Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae) Author Ma, Libin 0000-0002-8556-7158 College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China, 710119 & libinma @ snnu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8556 - 7158 libinma@snnu.edu.cn Author Zheng, Yanna 0000-0002-1256-2735 College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China, 710119 & na @ snnu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1256 - 2735 na@snnu.edu.cn Author Qiao, Min 0000-0001-6148-0122 College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China, 710119 & qiaomin @ snnu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6148 - 0122 qiaomin@snnu.edu.cn text Zootaxa 2021 2021-06-21 4990 2 227 252 journal article 5548 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2 a611c37d-168e-4488-9a85-046906f7f128 1175-5326 5026190 3A881EC6-801E-421D-859C-A10FEDBCEA17 Genus Gryllodinus Bolívar, 1927 Gryllodes ( Gryllodinus ) Bolívar, 1927: 102 Eugryllodes , synonymized by Chopard, 1967: 111 Gryllodinus , Gorochov, 1979: 92 Type species: Gryllodes kerkennensis Finot, 1893 Included species: Gryllodinus kerkennensis ( Finot, 1893 ) , Gryllodinus odicus ( Uvarov, 1911 ) , Gryllodinus abditus Gorochov, 1979 and G. jijilacus sp. nov. Remarks. The distinct feature of Gryllodinus species is the clypeus is very large and strongly convex. Three species of the genus were recorded worldwide ( Gorochov, 1979 ). Although they possess similar appearance with each other ( Gorochov, 1979 ; Gorochov, 1986 ; Uvarov, 1911 ), the male genitalia are distinct ( Gorochov, 1979 ). Besides overall similarity in this genus, the species also resemble to some species of Modicogryllus and Turanogryllus , from arid areas. G. odicus for example, Uvarov (1911) indicated that it is similar with G. kerkennensis and Turanogryllus lateralis ( Fieber, 1853 ) in coloration and pattern of head and pronotum; and Gorochov (1979) indicated that it similar to M. pallipalpis , M. latefasciatus , M. pseudocyprius , M. nitidus and M. algirius , and very similar to M. pseudocyprius and M. algirius . In this study, the specimens of the genus found in China rather resemble to the species T. lateralis . And we used to confuse these two species so much that when we went to Xinjiang to collect our samples, we mistakenly assumed that the specimens of T. lateralis was the species of Gryllodinus we were looking for. Here is the genus Gryllodinus is initially introduced to China .