Record of the subgenus, Gryllitara Chopard, 1931 (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Itarinae) and description of a new species from India Author Meena, Ashok Kumar 0000-0002-8856-0250 ICAR Emeritus Scientist Scheme, Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur (Rajasthan) - 313001, INDIA & akmeenaentomology @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8856 - 0250 akmeenaentomology@gmail.com Author Swaminathan, Rajamani 0000-0002-4634-9721 ICAR Emeritus Scientist Scheme, Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur (Rajasthan) - 313001, INDIA & udaiswami 57 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4634 - 9721 udaiswami57@gmail.com Author Nagar, Rajendra KVK, Abusar, SKRAU, Bikaner (Rajasthan) - 334006, INDIA Author Chhangani, Gaurang 0000-0002-5186-7195 ICAR Emeritus Scientist Scheme, Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur (Rajasthan) - 313001, INDIA & Gaurangchhangani @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5186 - 7195 aurangchhangani@gmail.com Author Kumar, Kuldeep 0000-0002-9363-2220 ICAR Emeritus Scientist Scheme, Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur (Rajasthan) - 313001, INDIA & kuldeepsuthar 504 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9363 - 2220 kuldeepsuthar504@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2021 2021-12-02 5072 5 493 500 journal article 3138 10.11646/zootaxa.5072.5.6 7f8866d1-640d-4bf0-8a2c-fdeb935f323b 1175-5326 5749085 87D8620A-7678-4B11-BA2B-58CBDCE698C8 Itara ( Itara ) vietnamensis Gorochov, 1985 [Plate: II] Itara ( Itara ) vietnamensis Gorochov, 1985 . In Medvedev, The fauna and ecology of insects of Vietnam , 17; Ma and Zhang, 2015 . Canadian Ent . 147(5): 537; He and Ma, 2021 . Zootaxa 4942 (3): 386. Material examined. 50 specimens ( 21♂ & 29♀ ): India from different locations ( East , West Khasi Hills , Nongarh , Umiam NEH, Jowai , RRTC Ri Bhoi , Bhoirymbong , Dawki , and Mawpun ) of Meghalaya state in June 2013 , Coll. R . Nagar, Jhabar Mal, R . Swaminathan and T . Swaminathan . Remarks (Male and female). All the key characters for the identification of Indian specimens of I. ( I. ) vietnamensis are more or less similar to those reported by earlier workers, but we have observed minor variations in some of the following morphological characters: in some specimens a pair of longitudinal stripes extending from lateral ocelli to occiput of head is feebly visible. Male tegmen with 4–5 oblique veins; apical field having 5–7 branched veins, width of tegmina and length of apical field more or less equal. According to Gorochov (1997) , there is a greater variability in colour (from dark to light); such types of variations were also observed in our specimens. In this paper some photographs of the examined specimens have been provided. Measurements (mm) Male: Body length 15–17; head length 2–2.25, width 2.75–3.5; pronotum length 2.0, width 3.25–3.5; tegmina 15–16.5; hind femur 8–9.5; hind tibia 7–7.5. Female: Body length 14–15; head length 2–2.25, width 3–3.5; pronotum length 2–2.15, width 3.15–3.5; tegmina 14–17; hind femur 8.5–10; hind tibia 6–7 and ovipositor 9–13. Distribution. Asia-Tropical, Vietnam , Thailand , China .