Study on Genus Euparatettix Hancock, 1904 (Tetrigidae: Orthoptera) from Sindh Pakistan

Tetrigidae hoppers are well-known as pygmy grasshoppers or grouse locusts. This family comprises more than 2000 species known from the globe. They are recognized by their prolong pronotal structure that covers most parts of their body dorsally. Body usually not longer than 15 mm, possessing moss green, grey, some blackish coloration pattern. Collection of Tetrigids was carried out during the year 2022-2023 from province Sindh. Total 53 samples were captured and was sorted out into two species of genus Euparatettix i-e: Euparatettix tricarinatus (Bolívar, 1887) and Euparatettix indicus Hancock, 1907 which were captured from the streams swampy places where the algal growth is abundant along the sides of wet and bushy areas around some cash crops including Wheat, rice sugarcane, mango orchids, grasses and wetland areas. Finding of this study will built a base line for future researchers dealing with this fauna.