Crickets of the subfamily Itarinae Shiraki, 1930 (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) from China with description of a new species and distribution and critical notes on other species Author He, Zhixin Author Ma, Libin text Zootaxa 2021 2021-03-15 4942 3 382 408 journal article 7673 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.3.4 bd70ee4d-0ae3-4785-9cae-a389c9b11121 1175-5326 4604363 65B996D9-BB6B-4323-A310-D18A41FAD0D9 Key to species of Itara from China (based on adult males) 1. Body colored dark, epiphallic dorsum bearing a row of denticles medially ( Figs. 9A , D-F; 10A, B, E-G)................ 2 -- Body colored yellowish brown, epiphallic dorsum without denticles............................................. 3 2. Fore femur completely colored dark ( Figs. 10A ).................................... I. ( N. ) nocturna Gorochov, 1988 -- Fore femur partly colored dark ( Fig. 9A ).......................................... I. ( N. ) sonabilis Gorochov, 1996 3. Ectoparamere strongly protruding beyond epiphallic apex, with a large lateral lobe................................. 4 -- Ectoparamere not extending to epiphallic apex, lateral lobe of ectoparamere extremely small and not covering its inner part ( Figs. 11 C-E)............................................................ I. ( G. ) denudata Ma & Zhang, 2015 4. Whole pronotal disc colored dark brown except blade-shape pattern ( Figs. 4A, B )................................................................................................................ I. ( I. ) aperta Gorochov, 1996 -- Part of pronotal disc colored dark brown except blade-shape pattern............................................. 5 5. Median ocellus much smaller than lateral ocelli (about 1/3 of lateral ocelli).................. I. ( I. ) minor Chopard, 1925 -- Median ocellus little smaller than lateral ocelli.............................................................. 6 6. Anal plate apical part is about 1/2 width of the basal ( Fig. 5D ).................................................. 7 -- Anal plate apical part is about 2/3 width of the basal ( Fig. 6D ).................................................. 9 7. Lateral lobes of pronotum nearly 1/2 portions colored dark........................... I. ( I. ) communis Gorochov, 1997 -- Lateral lobes of pronotum almost entirely colored dark....................................................... 8 8. Lateral edges of epiphallus constricted distally and bearing inward curved apex; lateral lobes of ectoparamere are small ( Fig. 8F )..................................................................................... I. ( I. ) acri sp. n. -- Lateral edges of epiphallus invariable distally and bearing upward curved apex; lateral lobes of ectoparamere are large ( Fig. 4F )...................................................................... I. ( I. ) vietnamensis Gorochov, 1985 9. Epiphallic apex upward curved, possessing denticles at bottom ( Fig. 6F )............ I. ( I. ) basidentata Ma & Zhang, 2015 -- Epiphallic apex somewhat expanded, bearing two large denticles ( Fig. 7F ).............. I. ( I. ) dicrana Ma & Zhang, 2015