Itara (Noctitara) sonabilis Gorochov, 1996

He, Zhixin & Ma, Libin, 2021, Crickets of the subfamily Itarinae Shiraki, 1930 (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) from China with description of a new species and distribution and critical notes on other species, Zootaxa 4942 (3), pp. 382-408 : 396-398

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.3.4

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4619685

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Itara (Noctitara) sonabilis Gorochov, 1996
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Itara (Noctitara) sonabilis Gorochov, 1996

Itara sonabilis Gorochov, 1996: 82

Itara (Noctitara) sonabilis Gorochov, 1997: 65

Holotype. Type locality: Vietnam: Gia Lai Province, Buon Luoi. Deposited at Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg , Russia (not examined).

Materials examined. China: 5 males, Guangdong, Fengkai, Heishiding Provincial Nature Reserve , 26-iv- 2019, Libin Ma & Tao Zhang coll ..

Description. Male. Body and head large for the genus ( Fig. 9A View FIGURE 9 ). Occiput pubescent, narrow, and convex. Vertex glabrous and smooth. Median ocellus ovoid and lateral ones widened. Antennal scape squared shield-like. Genae slightly curved. Labrum straight distally. Terminal maxillary and labial palpus bevelled apically; terminal maxillary palpus equal to length of 3rd palpus; terminal labial palpus nearly equal to total length of remaining palpi. Pronotal disc flattened and trapezoid, anterior margin slightly concave and posterior margin convex ( Fig. 9A View FIGURE 9 ). Harp area bearing 4–5 veins. Harp field and mirror armed with false veins. Forewing broad and apically rounded ( Fig. 9A View FIGURE 9 ). Apical Field elongate, conspicuously longer than forewing width ( Fig. 9A View FIGURE 9 ), possessing 8 branches. Hind wings short and exposed portion as long as hind tarsus ( Fig. 9A View FIGURE 9 ). External tympanum large and shaped as elongate-oval. Hind tarsus armed with short and small spines, numbered 7: 7 (inner: outer).

Metanotal gland armed with transverse and sinuate convexity anteriorly, large and shallow convexity medially and almost flattened posterior part ( Fig. 9B View FIGURE 9 ). Anal plate almost triangular-like but with apex slightly blunt ( Fig. 9C View FIGURE 9 ).

Male genitalia ( Figs. 9 View FIGURE 9 D–9F). Dorsal lobe of basal epiphallus bisinuate, lateral process slightly expanded; median process angle-like ( Figs. 9D View FIGURE 9 ). Lateral margin of epiphallus not sharp ( Figs. 9E View FIGURE 9 ). Epiphallus armed with a row of denticles medially ( Figs. 9E View FIGURE 9 ). In lateral view, epiphallic apex boot-like, acute at both top and bottom, and distal margin arc shaped ( Figs. 9E View FIGURE 9 ).

Coloration. Body color dark brown. Head and pronotal disc almost uniform dark brown ( Fig. 9A View FIGURE 9 ). Large parts of pronotal lateral lobes colored light, only top portion color dark and merged with dorsum.

Measurements (n=5). BL 18.34±1.67, HW 3.45±0.14, PL 2.95±0.36, PW 5.12±0.41, FWL 17.96±0.84, HWL 5.33±0.52, DVL 4.53±0.66, ML 3.91±0.22, HFL 10.61±0.43, HTL 8.45±0.44, HML 4.68±0.31.

Remarks. This species is similar to Itara (Noctitara) pacholatkoi Gorochov, 1997 in ectoparamere, but its epiphallic apex is blunt.

Gorochov, A. V. (1997) Partial revision of the subfamily Itarinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 6 (1 - 2), 47 - 73.

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FIGURE 9. I. (N.) sonabilis. A. Male. B. Metanotal gland. C. Anal plate. D–F. Male genitalia. D. Dorsal view. E. Lateral view. F. Ventral view. Scale bar: 1 cm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Haglotettigoniidae

SubFamily

Itarinae

Genus

Itara