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 Genus Itara Walker, 1869 Type species: Itara sericea Walker, 1869 Itara Walker, 1869: 64 ; Shiraki, 1930: 236 ; Chopard, 1969: 314 ; Gorochov, 1996: 84; 1997: 49; Ma & Zhang, 2015: 529 . Diagnosis. Morphological and genitalic characters previously described by following authors in different publications: Walker (1869) , Shiraki (1930) , Chopard (1969) , Gorochov (1997) and Ma & Zhang (2015) . Composition. According to A. V. Gorochov (1997 , 2001, 2007 and 2009), the external morphological differences are not significant; however, the main differences are in the male genitalic structure, especially in shape of epiphallus and ectoparameres. Presently, the genus Itara is divided into ten subgenera, namely Bornitara Gorochov, 1997 , Gryllitara Chopard, 1931 , Inditara Gorochov, 2009 , Itara Walker, 1869 , Maxitara Gorochov, 2001 , Micritara Gorochov, 1997 , Noctitara Gorochov, 1997 , Phormincter Saussure, 1878 , Singitara Gorochov, 1997 , Tinnitara Gorochov, 2007 and 59 species worldwide. Of these, 4 subgenera and 15 species have been reported from Asia-tropical, including the Indian subcontinent and the Indo-China region ( Cigliano et al ., 2021 ). Distribution. Asia-tropical, Indonesia , Malaysia , Philippines , India , Bangladesh , Vietnam , Thailand , China .