Abstract:
Tetrigidae are very minute insects, about ?14-20 millimeters long, most identifiable character extended pronotum, which covers the whole abdomen. These pygmy locusts encountered near water embankments viz. ponds, lakes, canals and along the rivers. Infrequently found in dry places, forests and des erts. They prefer to feed on seedlings, fungi, algae and wet meadows and hay fields and it brings about pernicious effects on the valuable crops. In this regard, four species of the genus Hedotettix have been described, with three of them being new state records: Hedotettix costatus Hancock, 1912, H. rusticus Bolivar, 1887, and H. angustivertex (Bolivar, 1908).
Keywords:
seedlings
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pronotum
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mosses
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Wet meadows