Itara ( Itara ) vietnamensis Gorochov, 1985

Meena, Ashok Kumar, Swaminathan, Rajamani, Nagar, Rajendra, Chhangani, Gaurang & Kumar, Kuldeep, 2021, Record of the subgenus, Gryllitara Chopard, 1931 (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Itarinae) and description of a new species from India, Zootaxa 5072 (5), pp. 493-500 : 496

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Itara ( Itara) vietnamensis Gorochov, 1985 View in CoL [Plate: II]

Itara ( Itara) vietnamensis Gorochov, 1985 View in CoL . In Medvedev, The fauna and ecology of insects of Vietnam, 17; Ma and Zhang, 2015. Canadian Ent. 147(5): 537; He and Ma, 2021. Zootaxa 4942 (3): 386.

Material examined. 50 specimens ( 21♂ & 29♀): India from different locations ( East, West Khasi Hills, Nongarh , Umiam NEH, Jowai , RRTC Ri Bhoi , Bhoirymbong , Dawki , and Mawpun ) of Meghalaya state in June 2013, Coll. R. Nagar, Jhabar Mal, R. Swaminathan and T. Swaminathan .

Remarks (Male and female). All the key characters for the identification of Indian specimens of I. ( I.) vietnamensis are more or less similar to those reported by earlier workers, but we have observed minor variations in some of the following morphological characters: in some specimens a pair of longitudinal stripes extending from lateral ocelli to occiput of head is feebly visible. Male tegmen with 4–5 oblique veins; apical field having 5–7 branched veins, width of tegmina and length of apical field more or less equal. According to Gorochov (1997), there is a greater variability in colour (from dark to light); such types of variations were also observed in our specimens. In this paper some photographs of the examined specimens have been provided.

Measurements (mm) Male: Body length 15–17; head length 2–2.25, width 2.75–3.5; pronotum length 2.0, width 3.25–3.5; tegmina 15–16.5; hind femur 8–9.5; hind tibia 7–7.5. Female: Body length 14–15; head length 2–2.25, width 3–3.5; pronotum length 2–2.15, width 3.15–3.5; tegmina 14–17; hind femur 8.5–10; hind tibia 6–7 and ovipositor 9–13.

Distribution. Asia-Tropical, Vietnam, Thailand, China.