Metriogryllacris (Metriogryllacris) amitarum (Griffini, 1914)

Yu, Lijiang, Liu, Hong & Bian, Xun, 2022, Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera) VIII: One new species of Metriogryllacris (Metriogryllacris) amitarum Group from Guangxi, Zootaxa 5169 (1), pp. 93-96 : 94

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scientific name	Metriogryllacris (Metriogryllacris) amitarum
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Key to the species of Metriogryllacris (Metriogryllacris) amitarum View in CoL group

1 Pornotal margins black; tegmina reaching or surpassing the apex of abdomen..................................... 2

- Pornotal margins brown, disc with 1 black spot at anterior and posterior margins respectively ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ); tegmina only reaching the middle area of fifth abdominal tergite.............................................. M. (M.) bimacula View in CoL sp. nov.

2 Pronotal disc medially with longitudinal black stripe ( Ingrisch, 2018: Fig. 76E)................................... 3

- Pronotal disc medially without longitudinal black stripe ( Liu et al., 2021: 1 B)...................... M. (M.) nigralimbis

3 Black margins and medially longitudinal stripe of pronotum narrower ( Gorochov, 2004: Fig. 14); wings obviously surpassing the apex of abdomen, and slightly beyond the apex of hind femora; lateral lobes at bases of ventral valvula with spinous apices ( Gorochov, 2004: Fig. 28)................................................................ M. (M.) distincata

- Black margins and medially longitudinal stripe of pronotum broad ( Gorochov, 2004: Fig. 18); wings slightly surpassing abdomen but not reaching the apex of hind femora ( Ingrisch, 2018: Fig. 76B–C); lateral lobes at bases of ventral valvula with cylindrical apices ( Gorochov, 2004: Fig. 29)................................................. M. (M.) amitarum View in CoL

References

Gorochov, A. V. (2004) Contribution to the Knowledge of the Fauna and Systematics of the Stenopelmatoidea (Orthoptera) of Indochina and Some Other Territories. V. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 83 (4), 816 - 841. [in Russian; English translation: A Contribution to the Fauna and Systematics of Stenopelmatoidea (Orthoptera) of Indochina and Some Other Territories: V. Entomological Review, 84 (8), 900 - 921.]

Ingrisch, S. (2018) New taxa and records of Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera, Stenopelmatoidea) from South East Asia and New Guinea with a key to the genera. Zootaxa, 4510 (1), 1 - 278. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4510.1.1

Liu, J., Bin, W. & Bian, X. (2021) Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera) III: New additions of Metriogryllacris Karny, 1937. Zootaxa, 5068 (1), 142 - 148. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5068.1.8

Figures

FIGURE 1. Metriogryllacris (Metriogryllacris) bimacula sp. nov.. Male: A. head in frontal view; B–C. head and pronotum: B. dorsal view, C. lateral view; D. second and third abdominal tergites in lateral view; E–I. apex of abdomen: E. dorsal view, F. lateral view, G. apico-ventral view, H. apical view, I. ventral view.