Abstract
The present paper reports the occurrence of female Acanthogryllus asiaticus Gorochov, 1990 from India and updates the description of Depressogryllus depressiceps (Ebner, 1935); besides, the description of Scapsipedus raychaudhurii Bhowmik, 1967, now classified into the genus Velarifictorus Randell, 1964 [Velarifictorus raychaudhurii (Bhowmik, 1967)] has been revised. Suitable plates with close-up details of the genitalia have been presented in support of the descriptions.
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