TAXONOMIC ST.UDIES ON GRASSHOPPERS AND LOCUSTS (ACRIDOIDEA: ORTHOPTERA) OP PAKISTAN

Abstract

T he P, ese n t su r v e y of a c r i do i d (1 r a :--: ?3 hop p e r s a n cl .L o cu sts conducted du r i no the years 1993-95 fr orn about 12?) localities of f O LJ )" p). <) V i. n c e s () f pa k i sta n ha s y i C 1 cl t; cJ 1 l :,.-· s p e C .i E· s D l I cl ? ? l I 1:-.i::-; pt.! C j f.! ?? under 59 genera.• 13 subfamilies and 4 fam i l i e s . Out of those. 9 EPecies" Gomphomast.ax r educ t.u s ,. ,, Poe!<:.i 1 omo rohe te eci et:e , oer icorre nushkiensis? Phyllocercus oeetiewer enei s ? E.YPr: epoc nemi s isl amabade nei e , Sohanra cy1 i nclr i cs, Sohanra spathulata" Oedipoda n?elumensis and Mesopsis immaculata and Poel<ilomorpha and Sohanr·(;?· a r e new t.o sci e nee and described in detail. Three new female allotypes of Go n i et:e neeooei s ex i I i e and Ochr i 1 i di Ei longiceps were also co l 1 e ct e d fr om B ha k k a r ( Tha 1 ) ? I< h u :?hr., b ( T ha l ) a n d La l So h ;:) n r a ( Cholistan) in the Punjab. In add i t.i o n , 17 species, viz. . Gom,uhomast ex antennata, tr a no t.me t.h i e cyan ipen n i e , At. r ac t.omo roh« s.-.i ne n?? i .s .s i nen.s i s· , Py, gomorpha co ni ce desser t.i , tr iet.ri c marai nicoeto, Ce l I i p t emus: abb·reviat.us,, Cw t.enu icer cie , C, be rbe r u s ne nue, xe noce t.erit.ooe henryi , Goni et:e chi nensi e "' Ge et:rimeroue e tr i ce nue eu I ohur eue , Hilethera turanica, Oedipoda fedtshenkoi pamirica, Arcyptera microptera,, St.auroderus seal er is, Chor t.b ippus t.u r a ni cue tcr eueeeI 1 a Gotnohome et.ex ., SP., 5 Ira not.met.his, Xenocat.antopstr Phylloce,CLIS and Kr eueeel I e , one subfamily, Gomphomastacinae, and one family, Eumastacidae, have been recorded for the first time from Pakistan. The distribution of all previously recorded species l1as been g 1· eat l y ex tended to the new l ocal i t i es . T h c? rn ea eu re rn o n ts of v a, i ous body o a r ts and the ecological ob se r ve tLo n.s fo r a l l the species have b o e n :;:liven. The taxonomic keys fo r va r i ou s t e x a have also been constructed for their future identification.