Taxonomic status of grasshoppers fauna at Meta Khel District Karak Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract

In the present investigation, grasshopper fauna was explored from May 2016 to May 2017 from Meta Khel District Karak Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. During the current study a total of 622 specimens of Grasshoppers were recorded and identified up to the species level. In this research a total of 7 species of Grasshoppers were recorded which were Scintharistanotabilis, Sphingonotus rubescens, Aiolopus thalassinus, Acrotylushumbertianus, Acrida exaltata, Ochrilidia gracilis and Schistocerca gregaria. The Sub family Oedipodinae was found the largest one over all the recorded Sub families.