Velarifictorus ornatus, (Shiraki, 1911)

Chen, Guang-Yu, Shen, Chu-Ze, Liu, Yun-Fei, Liao, Wang & He, Zhu-Qing, 2018, A phylogenetic study of Chinese Velarifictorus Randell, 1964 based on COI gene with describing one new species (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae), Zootaxa 4531 (4), pp. 499-506 : 504-505

V. ornatus ( Shiraki, 1911)

Gryllus ornatus Shiraki, 1911

Modicogryllus ornatus Chopard, 1961

Ƒelarifictorus ornatus Yin & Liu, 1995 Material examined. 1 male, CHINA, Guangxi, Guilin , 20-vii-2015, coll. HE Zhu-Qing ; 1 male, CHINA, Zhejiang, Lin’an , 26-vii-2017, coll. HE Zhu-Qing ; 1 male, CHINA, Jiangsu, Changzhou , 22-viii-2011, coll. HE Zhu-Qing.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Japan, Korea.

Note. This species overwinters as nymphs and is univoltine in Northern China (perhaps bivoltine in Southern China). The white line between lateral ocellus is very thin and sometimes absent ( Fig. 1e ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Ƒelarifictorus spp. in living condition. a, flavifrons; b, arisanicus; c, micado; d, aspersus; e, ornatus; f, dianxiensis; g, beybienkoi.