Modicogryllus (Promodicogryllus), Gorochov, 1986

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), pp. 227-252 : 232

Subgenus Promodicogryllus Gorochov, 1986

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 .

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.