ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e73693
A review of Gryllidae (Grylloidea) with the description of one new species and four new records from the Sindh Pakistan
expand article infoRiffat Sultana‡, Suriya Sanam‡, Santosh Kumar§, Sheik Shamsudeen|, Fakhra Soomro
‡ University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan§ Department of Zoology, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Pakistan| Sir Syed college, Kannur University, Kerala, Kerala, India¶ Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh, Khairpur, Pakistan

Corresponding author: Riffat Sultana ( riffat.sultana@usindh.edu.pk )

© Riffat Sultana, Suriya Sanam, Santosh Kumar, Sheik Shamsudeen, Fakhra Soomro.
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Citation: Sultana R, Sanam S, Kumar S, Shamsudeen S, Soomro F (2021) A review of Gryllidae (Grylloidea) with the description of one new species and four new records from the Sindh Pakistan. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e73693
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Abstract

The family Gryllidae is reviewed, resulting in the recognition of seventeen species, of which one is Modicogryllus? described herein as new. Four species namely Acheta hispanicus Rambur, 1838, Gryllus septentrionalis F. Walker, 1869 and Callogryllus saeedi (Saeed 2000) and Miogryllus itaquiensis Orsini and Zefa, 2017 recorded as new country and state records. Differences to similar species are given and a taxonomic key to species of the Sindh Pakistan is provided.

Keywords
Gryllidae, reviewed, new species, Sindh Pakistan, taxonomic key