, Coll. Rajendra Nagar (Patur, Akola); 8.x.2013, Coll. Rajendra Nagar (Chikaldhara).
Female: 4.xi.2006, Coll. D. P. Choudhary (Banswara); 10.ix.2007, Coll. P. S. Rathore (Mavli, Udaipur); 12.x.2010, Coll. R. Swaminathan (Banswara); 25.ix.2008, Coll. P. S. Rathore (Udaipur); 30.iii.2007, Coll. B. K. Patidar (Udaipur); 20.i.2007, Coll. R. Swaminathan (Khedbrahma); 1.xii.2007, Coll. P. S. Rathore (Banswara); 26.ix.2012, Coll. Rajendra Nagar (Alsigarh, Udaipur); 14.ix.2006, Coll. D. P. Choudhary (Gogunda, Udaipur); 15.vi.2008, Coll. P. S. Rathore (Udaipur); 26.ix.2012, Coll. Jhabar Mal (Alsigarh, Udaipur); 26.ix.2012, Coll. R. Swaminathan (Alsigarh, Udaipur); 4.xi.2006, Coll. B. K. Patidar (Dungarpur); 4.xi.2008, Coll. P. S. Rathore (Banswara); 11.iv.2007, Coll. B. K. Patidar (Udaipur); 12.x.2012, coll. R. Swaminathan (TNAU, Coimbatore); 29.ix.2006, Coll. D. P. Choudhary (Udaipur); 8.x.2006, Coll. B. K. Patidar (Indore); 20.xi.2007, Coll. Lekha (Udaipur); 15.x.2010 Coll. R. Swaminathan (Banswara); 6.ix.2007, Coll. Lekha (Udaipur); 10.xi.2012, Coll. Rajendra Nagar (Mandsaur); 21.vi.2012, Coll. Subhash (Anand); 20.ix.2006, Coll. G. S. Chundawat (Menar, Udaipur); 26.vi.2006, Coll. B. K. Patidar (Mavli, Udaipur); 14.vi.2006, Coll. R. Swaminathan (Banswara); 26.vii.2007, Coll. P. S. Rathore (KVK, Neemuch); 1.xi.2007, Coll. P. S. Rathore (Banswara); 19.viii.2008, Coll. P. S. Rathore (Banswara); 4.xi.2008, P. S. Rathore (Banswara); 30.x.2007, Coll. P. S. Rathore (Sirohi); 10.viii.2012, Coll. Subhash (Anand); 6.xi.2008, Coll. Lekha (Chaklwas, Udaipur); 14.vi.2006, Coll. R. Swaminathan (Banswara); 10.vii.2012, Coll. R. Swaminathan (Anand); 17.viii.2006, R. Swaminathan (Mavli, Udaipur); 9.x.2013, Coll. Jhabar Mal (Akola); 12.x.2012, Coll. D. Dhakad (Rajasmand); 16.vii.2013, Coll. Jhabar Mal (Anand); 13.xi.2012, Coll. D. Dhakad (Chittorgarh); 7.i.2013, Coll. D. Dhakad (Chittorgarh); 16.viii.2013, Coll. R. Sawminathan (Anand); 10.x.2013, Coll. Rajendra Nagar (Patur, Akola); 16.vii.2013, Coll. Rajendra Nagar (Anand).
Male: Fastigium verticis sub-acute, narrow with dorsal surface furrowed. Stridulatory vein on underside of left tegmina with about 50 large teeth widely spaced and many closely spaced teeth in the posterior margins. Hind wing 10.50 mm longer than tegmina. Ninth abdominal tergite projecting, apex rounded, but faintly concave in middle. Supra-anal plate longer than broad and obtusely rounded at apex; Sub-genital plate elongate bifurcated at apical margins as shown and carinated. Cerci very long cylindrical, widened sub-apically before suddenly tapering at a point; slightly widening towards apex.
Female: Ovipositor sickle-shaped; dorsal margin almost straight with rounded teeth. Subgenital plate apex triangular. Epiproct tongue shaped. Cerci slightly curved, apex sub-obtuse.
description: Published as part of Nagar, Rajendra, Swaminathan, R. & Mal, Jhabar, 2015, Some common and less known Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae) with the description of a new species from India, pp. 301-340 in Zootaxa 4027 (3) on page 310, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4027.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/253502