معرفی ملخ‌های شاخک‌کوتاه (Orth.: Acrididae) متعلق به دو زیر‌خانواده Acridinae و Catantopinae در استان تهران

Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers) with more than 29000 species, has an important and significant position in the biodiversity. Based on the antenna length, this order is classified into two suborders, Caelifera (short-horned grasshoppers) and Ensifera (long-horned grasshoppers). Up to now according to the official portal of grasshoppers (OSF), five families, 21 subfamilies, 37 tribes and 350 species of short-horned grasshoppers have been identified in Iran. A faunistic survey was carried out to study two subfamilies Catantopinae and Acridinae species belonging the family Acrididae on various range plants in seven sites in Tehran province. They include: Damavand, Lavasanat, Karaj, Taleghan, Savojbolagh, Shahriyar and Robat karim. In this study, specimens were collected by net and light trap. Overall, 20 species of subfamilies Catantopinae and Acridinae have been identified as follows:

Subfamily Acridinae:
Acrida sp.
Acrida oxycephala (Pall.)
Chorthippus brunneus (Thunb.)
Dociostaurus hauensteini (I. Bol.)
Dociostaurus tartarus (Uv.)
Euchorthippus transcaucasicus Tarb.
Notostaurus anatolicus (Kr.)
Ochrilidia persica (Salfi.)
Ramburiella turcomana (F.-W.)
Truxalis robusta (Uv.)

Subfamily Catantopinae:
Anacridium aegyptium (L.)
Calliptamus barbarus barbarus (costa)
Calliptamus italicus (L.)
Dericorys albidula Serv.
Dericorys annulata (Fieb.)
Dericorys tibialis (Pall.)
Dericorys uvarovi Rme.
Metromerus Coelesyriensis (G.-T.)
Thisoicetrus littoralis (Ramb.)
Thisoicetrinus pterostichus (F.W.)

All species of two subfamilies that collected from seven selected sites (rangelands) are currently maintained in Arthropod and Rodent Museum of Research institute of Forests and Rangelands, Iran.