Re-inventory of Conocephalinae species from district Sanghar

Abstract

The present study determined the re-inventory of Conocephalinae species of family Tettigoniidae grasshoppers from District Sanghar. A total of 218 samples were collected from the field during the year 2017. Obtain material was sorted out into following 06 species i.e. Conocephalus maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841), Euconocephalus pallidus, Redtenbacher, 1891, E. incertus, Walker, 1869, E. indicus (Redtenbacher, 1891), E. mucro, Do Haan, 1842 and E. nasutus, Thunberg, 1815. The morphological description of various species along with photographs was provided. Beside this, it was noted that Conocephalinae species feed on pine tree, rice, wheat, grass, sugarcane, edible podded and cultivated field and causes damage.