Tenuigryllacris Li, Yin & He, 2024

Li, Shi-Yu, Liu, Yi-Jiao, Xu, Jing-Yi, Yin, Zi-Xu & He, Zhu-Qing, 2024, Molecular phylogeny of Chinese raspy crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae) reveals incongruences in current classification, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 201 (4), pp. 1-31 : 1-31

Genus group 2

Diagnosis: This genus group can be recognized by the combination of the following characters: body small-sized and slender; wingless ( Fig. 3A, C, E, G ); spines on hind tibia short or completely reduced ( Fig. 4A–E ); posterior margin of male ninth abdominal tergite extended by a projection on each side at base, female ovipositor short and curved upwards ( Figs 3C, E , 4B, C ). Included genera: Apterolarnaca Gorochov 2004 , Tenuigryllacris Li, Yin & He gen. nov..

Figures

Figure 3. Living Gryllacrididae. A, Apt. quadrimaculata; B, Diaphanogryllacris sp.; C, Apt. biloba; D, Microlarnaca sp.; E, Apt. huanglianensis; F, Me. obscurata; G, T. huanglianensis sp.nov.; H, Ni. testaceus.

Figure 4. Lateral hindfoot.A, Apt. quadrimaculata; B, Apt. digitate; C, Apt. huanglianensis; D, Apt. biloba; E, T. huanglianensis sp. nov.; F, Ni. testaceus (arrow in F indicates extremely extended spine in the middle of hind tibia).