Diaphanogryllacris Karny, 1937

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19. Diaphanogryllacris Karny, 1937 (ı•蟋•属)

Diaphanogryllacris: Karny, 1937 . Genera Insectorum, 206: 100; Otte, 2000. Orthoptera Species File 8: Gryllacrididae , Stenopelmatidae , Cooloolidae , Schizodactylidae , Anastostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae : 10; Gorochov & Woznessenskij. 2000[1999], Zoosystematica Rossica, 8(2) 257; Gorochov, Dawwrueng & Artchawakom, 2015. Zoosystematica Rossica, 24(2): 219; Du, Bian & Shi, 2016b. Zootaxa, 4079(4): 448; Du, Bian & Shi, 2016c. Zootaxa, 4175(1): 90; Ingrisch, 2018. Zootaxa, 4510(1): 157; Cadena-Castañeda, 2019. Zootaxa, 4605(1): 13.

Type species: Gryllacris translucens Serville, 1838 .

Diagnosis. Body from medium to large. Coloration rather light, fastigium verticis and pronotum with black and brownish spots, tegmina hyaline (veins yellowish and black), tibiae and abdominal apex blackish. Tegmina and hind wings considerably surpassing apex of abdomen, about twice as long as hind femora or more; vein normal, without black margins or with lighter margin, cells grayish or almost black. Male ninth abdominal terigte large, cup-liked, centre of posterior margin projecting backward, lateral margins with 1 spine respectively directing downward, these spines widely separated from each other, its basal area widened and partly fused with the corresponding tergite; tenth abdominal tergite with 1 pair of short spines, contacting or almost contacting, its apices directing upward; genitalia membranous or almost membranous with a long and thin sclerite on dorsal surface; subgenital plate with styli, not projected between them. Female seventh abdominal sternite specialized, between this sternite and basal area of subgenital plate with membranous bearing some transverse folds.

Species included. The genus currently includes 33 species, and 6 of which are recorded to the Fauna of China.