Indotrella Gorochov, 2003

Meena, Ashok Kumar, Swaminathan, Rajamani & Nagar, Rajendra, 2020, Notes on some lesser known crickets of the tribe Podoscirtini (Podoscirtinae: Gryllidae: Orthoptera) from India, Zootaxa 4821 (1), pp. 49-70 : 54

Indotrella Gorochov, 2003

Type species: Indotrella angusta Gorochov, 2003 .

Diagnosis ( Gorochov, 2003): Body size medium, blackish brown in colour with legs yellowish. Head small with and without a dark brown ornament on upper surface, narrow rostrum on the head in between antennal cavities, but in some species more or less equal to antennal scape, ocelli arranged in a triangle, 4 th segment of the maxillary palpi much shorter than the 3 rd and 5 th segments, maxillary palpi pubescent. Anterior parts of pronotum strongly narrow and posteriorly widening with brownish colour (brown small spots on the lateral side) with different shape of marking dorsally. Tegmina with variable shape of mirror and presenting conspicuous brownish spots around the mirror, on the chords and behind plectrum, hind wings longer than tegmina. Outer tympanum oval shaped and inner tympana narrow, with slit-like opening on the fore tibiae; hind femora feebly swollen and tibiae with 4-6 sub-apical spurs. Metanotal gland is well-developed with long hairs, and is yellowish brown in colour. Male genitalia: supra anal plate simple with small to large membranous centre, the apex of genital plate rounded, narrow with small hairs and the epiphallus either longer than wide or wider than long with two pairs of apical epiphallus lobes; guiding rod long and wide, semimembranous, freely movable with respect to epiphallus; endoparameral apodemes rather short, connected with mold of spermatophore attachment plate; this mold fused with base of guiding rod and provided with long apodeme; ectoparameres absent.

Composition: The generic name Indotrella was established by A V Gorochov, 2003 for the first time with Indotrella angusta Gorochov, 2003 as the type species by original designation. At present, it includes 2 species ( Cigliano et al., 2019) viz., Indotrella angusta Gorochov, 2003 ( India) and Indotrella maindroni Chopard, 1928 ( India) .