Phryganogryllacris

Li, Miaomiao, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2016, Four new species of the genus Phryganogryllacris (Orthoptera, Gryllacrididae, Gryllacridinae) in China, Zootaxa 4127 (2), pp. 376-382 : 377

Key to species of the genus Phryganogryllacris recorded from China

1 Pronotum without blackish markings...................................................................... 2

- Pronotum with blackish markings......................................................................... 8

2 Hind margin of male subgenital plate without incision; ovipositor of female not extending beyond tegmina apex.......... 3

- Hind margin of male subgenital plate with incision; ovipositor of female extending beyond tegminal apex...............4

3 10th abdominal tergite of male broadly rounded; hind margin of male subgenital plate broadly rounded; 7th abdominal sternum of female specialization, subgenital plate with a median keel.................. P. subrectis (Matsumura et Shiraki, 1908)

- 10th abdominal tergite of male conical; hind margin of male subgenital plate projected; 7th abdominal sternum of female unspe- cialized; subgenital plate without median keel.......................... P. brevixipha (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893)

4 Cerci of male shorter (less than 5mm long); subgenital plate of female with apex incised............................. 5

- Cerci of male elongate (longer than 7mm long); subgenital plate of female with apex truncate. P. unicolor Liu et Wang, 1998

5 Tegmina extending beyond 25mm; lateral hook of male 10th abdominal tergite strongly curved. P. sichuanensis Li et al., 2014

- Tegmina not extending beyond 25mm; lateral hook of male 10th abdominal tergite straight............................6

6 All tibiae unicolorous.................................................................................. 7

- All tibiae with dark markings........................................................... P. hubeiensis sp. nov.

7 Tegmina extending far beyond hind femora; cerci of male elongate 3.5mm ..................... P. sheni Niu et Shi, 1999

- Tegmina hardly extending beyond hind femora; cerci of male elongate 5mm ..................... P. brevipennis sp. nov.

8 Body small (tegmina no longer than 20mm)................................................................ 9

- Body larger (tegmina more than 20mm).................................................................. 10

9 Lateral margin of pronotum with blackish longitudinal band; margin of female subgenital plate slightly concave.............................................................................................. P. p a r v a Li et al., 2014

- Lateral margin and hind margin of pronotum with black bands; margin of female subgenital plate truncate................................................................................................ P. t r u nc a ta Li et al., 2014

10 Hind femora with black stripes................................................ P. decempunctata Liu et al., 2010

- Hind femora without black stripes....................................................................... 11

11 Hind margin of male subgenital plate broadly rounded; 7th abdominal sternum of female with deeply median incision.......................................................................................... P. mellii (Karny, 1926)

- Hind margin of male subgenital plate with incision; 7th abdominal sternum of female normal......................... 12

12 Tegmina transparent, brownish yellow; cerci of male, length 5–6mm ............................................ 13

- Tegmina semitransparent infuscate; cerci of male, length 8–9mm ............................................... 15

13 Pronotum with two longitudinal bands................................................ P. xiai Liu et Zhang, 2001

- Dark markings of pronotum not as above..................................................................14

14 Dark markings of pronotum reaching to fore margin............................................ P. sigillata sp. nov.

- Dark markings of pronotum not reaching to fore margin................................ P. fanjingshanensis sp. nov.

15 Disk of pronotum with interrupted blackish longitudinal band; both sides of sterna without blackish macula; 10th abdominal tergite with roundly convex hind margin.............................................. P. interrupta Li et al., 2014

- Disk of pronotum with two pale blackish macula; both sides of sterna with blackish macula; 10th abdominal tergite with trun- cated hind margin................................................................ P. longicerca Li et al., 2014