Katydids (or Buschcrickets), Tettigonioidea, are Members of the
Insect Order Orthoptera, which also includes Crickets and Grasshoppers. They
are voracious eaters and can consume a wide variety of plant (and sometimes
animal) material; as such many species are considered to be serious
agricultural pests.
In a paper published in the journal ZooKeys on 18 December 2014, Riffat Sultana, Waheed Ali Panhwar and Muhammad Saeed Wagan of the
Department of Zoology at the University of Sindh and Imran Khatri of the
Department of Entomology at Sindh Agricultural University describe two new
species of Katydids from Rawalakot Province (check) in Pakistan. Both are
placed in the genus Sathrophyllia.
The first new species is named Sathrophyllia saeedi,
in honour of Muhammed Saeed Wagan of the Department of Zoology at the University
of Sindh. The species is described from a single female specimen, 29 mm in
length and light brown in colour. The specimen was collected from agricultural
land between dunes in valleys with highly diverse plant communities.
Sathrophyllia saeedi, adult female. Sultana et al.
(2014).
The second new species is named Sathrophyllia irshadi,
in honour of Muhammad Irshad of the National Agricultural Research Council in
Islamabad, for his contributions to entomology. This species is also described
from a single female specimen, 38 mm in length and light brown in colour. It
was collected from high-nutrient grasslands, again in an area of high plant
biodiversity.
Sathrophylliairshadi, adult female. Sultana et al.
(2014).
See also…
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Katydids (or Bush Crickets) are members of the Cricket and Grasshopper
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way in which they...
Bush Crickets, or Katydids, are large Insects in the Order
Tettigoniidae, related to Grasshoppers and True Crickets. The are
distributed widely around the globe, but reach their maximum diversity
in the tropics and in temperate North America. The males of each species
attract their mates with a distinctive call, made by...
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