Archives
International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences Research Article
A new species of schizodactylus brulle,1835 (schizodactylinae: schizodactylidae: Ensifera: Orthoptera) from Sindh, Pakistan
Sabir Ali Channa and Muhammad Saeed Wagan
Year : 2022 | Volume: 7 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 54-69
Received on: 2022-11-07
Revised on: 2022-11-24
Accepted on: 2022-12-23
Published on: 12/30/2022
-
Sabir Ali Channa and Muhammad Saeed Wagan( 2022).
A new species of schizodactylus brulle,1835 (schizodactylinae: schizodactylidae: Ensifera: Orthoptera) from Sindh, Pakistan
. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 7( 6), 54-69.
-
click to view the cite format
Abstract
Schizodactylus sindhensisis described as a new species from River Indus, Hyderabad, Sindh,Pakistan. This new species differs from all the known species of genus Schizodactylus Brulle,1835inhaving large size and both hind tibiae have four spines on the inner and outer sides whereas in all other species have 3-4 outer dorsal and 4 innerdorsal spines.This new species is related to Schizodactylus monstrosus(Drury 1773) and Schizodactylus hesperus B.Bienko 1967in the structure of male sub genital plate have a triangular excision in middlebut differs in the structure of epiproct which is elongated deeplyfurrowed in midline,rounded at base having water drop shaped projections, ridges, and many tubercles.A brief account of flying and swimming is also given.
Keywords
New species, River Indus, Burrowing, Flying, Life history, Swimming.
-
Full Article PDF (
102)
- View HTML Article
Copy Rights
© The Author(s) 2025. This article is published by International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (creativecommons.org), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
