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 Subgenus Gryllitara Chopard, 1931 Gryllitara Chopard. 1931 . Bull. Raffles Museum 6:138. Chopard, 1969: 325 . Itara ( Gryllitara ) Gorochov. 1997 . Zoosystematica Rossica 6 (1–2): 49. Type species : Gryllitara pendleburyi Chopard Diagnosis ( Gorochov, 1997 ). Male tegmina with large and slightly transverse mirror; all oblique veins normal, but the distal part of longest of them forming a small cell. Male genitalia with large epiphallus and small spermatophore sac; epiphallus with 3 distal processes; unpaired medial very long (with smooth and characteristically curved apical part) and short paired lateral processes; upper surface of epiphallus without denticles; ectoparameres dilated in proximal part and narrowing towards apex, but not extending at apex of medial process of epiphallus. In the subgenus Gryllitara , the described 5 species are especially in the region of Asia-tropical ( Malaysia ) and Asia-Temperate ( China ) ( Cigliano et al ., 2021 ).