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
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1078.69850
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1078.69850
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Callogryllus ovilongus Saeed & Yousuf, 2000
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Material examined.
Pakistan
,
Sindh Prov.
•
4♀
;
Riffat
,
Surriya
;
16 Sep. 2020
; Nagarparkar
24.3572°N
,
70.7555°E
.
Description.
Medium size. Colouration yellow (Fig.
1Q
). Head short, narrow, very neat. Eyes rounded, moderately projecting; ocelli small (Fig.
3F
). Pronotum 1.5
x
as wide as long, slightly concave at anterior margin, straight at posterior margin; one side rather strongly convex (Fig.
5G
). Elytra yellow, reduced (Fig.
10D
). No wings. Legs light yellow, hind femora thick at base and slightly narrow at posterior, armed with six internal spines. Hind tibiae small, narrow, and straight. Abdomen dark yellowish above, pubescent and pale yellow beneath. Ovipositor rather long, very slender with extremely narrow, acute apical valves (Fig.
1Q
).
Female
: LH 3.85 (mm), LP 3.5 (mm), LT 5.2 (mm), LF 4.1 (mm), LO 15 (mm), TBL 16 (mm).
Ecology.
During the present study, females of this species are reported from Nagarparkar, Desert Thar, from xerophytic plants which were surrounded by sagebrush and saltbush trees.
Global distribution.
China, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan (
Cigliano et al. 2020
).
Remarks.
This species was erected by
Saeed (2000)
from Peshawar, KPK based on a single female specimen; subsequently
Malik et al. (2013)
reported its male from the Hyderabad -Sindh. We have a single female from the rocky area of Nagarparkar and confirm its presence in the desert area.