taxonID	type	description	language	source
03F987D7FF8D0A00BDD9FA128BFDA1E1.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Gryllus conspersus Schaum, 1853	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF8D0A00BDD9FA128BFDA1E1.taxon	discussion	Remarks. According to the features of male’s genitalia, the genus should be classified as seven or eight species groups. Because of the lack of research materials, we just discussed with two subgenera of it.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF8E0A03BDD9FCF78D82A0D1.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Gryllus conspersus Schaum, 1853: 776 (Mozambique) Included species: Modicogryllus algirius (Saussure, 1877), Modicogryllus beibienkoi (Chopard, 1938), Modicogryllus brincki (Chopard, 1955), Modicogryllus conspersus (Schaum, 1853), Modicogryllus cyprius (Saussure, 1877), Modicogryllus dewhursti Otte & Cade, 1984, Modicogryllus frontalis (Fieber, 1844), Modicogryllus guanchicus (Krauss, 1892), Modicogryllus kivuensis (Chopard, 1939), Modicogryllus latefasciatus (Chopard, 1933), Modicogryllus lefevrei (Chopard, 1938), Modicogryllus meruensis Otte & Cade, 1984, Modicogryllus minutus (Chopard, 1954), Mirigryllus nigrus He, 2020 comb. nov., Modicogryllus ngamius Otte, Toms & Cade, 1988, Modicogryllus nitidus (Chopard, 1925), Modicogryllus pallipalpis (Tarbinsky, 1940), Modicogryllus parilis Otte & Cade, 1984, Modicogryllus perplexus Otte & Cade, 1984, Modicogryllus pseudocyprius Gorochov, 1996, Modicogryllus segnis Otte & Cade, 1984, Modicogryllus smolus Gorochov, 1988, Modicogryllus vicinus (Chopard, 1938) and Modicogryllus zolotarewskyi (Chopard, 1954).	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF8E0A03BDD9FCF78D82A0D1.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This subgenus was proposed according to features of head and male genitalia (Gorochov, 1986). The species of the subgenus should possess a rather strongly angularly curved clypeal suture and a wider gap between antennal cavities, which is no less than 2 times the width of the cavities themselves; and their epiphallus in the form of a narrow transverse sclerite with a pair of posterior lateral processes and ectoparameres with a fully developed arcuate sclerotized ribbon that secondly connects the middle lobe with an ectoparameter (Gorochov, 1986). When established this subgenus, Gorochov (1986) included three species, Gryllus frontalis Fieber, 1844, Gryllulus pallipalpis Tarbinsky, 1940, Gryllulus truncatus Tarbinsky, 1940, within this taxon. And Orthoptera species files (OSF) listed all the species of the genus Modicogryllus under the name of this subgenus except three species of the subgenera of Amodicogryllus and Promodicogryllus (Cigliano, et al., 2021). Referring to illustrations of regarding species (Chopard, 1961; Gorochov, 1978; Gorochov, 1996; Gorochov & Llorente, 2001; Otte & Cade, 1984; Otte, et al., 1988), we considered 24 species as listed above should be included in this subgenus. We included a species, Mirigryllus nigrus He, 2020, recently reported from China. Although the name of Modicogryllus has often appeared in many Chinese species lists, the species bearing this name were finally removed from the lists as their genus status changed. Thus, this species was almost the first true Modicogryllus species recorded in China. Then, Modicogryllus cyprius (Saussure, 1877) and Modicogryllus pseudocyprius Gorochov, 1996 was arranged into the subgenus Amodicogryllus of the genus, we found, however, they are rather resembling with the species of subgenus Modicogryllus although Gorochov (1996) indicated the hind species armed with distinct and large spermatophore sac (Gorochov, 1996). Finally, according to male’s genitalia, Modicogryllus vaturu Otte & Cowper, 2007 possesses features of the genus Mitius and Modicogryllus abrictos Otte, 2007 bears feature of the genus Loxoblemmus, thus, we think these two species should be moved out of the genus Modicogryllus and proposed new combinations of Mitius vaturu comb. nov. and Loxoblemmus abrictos comb. nov.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF8F0A05BDD9F9DD8E75A691.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype information. Type locality: China, Sichuan Province (Kipa. N. O., Szechuan. Sven Hedins Exp. Ctr. Asien. Dr. Hummel). Deposited at the Swedish Royal Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, NHRM) Stockholm, Sweden (not examined).	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF8F0A05BDD9F9DD8E75A691.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Chopard (1933) described this species under the genus of Gryllus and moved it into the genus of Modicogryllus (Chopard, 1961), however, in his studies, he did not produce any graphic or describe the features of male genitalia. Gorochov (1996) examined the holotype and he described and illustrated this species. He indicated that the head of this species slightly resembles to the species of the genus Velarifictorus. It might since the similar reason, Yin and Liu (1995) arranged some Velarifictorus specimens (Yin & Liu, 1995: illustr. 182 – 184) under this name and moved this species from Modicogryllus to the genus Velarifictorus. According to the work of Yin and Liu, He (2018) considered the species Velarifictorus latefasciatus (Chopard, 1933) was junior synonym of Velarifictorus micado (Saussure, 1877). This is a mistake made over and over again and M. latefasciatus is a Modicogryllus species but not of Velarifictorus. This species has not been rediscovered by Chinese for so many years and it is also difficult for us to find it since the type locality is only recorded with the name of Province and without any more information.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF880A05BDD9FE198B2CA4A3.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype information. Type locality: China, Zhejiang Province, Lin’an, Qingliangfeng Mt. Deposited at Museum of Biology, East China Normal University (ECNU), Shanghai, China (not examined).	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF880A05BDD9FE198B2CA4A3.taxon	discussion	Remarks. As mentioned above, this species is almost the firstly recorded species of the subgenus Modicogryllus in China. He, et al. (2020) described this species under a new genus and he did not refer to any member of Modicogryllus. According to some illustrations, we found this species resembles to M. latefasciatus, Modicogryllus cyprius (Saussure, 1877) and Modicogryllus frontalis (Fieber, 1844). But the transverse stripe above frons of M. nigrus is wide, trim and not as irregular as what of M. latefasciatus, or as thin as what of M. cyprius, and as centrally constricted as what of M. frontalis; and their genitalia are more or less in different shape.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF890A04BDD9FD368A73A3CF.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype information. Type locality: Sri Lanka. Deposited at the Natural History Museum (BMNH), London, U. K. (not examined).	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF890A04BDD9FD368A73A3CF.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Ingrisch (1998) examined the holotype and suggested that those records of M. confirmatus from outside of holotype locality should be confirmed by reexamination, for example, Indian species identified by Bhowmik (1977) and Vasanth (1993) are actually Svercacheta siamensis (Chopard, 1961). This species was recorded in China by Yin and Liu (1995) and we believed that most Chinese species were identified using the references of Chopard (e. g. Chopard, 1969), however, he regarded M. consobrinus as junior synonym of M. confimatus by mistake (Chopard, 1961; Chopard, 1969; Ingrisch, 1998). According to illustration of holotype’s genitalia, Chinese species should be under the name M. consobrinus and, therefore, this species is not found in China now.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF890A04BDD9FF708D13A5BC.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Gryllus bucharicus Bey-Bienko, 1933: 323 – 325 (Tajikistan, Pyanj). Included species: Modicogryllus bucharicus (Bey-Bienko, 1933), Modicogryllus clarellus (Saussure, 1877), Modicogryllus confirmatus (Walker, 1859), Modicogryllus consobrinus (Saussure, 1877), Modicogryllus ehsani Chopard, 1961, Modicogryllus nandi Otte & Cowper, 2007, Modicogryllus mombasae Otte & Cade, 1984, Tartarogryllus nigericus Chopard, 1961 comb. nov. and Modicogryllus volivoli Otte & Cowper, 2007.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF890A04BDD9FF708D13A5BC.taxon	discussion	Remarks. When established this subgenus, three species of M. bucharicus, M. confirmata and M. ehsani were included in the taxon. But the type species, M. bucharicus, bears a genitalia complex distinguished from the remain- der ones and the form of it is very similar to the species of Eumodicogryllus, which was arranged as a subgenus of Modicogryllus (Gorochov, 1986) and was subsequently upgraded to a genus (Defaut, 2001). According to the features of the genitalia of M. confirmatus and M. ehsani, we considered that the total of nine species as listed above should be arranged into this subgenus.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF890A06BDD9FAA38CDFA22C.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 B, F; 2 C; 3 A – C; 4 A – C)	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF890A06BDD9FAA38CDFA22C.taxon	synonymic_list	Modicogryllus confirmatus, synonymized by Chopard, 1967: 81	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF890A06BDD9FAA38CDFA22C.taxon	discussion	Modicogryllus walkeri, renamed (for lineiceps Walker, 1871) by Chopard, 1961: 273	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF890A06BDD9FAA38CDFA22C.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype information. Holotype not designated and type localities containing Bombay, Siam, Shanghai, Java, Sumatra, Philippines, Senegal and Afrique orientale (Hollier, et al., 2013). Deposited at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève (MNHN), Paris, France (not examined). Materials examined. 1 male, Yunnan, Mengla, Shangyong, Longmen, 996 m, v- 14 - 2013, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); 3 males, Yunnan, Mengla, Shangyong, Longmen, 870 m, v- 18 - 2013, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); 1 male, Yunnan, Mengla, Shangyong, Longmen, Nanman, 870 m, v- 16 - 2013, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); 1 male, Yunnan, Mengla, Shangyong, Longmen, 996 m, v- 13 - 2013, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); 1 male, Yunnan, Jinping, Mengla, Xinmeng, 450 m, v- 3 - 2013, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); 1 male, Yunnan, Mengla, Yaoqu, 794 m, vi- 3 - 2009, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); 1 male, Yunnan, Mengla, Yaoqu, 794 m, v- 29 - 2009, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); 1 male, Yunnan, Mengla, Yaoqu, 830 m, v- 25 - 2013, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); 1 male, Hainan, Wuzhishan, Maoyang, 250 m, iii- 28 - 2008, Jia, Junfeng & Zheng, Jianwu coll. (SNNU). Measurement. Male (n = 5): BL 12.80 ± 0.47, HL 1.91 ± 0.20, HW 3.55 ± 0.28, PL 2.10 ± 0.18, PW 3.72 ± 0.26, FWL 6.50 ± 0.24, FWW 3.70 ± 0.30, MTL 2.80 ± 0.24, HFL 7.35 ± 0.50	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF890A06BDD9FAA38CDFA22C.taxon	description	Description. Male. Body slightly smaller than Gryllinae species in medium size. Head slightly longer than pronotum. Occiput broad and somewhat flatten in dorsal view, vertex slightly forward declined. Frons convex and rounded, slightly wider than antennal scape. Antennal scape rectangle-like, width almost equal to length. Postclypeus (up portion of clypeus) narrow-band like. Labrum broad and shield-like, with rounded lateral margins and apical margin arched concave. Pronotum broad and flatten, lateral margin outward inclined and fold down, lateral lobes somewhat flatten. Elytral tapering and short, not reaching abdominal end. Basal field short and slightly longer than the half length of pronotum. Oblique veins two (sometimes presenting one). Diagonal vein straight and bending as obtuse angle at joint between the vein and mirror. Mirror rectangle-like, longer than width and with bottom margin round and convex; dividing vein always arched and dividing a small oval portion posteriorly. Apical field short and small, nearly as long as mirror. Hind wings long and much longer than cercus. Cercus thin and long, almost equal to the length of hind femur. Fore tibia armed with large and long oval-like tympanum in outside; and inner tympanum small and oval shaped. Hind femur conspicuously longer than tibia. Subapical spurs five or six, the apical or proximal one always varied. First hind tarsus armed with two rows of fine spines. Coloration. Body colored yellowish brown and ornamented with patterns in brown or dark brown. Occiput colored light, possessing five irregular longitudinal stripes. Of them, the middle two fine and the outside two branching at tip. Vertex ornamented with a transvers, thick and dark brown band between eyes; and a thin transverse stripe between lateral ocelli. Coloration of frons become shallow from top to bottom; a yellowish-brown stripe longitudinally beginning from middle ocellus to clypeus and become triangular at the tip. Top portions of clypeus colored dark and the remainders yellowish-brown. The most portions of mandible yellowish-brown and the tip dark colored. Pronotum dark brown; the middle and lateral margin of disc colored yellowish-brown and ornamented with brown spots; anterior and posterior corners of lateral lobes of pronotum colored yellowish-brown at bottom with remainders dark brown. Elytra yellowish brown with top margin of lateral lobes ornamented with brown stripes. Abdominal disc and lateral lobes dark brown, and ventral portions yellowish-brown, but subgenital plate colored dark brown and cercus brown. Legs yellowish brown, and hind femur ornamented light brown dorsally with brown oblique stripes outside. Genitalia. Epiphallus without media lobe and lateral lobes away from each other; inner margin of lateral lobe straight or slightly arched. In lateral view, lateral lobe wide with dorsal and bottom margin arched slightly upward. Ectoparamere thin and long, with apical part very long and inward curved. Female Similar with male. Apex of ovipositor bearing rough surface (Figs. 1 B, F).	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF890A06BDD9FAA38CDFA22C.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Walker used the name ‘ Gryllus lineiceps’ for twice (Walker, 1869; 1871), he named an Australia species under this name in 1869 and used it again for a Bombay species in 1871. And the regarding name here is the hind one and it is the junior homonym of G. lineiceps Walker, 1869. After available name G. consobrinus used for those Bombay species, Chopard (1967) synonymized it under M. confirmatus by mistake (Ingrisch, 1998). Probably, Yin and Liu (1995) identified Chinese species following Chopard’s mistake and recorded M. consobrinus species under the name M. confirmatus (He, 2018). Then, Ingrisch (1998) re-established this species under the name M. consobrinus and pointed G. lineiceps Walker, 1871 and Modicogryllus walkeri Chopare, 1961 are synonyms of it. And according to male’s genitalia, M. consobrinus, M. confirmatus, M. nandi and M. volivoli could be treated as a species group, their features are very similar to one another other.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF8B0A06BDD9FA858EE6A187.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype information. Type locality: Nigeria, Ibadan. Deposited at the Natural History Museum (BMNH), London, U. K. (not examined).	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF8B0A06BDD9FA858EE6A187.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Chopard (1961) compared this species with Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis (= Tartarogryllus bordigalensis) and M. conspersus, and he indicated the genitalia of it is more similar to E. bordigalensis than M. conspersus, but this species is more like the species of the subgenus Promodicogryllus than the species E. bordigalensis. Thus, we transfer it here.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF8B0A09BDD9F8EA8C2EA55D.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Gryllodes kerkennensis Finot, 1893 Included species: Gryllodinus kerkennensis (Finot, 1893), Gryllodinus odicus (Uvarov, 1911), Gryllodinus abditus Gorochov, 1979 and G. jijilacus sp. nov.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF8B0A09BDD9F8EA8C2EA55D.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The distinct feature of Gryllodinus species is the clypeus is very large and strongly convex. Three species of the genus were recorded worldwide (Gorochov, 1979). Although they possess similar appearance with each other (Gorochov, 1979; Gorochov, 1986; Uvarov, 1911), the male genitalia are distinct (Gorochov, 1979). Besides overall similarity in this genus, the species also resemble to some species of Modicogryllus and Turanogryllus, from arid areas. G. odicus for example, Uvarov (1911) indicated that it is similar with G. kerkennensis and Turanogryllus lateralis (Fieber, 1853) in coloration and pattern of head and pronotum; and Gorochov (1979) indicated that it similar to M. pallipalpis, M. latefasciatus, M. pseudocyprius, M. nitidus and M. algirius, and very similar to M. pseudocyprius and M. algirius. In this study, the specimens of the genus found in China rather resemble to the species T. lateralis. And we used to confuse these two species so much that when we went to Xinjiang to collect our samples, we mistakenly assumed that the specimens of T. lateralis was the species of Gryllodinus we were looking for. Here is the genus Gryllodinus is initially introduced to China.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF840A0BBDD9FD408D6CA525.taxon	description	(Figs. 5 A – C; 6 A – C)	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF840A0BBDD9FD408D6CA525.taxon	materials_examined	Type materials. Holotype. China. Male, Xinjiang, Jijihu, vi- 6 - 2005, Han, Huilin coll. (SNNU). Paratype, male, data similar with holotype. Measurement. Male (n = 2): BL 11.92 ± 0.5, HL 1.72 ± 0.24, HW 2.81 ± 0.12, PL 1.55 ± 0.04, PW 3.23 ± 0.14, FWL 8.11 ± 0.17, FWW 4.15 ± 0.3, MTL 2.42 ± 0.19, HFL 5.94 ± 0.19	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF840A0BBDD9FD408D6CA525.taxon	description	Description. Male. Body sized medium in Gryllinae species. Head and pronotum short, almost as long as apical field of elytra. Occiput short and slightly convex. Vertex inclined. Clypeus very convex proximally and shaped as hemisphere in lateral view; and truncate apically, which oblique inward. Labrum shaped normally and with middle notch apically. Eyes large, its hind and lower margin straight. Rostrum very wide and nearly four times wider than antennal scape. Antennal scape transverse, rectangle-like. Apical three sections of maxillary palpus in equal length; end section of labial palpus slightly longer than the total length of proximal two. Pronotum transverse, two times wider than length; its anterior margin inward concave and almost shaped as obtuse angle, posterior margin straight and lateral margin curved to lateral lobes; lateral lobes of pronotum somewhat flat and conspicuously inward curved posteriorly. Elytral long and longer than three times of the total length of head and pronotum. Lateral margins of elytral almost straight. CuA vein long and the transvers portion broadly arched. Harp area large and harp veins two. Diagonal vein somewhat arc-like. Mirror large and slightly oval shaped. Dividing vein arched and dividing anterior portion larger than the posterior. Apical field rather short, almost as long as the half of mirror and possessing with few of cell. Hindwings present and long, with uncovered portion as long as forewings. Fore tibia only armed with outer tympana, large and shaped as longitudinal oval; the part of inner tympana should present depressed and somewhat crescent. Tarsus very short and as half-length of tibia. Hind tibia short, as half-length of hind femur; subapical spurs five or six, those presenting apically or proximally varied in size. Hind proximal tarsus armed with two rows of spines, numbered five or six respectively and right-left asymmetry. Cercus short and nearly as long as hind tibia. Coloration. Body colored yellowish brown and ornamented with brown spots or stripes. Vertex and occiput possessing brown and transvers stripes, and several irregular transvers stripes presenting between them. Frons armed with a brown and oval-shaped patch in the middle, which surrounded by ocelli and eyes. Eyes dark brown. Clypeus almost yellowish brown and just armed with few of brown patch under low margin of antennal scape. Pronotum yellowish brown and only colored brown in blade-shaped patterns and portions around them. Fore and middle legs yellowish brown; most parts of hind legs yellowish brown, but dorsum of hind femur ornamented with brown spots medially and apically, and spurs on tibia, spines on tarsus as well as claw colored brown apically. Abdominal tergites and thoracic pleura dark brown, and ventral portions yellowish brown. Genitalia. Genitalia very similar to Modicogryllus species. Epiphallus widened, with thin lateral lobes and without middle lobe. Epiphallic lateral lobe proximally broad, narrowed at middle and tapering and with acute end. The middle of epiphallus very wide and somewhat longitudinal long, with inner (proximal) part shaped as obtuse angle. Ectoparamere proximally stick-like, middle portions widened and armed with lateral lobe, and apical portions depressed laterally, inwards curved and with acute tip. Female unknown.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF840A0BBDD9FD408D6CA525.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name refers to the locality where discovered it.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF840A0BBDD9FD408D6CA525.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species possesses genitalia which is very similar to the species of Modicogryllus, but in Modicogryllus the epiphallus and ectoparamere are shaped simply, and those of the new are varied in thickness and appendant. Of the Modicogryllus, the new one bears endoparamere resembling Modicogryllus pseudocyprius Gorochov, 1996. Then, there are three species of the genus Gryllodinus Bolívar, 1927 worldwide and male’s genitalia of all of these species are rather distinct, and that of the new species is similar to Gryllodinus odicus (Uvarov, 1911) (Gorochov, 1979: figs 7 – 9). Comparing with G. odicus, epiphallic lateral lobes of the new rather outwardly expanded proximally and the constricting portion in the middle papillary, and these of G. odicus are simple. In addition, the new species owns similar coloration with Turanogryllus lateralis (Fieber, 1853), it might be the result of the similarity of habitat environment.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF860A0BBDD9FD8D8CD5A34B.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Gryllus bordigalensis Latreille, 1804 Included species: Eumodicogryllus chinensis (Weber, 1801) (= E. bordigalensis syn. nov., E. chivensis syn. nov.), Eumodicogryllus turcomanorum (Semenov, 1915), Eumodicogryllus theryi (Chopard, 1943) and Tartarogryllus vicinus Chopard, 1968.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF860A0BBDD9FD8D8CD5A34B.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The name Eumodicogryllus was proposed as a subgenus of the genus Modicogryllus (Gorochov, 1986) and later elevated as a genus (Defaut, 2001). The species of the genus bear a clypeal suture which is shaped as an angle. At the beginning, Gorochov (Gorochov, 1986) included Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis (= burdigalensis) Latreille, 1804, Eumodicogryllus chivensis (Tarbinsky, 1930) and Tartarogryllus vicinus Chopard, 1968 into this genus. Then, Eumodicogryllus theryi (Chopard, 1943) was moved into this genus (Gorochov & Llorente, 2001). But there is one species, Acheta chinensis Weber, 1801, that has been forgotten after it was misapplied synonymy (Chopard, 1967; Cigliano, et al., 2021). We re-established this species name here and proposed two junior synonyms, E. bordigalensis syn. nov. and E. chivensis syn. nov., of it.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF860A0BBDD9FB2E8A34A13E.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 D, E; 7 A – C; 8 A – C)	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF810A0CBDD9FD318D62A3AB.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype information. Type locality: Afghanistan, Herat, Bala Murghab. Deposited at the Moravské zemské Museum, Brno, Czech (not examined).	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF810A0CBDD9FD318D62A3AB.taxon	discussion	Remarks: When proposed this species, Chopard (1968: 276) indicated that it is difficult to distinguish it from E. bordigalensis (= burdigalensis) unless using male’s genitalia to identify them. When established the subgenus Eumodicogryllus, Gorochov (1986) arranged this species in the taxon, but it is not included in the elevated genus Eumodicogryllus now (Cigliano, et al., 2021). According to features of its epiphallus (referring to Chopard, 1968: 275, Fig. 1), this species should be placed in Eumodicogryllus as done by Gorochov (1986) because it does not possess the characters of Tartarogryllus.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF810A0CBDD9FB0F8ECCA15C.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Modicogryllus nigrivertex (= Svercacheta siamensis) Kaltenbach, 1979 Included species: Svercacheta siamensis (Chopard, 1961) and Modicogryllus semiobscurus (Chopard, 1961).	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF810A0CBDD9FB0F8ECCA15C.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Similar to most of Modicogryllus species, fronto-clypeal suture of Svercacheta species is very weakly curved. Gorochov (1993) emphasized the distinct feature of the genus is the very large spermatophore sac (Figs. 11 A – C). We observed features of type species and Modicogryllus semiobscurus Chopard, 1961 and found that, except of spermatophore sac, they possess similar forms of epiphallus and ectoparamere. Thus, we transfer the latter species into this genus.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF810A0EBDD9F9568C71A1BE.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 C, G; 2 A, B; 10 A, B; 11 A – F)	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF810A0EBDD9F9568C71A1BE.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype information. Type locality: Sri Lanka. Deposited at the Natural History Museum (BMNH), London, U. K. (not examined).	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF810A0EBDD9F9568C71A1BE.taxon	description	Measurements. Male (n = 3): BL 12.32 ± 0.70, HL 1.87 ± 0.10, HW 3.33 ± 0.08, PL 2.19 ± 0.37, PW 3.56 ± 0.16, FWL 6.99 ± 0.20, FWW 3.82 ± 0.13, MTL 2.81 ± 0.06, HFL 6.71 ± 0.09 Description. Male. Body sized medium in Gryllinae species. Head longer than pronotum. Occiput somewhat broad and flatten, vertex slightly inclined. Frons somewhat convex and about 1.5 times of antennal scape. Antennal scape transverse wide and almost shaped as rectangular. Clypeus depressed and conspicuously lower than frons; Postclypeus (top portion of clypeus) longitudinally narrow and band-shaped. Mandible strong. End section of maxillary palpus equal to the length of the third; end section of labial palpus almost equal to the total length of remainder two. Pronotum transverse and almost two times wider than length. Anterior margin of pronotum slightly concave and posteriorly straight, with lateral margins slightly inclined and fold down. Lateral lobes of pronotum almost flatten with anterior and posterior slightly concave. Basal field of elytra very small and as 2 / 3 length of pronotum. Oblique veins two. Diagonal vein nearly straight. Mirror obviously longer than width, somewhat rectangular-like but bottom margin pointed round; dividing vein separating hind portion almost triangular-like. Apical field nearly equal to the length of mirror. Hind wings present and uncovered portion obviously longer than cercus. Cercus long and longer than hind tibia. Outer tympana large and longitudinal oval-like; inner tympana rather small and oval-like. Hind tibia almost equal to the length of hind femur. Subapical spurs six pairs and inner proximal one always absent. Coloration. Body colored brown and ornamented with dark brown on head and pronotum. Occiput light brown and ornamented with six fine longitudinal stripes colored yellowish-brown. Area between eyes dark brown and a thin yellowish-brown line between lateral ocelli. Areas between frons and clypeus dark brown, but median ocellus yellowish-brown and a longitudinal fine stripe under median ocellus which colored yellowish-brown. Pronotum dark brown and distributed yellowish-brown spots on the middle and posterior; lateral lobe of pronotum dark brown with bottom margin yellowish-brown. Elytra yellowish-brown and hind wings almost white. Abdomen dorsally and laterally dark brown and ventrally yellowish-brown, but subgenital plate and cercus colored brown. Fore legs almost yellowish-brown and hind legs colored darker, hind femur ornamented with oblique stripes outside. Genitalia. Epiphallus without media lobe, lateral lobes far from each other and jointed by a transverse bridge. Inner margin of epiphallic lateral lobe straight. In lateral view, lateral lobes upward pointed and acute apically. Ectoparamere developed and, in dorsal view, the tips forked. In lateral view, ectoparamere curved dorsally and always touching epiphallic lateral lobes. Females Very similar with male. Apex of ovipositor slightly smooth (Figs. 1 C, G).	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF810A0EBDD9F9568C71A1BE.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined. male, Hainan, Yinggeling, viii- 4 - 2010, Jiang, Chaozhong coll. (SNNU); male, Guangdong, Fengkai, Heishiding, x- 4 - 2014, Zhang, Tao coll. (SNNU); male, Sichuan, Chuanshan, x- 7 - 2015, Liu, Yang coll. (SNNU).	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF810A0EBDD9F9568C71A1BE.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species was used to identified as Tartarogryllus minusculus Walker, 1869 in China for a long time (He, 2018; Yin & Liu, 1995). Gorochov (2017) considered this species is a synanthropic species and widely distributed in many tropical regions, such as Thailand, the Andaman Islands, Hawaii, Vietnam, Cambodia, South China, continental India, Sri Lanka, South Iran and Oman.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF830A10BDD9F9348D44A028.taxon	description	(Figs. 12 A, B; 13 A – C)	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF830A10BDD9F9348D44A028.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype information. Type locality: India, Assam, Ledo. Deposited at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, US (not examined).	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF830A10BDD9F9348D44A028.taxon	description	Measurements. Male (n = 5): BL 12.73 ± 0.52, HL 2.09 ± 0.12, HW 3.58 ± 0.19, PL 2.32 ± 0.13, PW 3.97 ± 0.36, FWL 7.48 ± 0.38, FWW 4.18 ± 0.25, MTL 2.83 ± 0.27, HFL 7.35 ± 0.28 Description. Male. Body sized medium in Gryllinae species. Head almost as long as pronotum. Occiput broad and flatten, vertex weakly inclined. Frons rounded and convex, and slightly wider than antennal scape. Antennal scape transverse and somewhat rounded. Postclypeus (top portion of clypeus) band-like with anteclypeus (lower portions) depressed. Labrum shield-like, laterally convex and apically rounded. End section of maxillary palpus longer than the third; end section of labial palpus conspicuously longer than the total length of proximal two. Pronotum transverse, broad and flattened dorsally, slightly longer than the half of width, and laterally inclined and folding down; lateral lobes somewhat flattened with lower margins inward depressed. Elytra short and not reaching abdominal tip. Elytral surface tapering with lateral margins almost arched. Basal field small and short, which nearly as half-length of pronotum. Diagonal vein straight and almost fusing a line with the outer margin of mirror. Mirror longer than width and slightly shaped as rectangular, with bottom pointed round. Apical field very short and shorter than mirror. Hind wings present and long, but not longer than cercus. Cercus thin and long, and almost equal to hind femur. Outer tympana large and longitudinal ovoid; inner tympanum small and ovoid. Hind femur conspicuously longer than tibia. Subapical spurs six pairs, short and small, and the inner proximal one always absent but the corresponding one in outside present. Hind tarsus armed with two rows of dorsal spines and outside ones more than the inner ones. Coloration. Body colored yellowish-brown and ornamented with dark brown patterns. Occiput yellowishbrown and ornamented with seven large brown spots. Area between eyes ornamented with a broad dark brown band, and a yellowish-brown line between lateral ocelli. Frons almost dark brown and only median ocellus and around portions yellowish-brown. The middle of postclypeus (dorsal part of clypeus) brown and gradually changing to yellowish-brown; anteclypeus (lower portion of clypeus), including labrum colored yellowish-brown. Mandible yellowish-brown and colored dark apically. Pronotum yellowish brown and ornamented with dark brown spots; pronotal lateral lobes dark brown and about 1 / 3 lower portions yellowish-brown. Elytra yellowish-brown and ornamented with brown stripes laterally. Abdomen dark brown dorsally and laterally, and yellowish brown ventrally. Subgenital plate colored brown and cercus yellowish brown. Legs yellowish brown and ornamented with few of dark spots, and hind femur ornamented with dark spots and stripes dorsally and outward. Genitalia. Epiphallus without median lobe, and lateral lobes far away from each other and the gap between them somewhat shaped as rectangular. In lateral view, epiphallic lateral lobe obviously thick and short, and armed with a short and obtuse papillary. Ectoparamere sheet-like and curved upward along with epiphallic lateral lobes. Female unknown.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF830A10BDD9F9348D44A028.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined. 1 male, Guangdong, Nanling, viii- 23 - 2010, Wang, Manqiang coll. (SNNU); 5 males, Hainan, Wuzhishan, 690 m, viii- 2 - 2009, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); 1 male, Yunnan, Mengla, Yaoqu, 794 m, vi- 11 - 2009, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); 1 male, Yunnan, Mengla, Yaoqu, 794 m, v- 31 - 2009, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); 1 male, Yunnan, Mengla, Yaoqu, 794 m, v- 29 - 2009, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); 3 males, Yunnan, Mengla, Shangyong, Longmen, 870 m, v- 18 - 2013, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); 1 male, Yunnan, Mengla, Shangyong, Longmen, 870 m, v- 16 - 2013, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); 1 male, Yunnan, Mengla, Yaoqu, 794 m, v- 22 - 2013, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); 1 male, Yunnan, Jinping, Mengla, Xinmeng, 450 m, v- 3 - 2013, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU).	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF830A10BDD9F9348D44A028.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Coloration of this species varied from light to dark. The specimen we describe here is colored light and those darker possess similar patterns with but distinct in ground color. Type locality of M. semiobscurus is India. Chopard (1969) described the holotype and Ingrisch (1998) identified specimens from Thailand as M. semiobscurus and noted differences between specimens from India and Thailand. These differences are mainly in the angle between epiphallic proximal part and lateral lobe, and features of basal part of epiphallus and lateral lobes of epiphallus. According to description and illustration from Chopard (1969) and Ingrisch (1998), we compared male’s genitalia of our specimens with them, epiphallic lateral lobes of the ours are somewhat shorter and thicker (lateral viewed), and the angle between the basal of epiphallus and lateral lobe as well as degree of bending of epiphallic lateral lobes are slightly different.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF9D0A10BDD9F8818D02A0FE.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Gryllus lateralis Fieber, 1853	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF9E0A13BDD9FF708D99A222.taxon	description	(Figs. 14 A – C; 15 A)	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF9E0A13BDD9FF708D99A222.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype information. Type locality: holotype collected from Wushan, Qingdao, Shandong, China; paratype collected from Liaoning, Beijing and Jiangsu. Holotype and paratype deposited at the Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia and two paratypes deposited in the Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (not examined). Materials examined. 2 males, Shandong, Ningjin, ix- 9 – 21 - 1993, Jin, Xingbao et al. coll. (SEM); 1 male, holotype of T. melasinotus, Shaanxi, Yangxian, Wanniuba, viii- 31 - 1994, Li, Kai coll. (SNNU); 1 male, Wuhan, Huangpi, Sushansi, viii- 14 - 2019, Shen, Zihao coll. (SNNU).	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF9E0A13BDD9FA888C36A0AD.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype information. Type locality: China, Taiwan, Koshun. Deposited at Taipei University, Taiwan, China (not examined).	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF9E0A13BDD9FA888C36A0AD.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species seems to be based on the fact that Shiraki compared this species with Velarifictorus asperses (= Gryllodes berthellus Saussure, 1877) (Walker, 1869) when he established it. Dr. Kim, Tae-Woo and Dr. Yang, Jeng-Tze considered it a species of Velarifictorus in their personal communication (Kim, 2012). Orthoptera species file online (Cigliano, et al., 2021) presents a series of photos of the holotype deposited in Taipei University. According to those pictures and morphological characters, both He (2018) and I think it should be in Turanogryllus. When note that T. eous, was mentioned by Bey-Bienko (1956) and indicated the species under the name Gryllodes koshunensis from Taiwan Island is outwardly similar to T. eous.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF9F0A15BDD9FF708DCDA07D.taxon	description	(Figs. 2 E; 15 B; 16 A – C)	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF9F0A15BDD9FF708DCDA07D.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype information. Type locality: Russia south. Deposited at the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria (not examined).	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF9F0A15BDD9FF708DCDA07D.taxon	description	Measurements. Male (n = 3): BL 10.90 ± 0.33, HL 1.40 ± 0.21, HW 2.54 ± 0.10, PL 1.98 ± 0.09, PW 3.39 ± 0.14, FWL 7.43 ± 0.26, FWW 3.40 ± 0.23, MTL 2.43 ± 0.15, HFL 7.06 ± 0.30 Description. Male. Body fusiform and smaller than medium sized Gryllinae species. Head rounded with occiput round and convex; vertex to clypeus shaped as hemisphere, in lateral view, plump and round. Labral apical margin arched. Epistomal suture obviously upward convex and acute angular-like. Frons broad and nearly four times wider than antennal scape. Antennal scape transverse and somewhat rounded. Lateral ocelli large and round, and median ocellus small and half-moon like. Eyes large and elongate with straight posterior margin. Pronotum trapezoid in dorsal view and slightly wider than length. Anterior margin of pronotum broadly concave, posteriorly straight and laterally arched. Lateral lobes of pronotum plump and somewhat flatten. Elytra arched laterally. Base field short and about half length of pronotum. Oblique vein three. Diagonal vein sinuated. Mirror transverse and oval-like; dividing vein separate mirror equally. Apical field long and conspicuously longer than mirror. Cercus slightly long and almost equal to hind tibia. Outer tympana large and long ovoid; inner tympana small and oval-like. Hind tibia slightly shorter than femur. Hind tibia armed with five or six pairs of subapical spurs, and the basal pair sometimes absent, and the inner conspicuously thicker and larger than the outer ones. Subapical spur thicker proximally, tapering and curved inward apically. Coloration. Body colored yellowish-brown and ornamented with much brown patterns on head and pronotum. Vertex and occiput brown, ornamented with six thin stripes colored light. Frons ornamented with a half round pattern colored brown. Eyes dark brown. Pronotum ornamented with a pair of longitudinal brown stripes medially; the lateral area of disc colored yellowish-brown and distributed several brown spots; and brown and wide stripes above lateral lobes. Hind femur ornamented with brown stripes outward and laterally. Genitalia. Epiphallus without median lobe, lateral lobes thick and short but possessing apexes finger-like, thin and long. Gap between epiphallic lateral lobes deeply concave. Ectoparamere complicated and comprised of several sheet or hoot like processes, of which, the largest process broad, laterally depressed and armed with arched apical and bottom margin and an angular dorsal convex; in lateral view, the proximal part possessing a short process outside and a sheet-like inner process which upward curved. Female unknow.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF9F0A15BDD9FF708DCDA07D.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined. 3 males, Xinjiang, Jijihu, viii- 10 – 15 - 2014, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); 14 males and 5 females, Xinjiang, Shihezi, Sanfenchang, viii- 26, Xie, Lingde coll. (SNNU).	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF9F0A15BDD9FF708DCDA07D.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Turanogryllus lateralis (Fieber, 1853) was firstly recorded from southern Russia but without any of illustration, which caused some problem for subsequent research. For example, Randell (1964) studied Turanogryllus eous Bey-Bienko, 1956 from region of Hebei and adjacent places (the information of examined material is ‘ Chao Hant, Chili, China, Aug. 29, 1921, A. P. Jacot’) and identified it as T. lateralis. In addition, Randell used features of genitalia of T. eous to substitute for T. lateralis, causing confusion in studies of related species in East Asia. Yin and Liu (1995) recorded a distribution of T. lateralis in Xinjiang, China, but the genitalia of specimen they illustrated in their book (Yin & Liu, 1995: 142, illustr. 193, 194) is of the species of T. eous but not of T lateralis. In addition, Chopard recorded Turanogryllus aelleni (Chopard, 1954) from Iran and there are several photos of holotype on Orthoptera Species File online (OSF) (Cigliano, et al., 2021). We compared it with specimens at hand and identified that they should be considered as the same species, and we propose that T. aelleni is junior synonym of T. lateralis. In fact, although T. lateralis wide spreads of Old World, we almost found there is less illustration for it and we describe and illustrate this species in detail here.	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF980A14BDD9F8758DD3A2E8.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 A, E; 2 D; 17 A – C; 18 A – D)	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
03F987D7FF980A14BDD9F8758DD3A2E8.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype information. Type locality: Laos, Vientiani. Deposited at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève (MNHN), Paris, France (not examined). Materials examinzed. 1 male, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Menglun, 1000 m, iv- 3 - 2009, Liu, Xianwei et al. coll. (SEM); 1 male, Hainan, Maoyang, Maoxing, 325 m, viii- 5 - 2009, Ma, Libin coll. (NWAFU); 2 males, Yunnan, Banna botanical garden, x- 19 - 2014, Zhang, Tao coll. (SNNU); male, Yunnan, Jinping, Mengla, 385 m, v- 1 - 2013, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); 3 males, Yunnan, Mengla, Menglun, x- 12 – 23, Zhang, Tao coll. (SNNU); male, Yunnan, Mengla, Shangyong, Longmen, 996 m, v- 13 - 2013, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); male, Yunnan, Cangyuan, Banlao, 1134 m, vi- 5 - 2013, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); 2 males, Yunnan, Cangyuan, Banlao, 1170 m, vi- 5 - 2013, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); female, Yunnan, Banna botanical garden, x- 19 - 2014, Zhang, Tao coll. (SNNU); female, Yunnan, Mengla, Menglun, 690 m, v- 23 - 2009, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); female, Yunnan, Mengla, Menglun, 690 m, v- 28 - 2009, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU); female, Yunnan, Mengla, Menglun, x- 12 – 23, Zhang, Tao coll. (SNNU); female, Yunnan, Jinping, Mengla, 385 m, iv- 30 - 2013, Ma, Libin coll. (SNNU).	en	Ma, Libin, Zheng, Yanna, Qiao, Min (2021): Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa 4990 (2): 227-252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.2
