Dracogryllacris 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 5

Diagnosis: This genus group can be recognized by the combination of the following characters: body large-sized; wings macropterous ( Figs 6A–F , 9A–C ); posterior margin of male ninth abdominal tergite with spines extending inwards from the middle of each lobe at base ( Fig. 7A, B, D, E ), or male ninth abdominal tergite with a large projection ( Fig. 7C ); length of spine extending from male ninth abdominal tergite longer than or equal to half the width of ninth abdominal tergite ( Fig. 7A, B, D, E ), female ovipositor long and straight.

Included genera: Capnogryllacris Karny 1937 , Marthogryllacris Karny 1937 stat. resurr., Borneogryllacris Karny 1937 stat. resurr., Dracogryllacris Li, Yin & He gen. nov., Ultragryllacris Gorochov & Dawwrueng, 2015 .

Figures

Figure 6. Wings. A, Mar. sequestris; B, Dr. spinose; C, Dr. melanocrania; D, U. pulchra rubricapitis; E, Capnogryllacris sp.; F, Bo. xujuni.

Figure 7. Male abdominal terminal.A, Marthogryllacris sp.; B, Dracogryllacris spinose; C, U. pulchra rubricapitis; D, C. fumigata; E, Bo. xujuni; F, Mag. guomashan; G, O. fuscotessellata; H, E. ruficeps; I, R. fanjingshanensis; J, Prosopogryllacris sp.; K, G. stylommatoprocera (from:Wang and Liu 2022); L, L. lieyongzhou.(Arrow in A indicates spines extending inwards from the base in the middle of each valve at the posterior margin of male abdominal tergite.).

Figure 9. Living Gryllacrididae.A, Mar. sequestris; B, Dr. spinose; C, Capnogryllacris sp.; D, Mag. hainanensis; E, Ocellarnaca sp.; F, E. ruficeps; G, R. xiei; H, Prosopogryllacris sp..