<p>The present communication highlights the significant records of tettigoniids from Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary, Kolhapur, Maharashtra State. A total of 11 species belonging to five subfamilies distributed over 11 genera are discussed. Out of these 11 species nine are known from Maharashtra and two are new locality records. Each subfamily is represented by only one species of which <em>Phyllozelus </em>(<em>Phyllozelus</em>)<em> siccus siccus </em>and <em>Hexacentrus unicolor </em>are new records to Maharashtra.</p><div> </div>
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The members of family Tettigoniidae, commonly called katydids, generally exhibit mimicry and camouflage with shapes and colours similar to leaves. The genus Onomarchus Stal is mainly distributed in temperate and tropical Asia, and was earlier reported from Assam and West Bengal in India. The species Onomarchus leuconotus (Serville, 1838) is reported here for the first time in peninsular India from the Western Ghats (Chandoli National Park, Kolhapur, Maharashtra). This record extends the known geographical range of this species by about 1630 km. As its holotype is not described from India, the female of O. leuconotus is described here via detailed diagnostic characters, colour photographs and illustrations.
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