01603nas a2200193   4500008004100000245012200041210006900163300001200232490000600244520097200250653001001222653003101232653001501263653001501278653001801293100003001311700002401341856004401365       2017                        eng d00aFirst record of subfamily Mecopodinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Bihar along with description of Indian species0 aFirst record of subfamily Mecopodinae Orthoptera Tettigoniidae f  a803-8070 v53 aThe present study was based on the specimens of Mecopodinae during the course of a survey from (01/03/2015 to 30/03/2015) from various agricultural areas of different regions of Bihar. Four male specimens were collected from different localities and identified as a species Mecopoda elongata elongata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), was newly recorded from Bihar, India. The description was based on both conventional morphological and genitalic characters. The identifying features of the species were body very large, brown in color, tibial tympana opened on both the sides, stridulatory file having 98 teeth arranged in lamelliform manner under the side of left tegmen, male subgenital plate developed conically from region of bifurcation with short styli and hind femur & tibiae very long and large. A morphological description, as well as detailed illustrations of this species is presented. Distribution and morphometrically data is also provided.10aIndia10aMecopoda elongata elongata10anew record10aOrthoptera10aTettigoniidae1 aFarooqi, Mohd, Kaleemulla1 aUsmani, Mohd, Kamil  uhttps://bio.acousti.ca/pt-pt/node/51469