Metriogryllacris (Metriogryllacris) amitarum species group

Diagnosis. Tegmina slightly shortened, but obviously longer than pronotum. Hooks of male ninth abdominal tergite pressed each other, immobile, its apices directing ventrad. Female seventh abdominal tergite with transverse fold covering unpaired depression; subgenital plate not fused with the preceding sternite, with 1 pair of tubercles.

(51) Metriogryllacris (Metriogryllacris) amitarum (Griffini, 1914) (黑背姬蟋•)

Gryllacris amitarum: Griffini, 1914a . Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 38: 100; Karny, 1930a. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 44: 47.

Metriogryllacris amitarum: Karny, 1937 . Genera Insectorum, 206: 106; Jin & Xia, 1994. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 3:17; Gorochov, 2004. Entomological Review, 84(8): 904; Kim & Pham, 2014. Zootaxa, 3811(1): 68; Ingrisch, 2018. Zootaxa, 4510(1): 216; Cadena-Castañeda, 2019. Zootaxa, 4605(1): 76.

Kind of type: syntype; Type locality: Northern Vietnam (Tonkin: Than Moi and Montes Mauson); Location of type specimen: NMW .

Distribution. Fujian?, Guangdong (Fengkai), Guangxi (Xing'an), Hunan (Zhangjiajie); Vitenam.