Exploring the diversity of Acridomorpha in Mehrano Forest from Khairpur Mirs
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10266518Keywords:
Acridomorpha, diversity, Mehrano, Grasshoppers, pest managementAbstract
This study has been carried out to study the biodiversity fauna of Acridomorpha in Mehrano Forest from Khairpur Mirs, Sindh, Pakistan. In this study, total of 305 specimens of grasshoppers was captured and sorted out into 02 families and 7 species: family Acridoidea: Duroniella laticornis (Krauss, 1909) Phlaeoba tenebrosa (Walker, 1871) Truxalis Eximia eximia Eichwald, 1830 Truxalis fitzgeraldi Dirsh, 1950) and family Pyrgomorphoidea: Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) homalodemus homalodemus (Blanchard, 1836) Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) trachypterus trachypterus (Blanchard, 1836) Tenuitarsus orientalis Kevan, 1959. In this study, morphological characters, morphometric measurements, host plants, and the global distribution of each species also has been done. Such a finding furnishes a factual basis for knowing the various Acridomorpha of Sindh. Indeed, the present finding will be the first of its kind and will prove a helpline for people associated with pest management and other control agencies in Pakistan and abroad. Additionally, the present study's findings will be useful in predicting the relationship between the species and for accurate identification in the future.
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