Mirigryllus He, 2020

He, Zhu-Qing, Shen, Chu-Ze, Wu, Xue, Chen, Lin & Li, Kai, 2020, Report of a new genus Mirigryllus belonging to tribe Modicogryllini, with a new species M. nigrus from Zhejiang, China (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae Modicogryllini), Zootaxa 4869 (1), pp. 112-120 : 113

Genus Mirigryllus He gen. nov.

Diagnosis. Typical appearance of this tribe and very similar to Svercacheta , Modicogryllus or Velarifictorus spp., but a white transverse bar connecting lateral ocelli wider than above species ( Fig. 2 I, J ; Fig. 3 C, D ). Genitalia: epiphallus transverse with posterior epiphallic lobes long and thin, ectoparameron transparent with basal part wide ( Fig. 3 H, I, J ).

Type species: Mirigryllus nigrus sp. nov.

Including species: type only

Etymology. The genus name Miri- is for English word miraculous. It is used to emphasize the amazing discovery of this genus/species in such a high altitude from Zhejiang, where are covered by snow from December to March the next year.

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FIGURE 2. Mirigryllus nigrus sp. nov. in living condition.A, hatchling; B, junior instar; C, D, penultimate instar; E, F, ultimate instar; G, male (macropterous); H, female (macropterous); I, male (brachypterous); J, female (brachypterous).

FIGURE 3. Features of Mirigryllus nigrus sp. nov. A, male pronotum and forewing; B, female pronotum and forewing; C, male head in front view; D, male head in dorsal view; E, male hind tibiae and basitarsomere in dorsal view; F, male epiproct in dorsal view; G, ovipositor in lateral view; H, male genitalia in dorsal view; I, male genitalia in ventral view; J, male genitalia in lateral view.