Metriogryllacris Explained

Metriogryllacris^[1] is a genus of Orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets' in the subfamily Gryllacridinae, tribe Gryllacridini and the genus group Metriogryllacrae Cadena-Castañeda, 2019. The recorded distribution is currently: Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam and Java and Sulawesi in Malesia.^[2]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists:

subgenus Metriogryllacris Karny, 1937

• species group amitarum (Griffini, 1914)

1. Metriogryllacris amitarum (Griffini, 1914)
2. Metriogryllacris distincta Gorochov, 2004
3. Metriogryllacris nigrilimbis Liu & Bian, 2021

• species group fida Gorochov, 2002

1. Metriogryllacris comes Gorochov, 2002
2. Metriogryllacris fasciata (Ichikawa, 2001)
3. Metriogryllacris fida Gorochov, 2002
4. Metriogryllacris tigris Kim, 2014

• species group gialai Gorochov, 2004

1. Metriogryllacris alia Gorochov, 2004
2. Metriogryllacris gialai Gorochov, 2004
3. Metriogryllacris microptila Gorochov, 2004

• species group permodesta (Griffini, 1914)

1. Metriogryllacris bavi Gorochov, 2004
2. Metriogryllacris darevskyi Gorochov, 2004
3. Metriogryllacris orlovi Gorochov, 2004
4. Metriogryllacris permodesta (Griffini, 1914) - type species (as Gryllacris permodesta Griffini; locality: Mau Son Mountain, Lang Son Province, Vietnam)
5. Metriogryllacris tamdao Gorochov, 2004

• species group not assigned: Metriogryllacris libera (Karny, 1929)

subgenus Xiphilarnaca Ingrisch, 2018

• monotypic Metriogryllacris xiphiura (Karny, 1928) from Java

External links

• Photo at iNaturalist

Notes and References

1. Karny HH (1937) Genera Insectorum 206: 107.
2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1130627 Orthoptera Species File (version 5.0: retrieved 29 December 2020)