Distributional records of Acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera) of Sufi Anwar Safari Park Ghotki, Sindh, Pakistan
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Distribution, genera, Orthoptera, species, PakistanAbstract
Grasshoppers are regarded as serious plant pests thus causing severe harm to forests, orchards, fruits, vegetables and agricultural lands. A variety of locations within the Sufi Anwar Shah Safari Park in Ghotki, Sindh, Pakistan were surveyed in order to collect the Acrididae grasshoppers. Between January and December of 2024, specimens were gathered. The specimens were divided into ten subfamilies within the single family Acrididae with 18 genera : Acrida Linnaeus, 1758, Truxalis Fabricius, 1775, Phlaeoba Stål, 1861, Duroniella Bolívar, 1908, Anacridium Uvarov, 1923, Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1870, Patanga Uvarov, 1923, Eyprepocnemis Fieber, 1853, Heteracris Walker, 1870, Ochrilidia Stål, 1873, Spathosternum Krauss, 1877,Hieroglyphus Krauss, 1877, Oxya Serville, 1831, Trilophidia Stål, 1873, Acrotylus Fieber, 1853, Acorypha Krauss, 1877, Calliptamus Serville, 1831, Diabolocatantops Jago, 1984 and 25 species :Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859), Acrida gigantea (Herbst, 1786), Truxalis eximia eximia Eichwald, 1830, Truxalis fitzgeraldi Dirsh, 1950, Phlaeoba tenebrosa (Walker, 1871), Phlaeoba infumata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893, Duroniella laticornis (Krauss, 1909), Anacridium aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1764), Cyrtacanthacris tatarica tatarica (Linnaeus, 1758), Patanga japonica (Bolívar, 1898), Eyprepocnemis alacris alacris (Serville, 1838), Heteracris littoralis (Rambur, 1838), Heteracris adspersa (Redtenbacher, 1889), Ochrilidia geniculata (Bolívar, 1913), Ochrilidia gracilis (Krauss, 1902), Spathosternum prasiniferum (Walker, 1871), Hieroglyphus nigrorepletus Bolívar, 1912, Oxya hyla Serville, 1831, Trilophidia annulata (Thunberg, 1815), Acrotylus humbertianus Saussure, 1884, Acrotylus longipes (Charpentier, 1845), Acorypha glaucopsis (Walker, 1870), Calliptamus barbarus (Costa, 1836), Calliptamus italicus (Linnaeus, 1758), Diabolocatantops innotabilis (Walker, 1870). All the reported species are first time recorded from this locality. Hopefully, this study will be a baseline study for future Orthopterists of Pakistan.
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