BIODIVERSITY OF GRASSHOPPER IN CHOLISTAN DESERT, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN

Year 2024, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 17 - 29, 03.04.2024

Muhammad Younus

https://doi.org/10.55549/zbs.1421005

Abstract

The study was planned to estimate diversity, distribution and seasonal variations of grasshoppers
in croplands of Cholistan Desert, Punjab, Pakistan. The seasonal variations were assessed by
sampling 06 randomly selected sites fortnightly during 2020-2021. And following species were
collected i-e Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859), Oxya hyla hyla (Audinet-Serville, 1831),
Chrotogonus Species (Blanchard, 1836) and Poekilocerus pictus (Fabricus, 1775) were collected
and identified their morphology & morphometry was analysis along with detail descriptions. In
addition to these a simplified taxonomic key based on the external morphology have been prepared
for the separation of tribes, genera, and species of Orthoptera.

Keywords

Cholistan Desert, Grasshoppers, Acrida exaltata, Oxya hyla hyla, Chrotogonus Species, Poekilocerus pictus, Biodiversity.

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