Sericgryllacris 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 3

Diagnosis: This genus group can be recognized by the combination of the following characters: body small-sized and slender; wings mesopterous to macropterous ( Fig. 3F ), if wingless, then extremely elongated spines present in the middle of hind tibia ( Figs 3H , 4F ); male ninth abdominal tergite undivided with small projections in pairs extended from posterior margin ( Figs 2C–L , 10A–F ).

Included genera: Phryganogryllacris Karny 1937 , Furcilarnaca Gorochov 2004 , Woznessenskia Gorochov, 2002 , Sericgryllacris Li, Yin & He gen. nov., Siamgryllacris Ingrisch 2018 , Dialarnaca Gorochov 2005 , Metriogryllacris Karny 1937 , Bicornisgryllacris Li, Yin & He gen. nov., Homogryllacris Liu 2007 , Nippancistroger Griffini 1913 .

Figures

Figure 2. Male abdominal terminal.A, Diaphanogryllacris sp.; B, Mi. dicrana; C, D, Ho. gladiate; E, F, Ho. obtusitubera; G, F. wufengensis (from: Liu et al. 2022b); H, W. lianhua; I, Metriogryllacris sp.; J, Ni. testaceus; K, Si. quadrateprocera; L, Dial. zhoui (from: Shi et al. 2016) (arrows in A and B indicate a pair of dilated and strongly upwards extending whiskers at male abdominal tergite, arrow in G indicates short spines extending at male terminal tergite, arrow in H indicates longer spines extending at male abdominal tergite).

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).

Figure 10. Male abdominal terminal.A, B, Ph. brevixipha; C, Bi. mellii; D, E, Se. decempunctata; F, Se. laoshanica; G, Se. sichuanensis; H, Bi. subrectis; I, Bi. mellii.(Arrow in A indicates the middle of tergite that bulges sharply caudally, arrow in B indicates the bulge extending caudally from the root on each side of the posterior margin of male abdominal tergite.).