author(s)
Muhammad Akram, Waheed Ali Panhwar, Sardar Azhar Mehmood, Shabir Ahmed and Shoaib AliMuhammad Akram, Waheed Ali Panhwar, Sardar Azhar Mehmood, Shabir Ahmed and Shoaib Ali

abstract
Extensive field surveys were carried out to collect Phaneropterinae fauna of district Mansehra during the year 2017 – 2018. A total of 562 specimens belonging to family Tettigoniidae, Subfamily Phaneropterinae, 6 tribes, 6 genera and 12 species. During the present study, Trigonocorypha nr. angustata Uvarov,1922, Phaneroptera gracilis Bei-Bienko, 1954, Phaneroptera roseata, Walker, 1869, Letana rufonotata (Serville, 1838) and Himertula marmorata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891) have constructed new record for district Mansehra. Additionally, Trigonocorypha unicolor, Stål, 1873, Trigonocorypha angustata, Uvarov, 1922, Phaneoptera spinosa, Bei-Bienko, 1965Phaneroptera bivittata Bei-Bienko, 1954, Ducetia japonica, Thunberg, 1815 and Himertula kinneari (Uvarov, 1923) are re-dscribed from district Mansehra. Nevertheless, the study based on distributional data has shown as a useful tool for identification of Phaneropterinae fauna of district Mansehra.