ISSN 2320-5407 International Journal of Advanced Research (2015), Volume 3, Issue 2, 585-590 585 Journal homepage: http://www.journalijar.com INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED RESEARCH RESEARCH ARTICLE Study on the Eupholidoptera species (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea: Tettigoniinae) from Pakistan Riffat Sultana, Waheed Ali Panhwar, Muhammad Saeed Wagan and *Muhammad Ather Rafi Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro- Pakistan * National Insect Museum, Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, National Agricultural Research Centre, Park Road, Islamabad 45500, Pakistan Manuscript Info Abstract Manuscript History: Received: 14 December 2014 Final Accepted: 26 January 2015 Published Online: February 2015 Key words: Eupholidoptera, species, rare, collection, morphological *Corresponding Author Riffat Sultana Eupholidoptera nr. karatolosi species of bush-crickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Platycleidini) is very rare in seen at present single ♀ was describe from Mansehra Pakistan. This species is distinguished from its closely related species on the basis of morphological characteristics exclusively presences of prominent black band, extends from the eyes upto end of pronotum. A simplified taxonomic key for identification of Eupholidoptera species along with measurement of different parameters is also provided for first time. Copy Right, IJAR, 2015,. All rights reserved INTRODUCTION Eupholidoptera was established by Ramme (1951) including 20 species previously assigned to Pholidoptera Wesmael, 1836 under the Locusta, Thamnotrizon or Olynthocelis , while; he omitted to designate the type species and the generic name was made available by Mařan (1953) by suggestion and type species description (Kocak 1981). Ramme (1951) carried detail work on this group and increased its numbers from 20 to 50. (La Greca 1959; Harz 1969; Kaltenbach 1969; Willemse and Kruseman 1976, Salman 1983; Massa 1999; Ayal et al., 1999; Çıplak 1999; Çıplak et al. 1999, Willemse and Heller 2001; Ünal and Naskrecki 2002 and Willemse and Willemse 2004). Due to the fact that as there is no complete consent among orthopterologists about the ranking of some taxa, i-e. E. chabrieri group (Massa 1999 and Çıplak et al., 2007, 2009 ). Beside this, Eupholidoptera of Greece and Turkey have been reviewed by Willemse (1980) and Salman (1983). Eupholidoptera is typically Mediterranean in its distribution with approximately 50 species mainly allied with maquis foliage. Its range extends from Southern France in the west through the northern Mediterranean basin to Israel in the east and south. Most species (nearly 22) are found in Greece (Ramme 1951; Harz 1969; Willemse and Kruseman 1976; Salman 1983; Heller 1988; Heller et al., 1998; Ragge and Reynolds 1998a,b; Willemse and Heller 2001). Out of these 22 described species 18 Greek species were endemic to the Aegean and Ionic islands and 10 of which were restricted to Crete. Similarly, ( about 21) species were recorded from Turkey including Pakistan by Ramme (1951); Karaba ğ (1958); Çıplak et al., (1993); Çıplak et al., (1999); Unal and Naskrecki (2002); Panhwar et al., (2014) and Riffat et al., (2014) amongst these 19 were endemic to Aegean and Mediterranean coastal regions in Turkey. Additionally, one more female of Eupholidoptera nr. karatolosi is being recorded as new record of Pakistan.