Redescriptions of two incompletely described species of mole cricket genus Gryllotalpa (Grylloidea; Gryllotalpidae; Gryllotalpinae) from China with description of two new species and a key to the known Chinese species
Author
Ma, Libin
Author
Zhang, Yalin
text
Zootaxa
2011
2733
41
48
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.202424
48b48ae1-cbbc-4d10-86d8-4d5668258575
1175-5326
202424
Key to the known species of
Gryllotalpa
from
China
(not including two species,
Gryllotalpa formosana
Shi-
raki and
Gryllotalpa dentista
Yang
, from
Taiwan
Island)
1. FWs greater than
10 mm
, hind wings long, distinctly extending to the apex of hind femur............................ 2
- FWs less than
10 mm
, hind wings vestigial, covered by FWs................................................... 3
2. Ventral margin on outside of fore femur with a deep notch in its distal part, hind tibiae with 0–2 dorsal spurs on internal side..............................................................................
Gryllotalpa unispina
Saussure
- Ventral margin on outside of fore femur normally formed, hind tibiae with 3–4 dorsal spurs on internal side.........................................................................................
Gryllotalpa orientalis
Burmeister
3. FWs less than
6 mm
................................................................................... 4
- FWs greater than
6 mm
................................................................................. 5
4. Smaller (BL
21 mm
), FWs normal, with c1 and c2.................................
Gryllotalpa jinxiuensis
You
et
Li
- Slightly large (BL
27 mm
), FWs nearly rounded when flattened, only with c1 but c2........
Gryllotalpa cycloptera
sp. nov.
5. Much smaller (BL
18 mm
)..................................................
Gryllotalpa breviabdominis
sp. nov.
- Median size (BL more than
20 mm
)....................................................................... 6
6. Cells c1 and c2 of tegmen closed...........................................
Gryllotalpa wudangshanensis
Li
et al.
- Cells c1 and c2 of tegmen opened distally.................................................................. 7
7. Body brownish, tegmen slightly larger (FWL 8.3, FWW 2.8)...........................
Gryllotalpa mabiana
Ma
et al.
- Body dark brownish, tegmen somewhat small (FWL 7.8, FWW 2.2).....................
Gryllotalpa henana
Cai
et
Niu