Orthacris maindroni
| Orthacris maindroni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Pyrgomorphidae |
| Tribe: | Orthacridini |
| Informal group: | Orthacris group |
| Genus: | Orthacris |
| Species: | O. festiva
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| Binomial name | |
| Orthacris festiva Maindron, 1901
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Orthacris maindroni is a species of grasshopper in the family Pyrgomorphidae. It is found in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.[1][2]
Description
The species is straw‑colored, somewhat faded, appearing olive when alive; head dorsally densely punctate, with broad chestnut bands on each side speckled with yellow, beginning behind the eyes and fading before the hind coxae. The fastigium is broad, slightly projecting and bluntly ridged; the eyes are ornamented with curved black parallel lines. The pronotum is weakly sinuate front and back, lateral lobes deflexed with numerous yellow callosities, the lower margins and corners are also yellowish. Tympanum abdominal, prosternal tubercle small conical, mesosternal space very narrow and X‑shaped. Hind tibiae with an inner dark spot and minute external apical spine; abdomen with a narrow chestnut lateral stripe granular whitish. Body about 27 mm (head 4 mm, pronotum 4.2 mm, hind femur 11 mm).[3]
References
- ^ "Orthoptera Species File - Orthacris (Orthacris) maindroni Bolívar, 1905". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
- ^ Boson (2025-08-25). "Orthacris maindroni". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
- ^ Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (1905). Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. MBLWHOI Library. Madrid : Estab. tip. de Fortenet.