Radigryllacris 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 6

Diagnosis: This genus group can be recognized by the combination of the following characters: body small- to large-sized; wings micropterous to macropterous ( Figs 8A–I , 9D–H ); posterior margin of male ninth abdominal tergite strongly modified: either lateral areas restricted to base and in middle with a large process ( Fig. 7K ), or with spines extending inwards from middle of each lobe at base ( Fig. 7F–J, L ); length of spine extending from male ninth abdominal tergite less than half the width of abdominal tergite ( Fig. 7F–J, L ), female ovipositor curved upwards.

Included genera: Gryllacris Serville 1831 , Larnaca Walker 1869 , Prosopogryllacris Karny 1937 , Radigryllacris Li, Yin & He gen. nov., Eugryllacris Karny 1937 , Magnigryllacris Li, Yin & He gen. nov., Ocellarnaca Gorochov 2004 .

Figures

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 8. Wings. A, Mag. hainanensis; B, Mag. guomashan; C, Ocellarnaca sp.; D, E. ruficeps; E, R. xiei; F, R. fanjingshanensis; G, Pr. silacea; H, G. stylommatoprocera; I, L. lieyongzhou.

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..