Itara (Noctitara) sonabilis Gorochov, 1996

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 : 396-398

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.3.4

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:65B996D9-BB6B-4323-A310-D18A41FAD0D9

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4619685

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038087F1-AC1F-6B21-7E96-6075DB9B1665

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scientific name

Itara (Noctitara) sonabilis Gorochov, 1996
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Itara (Noctitara) sonabilis Gorochov, 1996

Itara sonabilis Gorochov, 1996: 82

Itara (Noctitara) sonabilis Gorochov, 1997: 65

Holotype. Type locality: Vietnam: Gia Lai Province, Buon Luoi. Deposited at Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg , Russia (not examined).

Materials examined. China: 5 males, Guangdong, Fengkai, Heishiding Provincial Nature Reserve , 26-iv- 2019, Libin Ma & Tao Zhang coll ..

Description. Male. Body and head large for the genus ( Fig. 9A View FIGURE 9 ). Occiput pubescent, narrow, and convex. Vertex glabrous and smooth. Median ocellus ovoid and lateral ones widened. Antennal scape squared shield-like. Genae slightly curved. Labrum straight distally. Terminal maxillary and labial palpus bevelled apically; terminal maxillary palpus equal to length of 3rd palpus; terminal labial palpus nearly equal to total length of remaining palpi. Pronotal disc flattened and trapezoid, anterior margin slightly concave and posterior margin convex ( Fig. 9A View FIGURE 9 ). Harp area bearing 4–5 veins. Harp field and mirror armed with false veins. Forewing broad and apically rounded ( Fig. 9A View FIGURE 9 ). Apical Field elongate, conspicuously longer than forewing width ( Fig. 9A View FIGURE 9 ), possessing 8 branches. Hind wings short and exposed portion as long as hind tarsus ( Fig. 9A View FIGURE 9 ). External tympanum large and shaped as elongate-oval. Hind tarsus armed with short and small spines, numbered 7: 7 (inner: outer).

Metanotal gland armed with transverse and sinuate convexity anteriorly, large and shallow convexity medially and almost flattened posterior part ( Fig. 9B View FIGURE 9 ). Anal plate almost triangular-like but with apex slightly blunt ( Fig. 9C View FIGURE 9 ).

Male genitalia ( Figs. 9 View FIGURE 9 D–9F). Dorsal lobe of basal epiphallus bisinuate, lateral process slightly expanded; median process angle-like ( Figs. 9D View FIGURE 9 ). Lateral margin of epiphallus not sharp ( Figs. 9E View FIGURE 9 ). Epiphallus armed with a row of denticles medially ( Figs. 9E View FIGURE 9 ). In lateral view, epiphallic apex boot-like, acute at both top and bottom, and distal margin arc shaped ( Figs. 9E View FIGURE 9 ).

Coloration. Body color dark brown. Head and pronotal disc almost uniform dark brown ( Fig. 9A View FIGURE 9 ). Large parts of pronotal lateral lobes colored light, only top portion color dark and merged with dorsum.

Measurements (n=5). BL 18.34±1.67, HW 3.45±0.14, PL 2.95±0.36, PW 5.12±0.41, FWL 17.96±0.84, HWL 5.33±0.52, DVL 4.53±0.66, ML 3.91±0.22, HFL 10.61±0.43, HTL 8.45±0.44, HML 4.68±0.31.

Remarks. This species is similar to Itara (Noctitara) pacholatkoi Gorochov, 1997 in ectoparamere, but its epiphallic apex is blunt.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Haglotettigoniidae

Genus

Itara

Loc

Itara (Noctitara) sonabilis Gorochov, 1996

He, Zhixin & Ma, Libin 2021
2021
Loc

Itara (Noctitara) sonabilis

Gorochov, A. V. 1997: 65
1997
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