Zvenella, Gorochov, 1988

Zheng, Yanna, Xin, Zhixia, Xie, Lingde & Ma, Libin, 2021, - Revision-of-the-cricket-subfamily-Podoscirtinae-Saussure, - 1878 - (Orthoptera: - Gryllidae) - from-China, Zootaxa 4995 (3), pp. 401-424 : 404

Genus­ Zvenella ­Gorochov,­1988

Type­species: Madasumma yunnana ( Gorochov, 1985) : 99, 100

Remarks. This genus was divided into three species groups, the Yunnana Group, Albomaculata Group and Parcevenosa ­Group (they are recorded as species group I, II and III respectively in Orthoptera Species File ­ online). (1) The Yunnana Group (species group I) is characterized by epiphallus with distinctly denticulate lower apical lobes and rather short and/or wide hind lateral lobes. And this group includes Z. acutangulata Xia, Liu & Yin, 1991 , Z. aequalis Ma & Zhang, 2012 , Z. chopardi Gorochov, 2002 , Z. cognata Gorochov, 1992 , Z. decussatus Ma & Zhang, 2012 , Z. geniculata ( Chopard, 1931) , Z. modesta Gorochov, 2002 , Z. pulchella Gorochov, 1988 , Z. scalpratus Ma & Zhang, 2012 , Z. transversa Ingrisch, 1997 , Z. yunnana ( Gorochov, 1985) . (2) Albomaculata Group (species group II) is characterized by the epiphallus with nondenticulate lower apical lobes and long narrow hind lateral lobes. This group includes Z. albomaculata ( Chopard, 1969) , Z. malayana Gorochov, 2002 and Z. taynguyena Gorochov, 1990 . (3) Parcevenosa ­Group (species group III) is characterized by the epiphallus with lower apical lobes nondenticulate or slightly denticulate and hind lateral lobes characteristically curved. This group includes Z. parcevenosa ( Chopard, 1931) and Z. reticulata Gorochov, 2002 .