A new species, Yalvaciana unal sp. nov. of the genus Yalvaciana Ciplak et al. 2002 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae) from Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir India Author Shah, Muzamil Syed Section of Entomology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India- 202002. Author Usmani, Mohd Kamil 0000-0002-4642-7945 Section of Entomology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India- 202002. & usmanikamil 94 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4642 - 7945 usmanikamil94@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2022 2022-01-20 5092 3 396 400 journal article 2468 10.11646/zootaxa.5092.3.10 1b3f9139-3091-4ad0-86ce-7697c850467d 1175-5326 5881085 61CEF02B-1521-4699-A164-7159E79DC018 Yalvaciana (Ciplak, Heller and Demirsoy, 2002) Brachypterous; tegmina as long as or longer than pronotum, but never surpassing the half of abdomen; body largesized, heavy and black or dark brownish; head large and eyes spherical or oval; pronotum dorsally depressed and laterally compressed with the median carina or keel distinct in the metazoan; male 10th anal tergite with two long processes; the apex or tip of the cerci pointed and the tooth of cerci in the proximal half; female subgenital plate bilobate; ovipositor large and broad, black with light brownish base and regularly curved. Key to species of the genus Yalvaciana 1) Tegmina longer than pronotum reaching before the half of abdomen............................................. 2 - Tegmina as long as or shorter than pronotum. Male last tergite with two long and narrow posterior processes. Female subgenital plate bilobate with a deep triangular incision................................. Yalvaciana . yalvaci (Ciplak et al ., 2002) 2) Male last tergite with short and wide triangular processes, stridulatory file short and broad ( Fig. S ), female subgenital plate as long as broad, bilobate, apex with obtusely rounded incision, titillators with spines on apical surface, basal surface smooth.................................................................. Yalvaciana . allowpora Shah & Usmani, 2021 - Male last tergite with two long cylindrical processes ( Fig J ), stridulatory file as in ( Fig T ), female subgenital plate as long as longer than broad and with small U shaped incision ( Fig G ), titillators with teeth on all surface ( Fig. K ).................................................................................................. Yalvaciana unal sp. nov.