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 females, except I. ( N. ) sonabilis & I. ( G. ) denudata ) 1. Head and pronotum colored dark, fore femur and tibia dark........................... I. ( N. ) nocturna Gorochov, 1988 -- Inconsistent with above................................................................................ 2 2. Whole pronotum disc colored dark brown except blade-shape pattern...................... I. ( I. ) aperta Gorochov, 1996 -- Part of pronotum disc colored dark brown except blade-shape pattern............................................ 3 3. Lateral lobes of pronotum nearly 1/2 portions colored dark.................................................... 4 -- Lateral lobes of pronotum almost entirely colored dark....................................................... 5 4. The length of 5th maxillary palpus approximate the 4th, and 3rd labial palpus rodlike..... I. ( I. ) dicrana Ma & Zhang, 2015 -- The length of 5th maxillary palpus distinct longer than the 4th, and 3rd labial palpus fusiform.................................................................................................... I. ( I. ) communis Gorochov, 1997 5. Body sized rather small, the area of forewing exceeding abdomen is about 1/4 portion of forewing..................... 6 -- Body sized rather large, the area of forewing exceeding abdomen is about 1/3 or 1/2 of forewing...................... 7 6. Labrum strongly widened, the 3rd labial palpus rodlike.......................... I. ( I. ) basidentata Ma & Zhang, 2015 -- Labrum normal width, the 3rd labial palpus fusiform.................................... I. ( I. ) minor Chopard, 1925 7. Pronotal disc colored dark brown except both sides of posterior margin............................... I. ( I. ) acri sp.n. -- Pronotal disc colored dark brown except blade-shape pattern and both sides of posterior margin................................................................................................ I. ( I. ) vietnamensis Gorochov, 1985