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 Itara ( Noctitara ) sonabilis Gorochov, 1996 Itara sonabilis Gorochov, 1996: 82 Itara ( Noctitara ) sonabilis Gorochov, 1997: 65 Holotype . Type locality: Vietnam : Gia Lai Province , Buon Luoi. Deposited at Zoological Institute , Russian Academy of Sciences , St. Petersburg , Russia (not examined). Materials examined. China : 5 males , Guangdong , Fengkai , Heishiding Provincial Nature Reserve , 26-iv- 2019 , Libin Ma & Tao Zhang coll .. Description. Male. Body and head large for the genus ( Fig. 9A ). Occiput pubescent, narrow, and convex. Vertex glabrous and smooth. Median ocellus ovoid and lateral ones widened. Antennal scape squared shield-like. Genae slightly curved. Labrum straight distally. Terminal maxillary and labial palpus bevelled apically; terminal maxillary palpus equal to length of 3rd palpus; terminal labial palpus nearly equal to total length of remaining palpi. Pronotal disc flattened and trapezoid, anterior margin slightly concave and posterior margin convex ( Fig. 9A ). Harp area bearing 4–5 veins. Harp field and mirror armed with false veins. Forewing broad and apically rounded ( Fig. 9A ). Apical Field elongate, conspicuously longer than forewing width ( Fig. 9A ), possessing 8 branches. Hind wings short and exposed portion as long as hind tarsus ( Fig. 9A ). External tympanum large and shaped as elongate-oval. Hind tarsus armed with short and small spines, numbered 7: 7 (inner: outer). FIGURE 9. I. ( N. ) sonabilis . A. Male. B. Metanotal gland. C. Anal plate. D–F. Male genitalia. D. Dorsal view. E. Lateral view. F. Ventral view. Scale bar: 1 cm. Metanotal gland armed with transverse and sinuate convexity anteriorly, large and shallow convexity medially and almost flattened posterior part ( Fig. 9B ). Anal plate almost triangular-like but with apex slightly blunt ( Fig. 9C ). Male genitalia ( Figs. 9 D–9F). Dorsal lobe of basal epiphallus bisinuate, lateral process slightly expanded; median process angle-like ( Figs. 9D ). Lateral margin of epiphallus not sharp ( Figs. 9E ). Epiphallus armed with a row of denticles medially ( Figs. 9E ). In lateral view, epiphallic apex boot-like, acute at both top and bottom, and distal margin arc shaped ( Figs. 9E ). Coloration. Body color dark brown. Head and pronotal disc almost uniform dark brown ( Fig. 9A ). Large parts of pronotal lateral lobes colored light, only top portion color dark and merged with dorsum. Measurements (n=5). BL 18.34±1.67, HW 3.45±0.14, PL 2.95±0.36, PW 5.12±0.41, FWL 17.96±0.84, HWL 5.33±0.52, DVL 4.53±0.66, ML 3.91±0.22, HFL 10.61±0.43, HTL 8.45±0.44, HML 4.68±0.31. Remarks. This species is similar to Itara ( Noctitara ) pacholatkoi Gorochov, 1997 in ectoparamere, but its epiphallic apex is blunt.