A review of Gryllidae (Grylloidea) with the description of one new species and four new distribution records from the Sindh Province, Pakistan Author Sultana, Riffat Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan riffat.sultana@usindh.edu.pk Author Sanam, Surriya Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan Author Kumar, Santosh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4748-4087 Department of Zoology, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan Author R, Sheik Mohammad Shamsudeen Department of Zoology, Sir Syed college, Kannur University, Kerala, India Author Soomro, Fakhra Department of Zoology, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan text ZooKeys 2021 2021-12-15 1078 1 33 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1078.69850 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1078.69850 1313-2970-1078-1 573D406716A24E20859D354DFAF83B4D 7750940F8C815500968DBCC909A8E406 Acheta hispanicus Rambur, 1838 Figures 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 Material examined. Pakistan , Sindh Prov. • 1♂ ; Riffat , Surriya ; 23 Aug. 2019 ; Mithi 24.7436°N , 69.8061°E . Description. Rather large and robust, colouration brownish-yellow (Fig. 1C ). Head blackish with shining occiput (Fig. 2C ). Pronotum unicolourous, concave, very slightly widening; anterior and posterior margins almost straight with numerous spots (Fig. 1C ). Elytra extending to the apex of abdomen, mirror small, obliquely transverse (Fig. 8C ). Wings long. Legs pale yellowish with numerous hairs. Tibia with eleven pointed spines on either side (Fig. 6C ). Abdomen yellow, pubescent. Cerci well developed, pointed. Male : LH 2.17 (mm), LP 2.66 (mm), LT 13 (mm), LF 11 (mm), LT 08 (mm), LT 4.9 (mm), TBL 28 (mm). Ecology. The species was recorded from Mithi. Usually, they are found in ditches of soil in rice fields. Weissman et al. (1980) reported that the adults seemed to appear in August but were abundant mid-August to September with a decline observed in October. Global distribution. Portugal, Spain: Granada, India, Pakistan ( Cigliano et al. 2020 ). Remarks. This species is a new record from Sindh, Pakistan, and also for Asia. The body is wide and robust in structure compared to the more widely distributed A. domesticus . In our collection only a single male was captured, so more extensive collections are needed to establish its complete distribution.