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Taxonomic Studies of the Subfamilies Tropidopolinae and Truxalinae (Acrididae: Orthoptera) from Pakistan


Author(s) : Arif M. Jalal U. Naeem-Ullah Khan Hammad A. Anjum Suhail, 
Publisher : N/A
Publication Date : 2000
ISSN : N/A
Abstract : This study included, six grasshoppers species belonging to the subfamilies Tropidopolinae and Truxalinae have been collected from various localities of Pakistan and identified up to species level. The species Tristria pulvinata Uvarov has been recorded for the first time for this country, while the new locality records have been given for the species viz., Tristria pulvinata Uvarov, Tropidopola cylindrica iranica Uvarov, Tropidopola congicornis graeca Uvarov, Truxalis grandis fitzgeraldi Dirsh, T. nasuta (Linnaeus) and T. axima axima Eichwala. Measurements of various body parts, habitat and distribution of each species are also given in this paper.,