author(s)
Muhammad Irfan Bozdar and Riffat Sultana

abstract
The Ensifera (long-horned) occurs in wide varieties of habitats i.e. trees, shrubs, herbs and grasses, vegetation, forest and swamps. They cause considerable damage to all. 03 extensive surveys were carried out in district Khairpur Mir’s Sindh, during the year 2016-2017 in different seasons. In result of this a total of 242 specimens were come in collection which was sorted out into 03 sub families i.e. Phaneropterinae, Conocephalinae and Gryllinae pertaining to following species viz: Acheta domestica (Linnaeus 1758), A. meridionalis Uvarov, 1921, Gryllus bimaculatus De-Geer, 1773 of Gryllinae, 02 species namely Trigonocorpha unicolor, Stal, 1873, T. angustata, Uvarov, 1922 of Phaneropterinae and 01 species Conocephalus maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841) of Conocephalinae were captured. Besides this, highest ratio of C. maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841) with 26.85% followed by A. domestica with 23.55%, was observed, while least ratio of T. angustata, Uvarov, 1922 with 5.37% followed by A. meridionalis Uvarov, 1921 with 10.74% was calculated.