Itara, Walker, 1869

He, Zhixin & Ma, Libin, 2021, 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, Zootaxa 4942 (3), pp. 382-408 : 384

Key to species of Itara from China (based on adult females, except I. (N.) sonabilis & I. (G.) denudata )

1. Head and pronotum colored dark, fore femur and tibia dark........................... I. (N.) nocturna Gorochov, 1988

-- Inconsistent with above................................................................................ 2

2. Whole pronotum disc colored dark brown except blade-shape pattern...................... I. (I.) aperta Gorochov, 1996

-- Part of pronotum disc colored dark brown except blade-shape pattern............................................ 3

3. Lateral lobes of pronotum nearly 1/2 portions colored dark.................................................... 4

-- Lateral lobes of pronotum almost entirely colored dark....................................................... 5

4. The length of 5th maxillary palpus approximate the 4th, and 3rd labial palpus rodlike..... I. (I.) dicrana Ma & Zhang, 2015

-- The length of 5th maxillary palpus distinct longer than the 4th, and 3rd labial palpus fusiform.................................................................................................... I. (I.) communis Gorochov, 1997

5. Body sized rather small, the area of forewing exceeding abdomen is about 1/4 portion of forewing..................... 6

-- Body sized rather large, the area of forewing exceeding abdomen is about 1/3 or 1/2 of forewing...................... 7

6. Labrum strongly widened, the 3rd labial palpus rodlike.......................... I. (I.) basidentata Ma & Zhang, 2015

-- Labrum normal width, the 3rd labial palpus fusiform.................................... I. (I.) minor Chopard, 1925

7. Pronotal disc colored dark brown except both sides of posterior margin............................... I. (I.) acri sp.n.

-- Pronotal disc colored dark brown except blade-shape pattern and both sides of posterior margin................................................................................................ I. (I.) vietnamensis Gorochov, 1985