taxonID	type	description	language	source
00778774FFD66F13FF18F8BFFD20F837.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Hooks of male ninth abdominal tergite close-set to each other, immobile, apices directing downwards. Female seventh abdominal tergite with transverse fold covering unpaired depression; subgenital plate not fused with the preceding sternite, with 1 pair of tubercles.	en	Yu, Lijiang, Liu, Hong, Bian, Xun (2022): Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera) VIII: One new species of Metriogryllacris (Metriogryllacris) amitarum Group from Guangxi. Zootaxa 5169 (1): 93-96, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.9
00778774FFD76F12FF18FDE2FD22F898.taxon	description	Figures 1 – 2	en	Yu, Lijiang, Liu, Hong, Bian, Xun (2022): Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera) VIII: One new species of Metriogryllacris (Metriogryllacris) amitarum Group from Guangxi. Zootaxa 5169 (1): 93-96, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.9
00778774FFD76F12FF18FDE2FD22F898.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This new species differs from other species of Metriogryllacris (Metriogryllacris) amitarum group by: wings only reaching the middle area of fifth abdominal tergite; pronotum without black margins and longitudinal black median band, and only with 1 black spot at anterior and posterior margins respectively (Fig. 1 B); spines of male ninth abdominal tergite slender, and directing downwards and slightly outwards (Fig. 1 G – I).	en	Yu, Lijiang, Liu, Hong, Bian, Xun (2022): Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera) VIII: One new species of Metriogryllacris (Metriogryllacris) amitarum Group from Guangxi. Zootaxa 5169 (1): 93-96, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.9
00778774FFD76F12FF18FDE2FD22F898.taxon	description	Description. Male. Body medium-sized. Frons ovoid with very fine transverse riffles and sparse punctures (Fig. 1 A). Ocelli indistinct. Pronotum with anterior margin slightly projecting, posterior margin nearly straight (Fig. 1 B); lateral lobes longer than deep, posterior margin of ventral margin slightly extending downward (Fig. 1 C). Fore coxae with 1 spine. Fore and middle femora unarmed on ventral surfaces, tibiae with 5 pairs of ventral spurs, including 1 pair of apical ones. Hind femora with 9 – 12 internal and 7 – 8 external spines on ventral surface; tibiae with 5 – 6 internal and 5 external spines on dorsal surface, apices with 1 pair of dorsal spurs, 1 pair of subapical ventral spurs and 2 pairs of ventral spurs. Wings short, only reaching the middle area of fifth abdominal tergite. Tegmina (Fig. 2): Radius forks into two branches near apical forth area; MA fused with R in basal forth area, then raised from R; in the left tegmen (Fig. 2 A) MP and CuA free at base but fused with each other in subbasal area for about one cell length, then suddenly separated, then MP fused with MA in short distance and again separated, then MP and CuA free, undivided; while in right tegmen (Fig. 2 B) MP and CuA fused in basal area, undivided. Both tegmina: Cubitus posterior undivided, free throughout; with 3 anal veins. Abdominal tergites two and three each with two rows of stridulatory pegs (Fig. 1 D). Eighth abdominal tergite prolonged downwards (Fig. 1 E – F). Ninth abdominal tergite semi-globular, ventral margin with 1 pair of small spines in the middle which directing downwards and slightly outwards (Fig. 1 G – H). Cerci short and slender. Subgenital plate basally broad, apical area trapezoidal projected in the middle, posterior margin with a shallowly concavity in the middle (Fig. 1 I); long styli inserted at the lateral constriction (Fig. 1 I). Female. Unknown. Coloration. General color yellow brown, face uniformly yellowish brown (Fig. 1 A). Pronotum with brown margins, disc with 1 black spot at anterior and posterior margin respectively (Fig. 1 B – C). Tegmina brown (Fig. 2). Ventral surface of hind femora brownish. From fifth to ninth abdominal tergites with large black spots on dorsal surfaces (Fig. 1 E – F); spines of male ninth abdominal tergite brown.	en	Yu, Lijiang, Liu, Hong, Bian, Xun (2022): Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera) VIII: One new species of Metriogryllacris (Metriogryllacris) amitarum Group from Guangxi. Zootaxa 5169 (1): 93-96, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.9
00778774FFD76F12FF18FDE2FD22F898.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype: male, Hongtan, Guilin, Guangxi, June 7, 2022, coll. by Wei Wang.	en	Yu, Lijiang, Liu, Hong, Bian, Xun (2022): Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera) VIII: One new species of Metriogryllacris (Metriogryllacris) amitarum Group from Guangxi. Zootaxa 5169 (1): 93-96, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.9
00778774FFD76F12FF18FDE2FD22F898.taxon	description	Measurements (mm). Male (holotype): BL 23.1, PL 4.1, TL 9.7, HFL 10.6.	en	Yu, Lijiang, Liu, Hong, Bian, Xun (2022): Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera) VIII: One new species of Metriogryllacris (Metriogryllacris) amitarum Group from Guangxi. Zootaxa 5169 (1): 93-96, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.9
00778774FFD76F12FF18FDE2FD22F898.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Guangxi).	en	Yu, Lijiang, Liu, Hong, Bian, Xun (2022): Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera) VIII: One new species of Metriogryllacris (Metriogryllacris) amitarum Group from Guangxi. Zootaxa 5169 (1): 93-96, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.9
00778774FFD76F12FF18FDE2FD22F898.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Name derived from Latin bi (two) plus macul (spot), referring to the pronotum with one black spot on anterior and posterior margins respectively.	en	Yu, Lijiang, Liu, Hong, Bian, Xun (2022): Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera) VIII: One new species of Metriogryllacris (Metriogryllacris) amitarum Group from Guangxi. Zootaxa 5169 (1): 93-96, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.9
