Metriogryllacris Karny, 1937

Bian, Xun, Liu, Jing & Yang, Zizhong, 2021, Anotated Checklist of Chinese Ensifera: The Gryllacrididae, Zootaxa 4969 (2), pp. 201-254 : 220

10. Metriogryllacris Karny, 1937 (姬蟋•属)

Metriogryllacris: Karny, 1937 . Genera Insectorum, 206: 106; Gorochov, 2004. V. Entomological Review, 84(8): 900; Kim, Jeong & Shim, 2014. Zootaxa, 3900(1): 102; Storozhenko, Kim & Jeon, 2015. Monograph of Korean Orthoptera : 90; Ingrisch, 2018. Zootaxa, 4510(1): 216; Cadena-Castañeda, 2019. Zootaxa, 4605(1): 76.

Type species: Metriogryllacris permodesta (Griffini, 1914) .

Diagnosis. Body small to medium sized, more or less robust. Frons smooth, shiny, without rugosity. Tegmina reduced but longer than pronotum, and usually reaching the apex of abdomen. Male ninth abdominal tergite with 2 small hooks, approximate or narrowly spaced, its apices directing ventrad and slightly outward; tenth abdominal tergite narrow, without any processes or lobules; subgenital plate with styli short, apex narrow, lobe projecting; genitalia entirely membranous; epiproct and paraprocts simple. Female seventh abdominal tergite with hook- or fold-shaped lobe on posterior margin; subgenital plate short, more or less fused with the preceding tergite; ovipositor almost straight, basal area of ventral valvulae with 1 pair of lateral lobes.

Species included. Three known species are reported from China.