Itara Walker F (1869) Catalogue of the specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria and supplement to the Blattariae in the collection of the British Museum. London, vol.1: 64. is an Asian genus of crickets, and typical of the subfamily Itarinae. Species can be found in India, southern China, Indo-China and West Malesia (including Borneo).
Description The original paper states that the females have: "Body fusiform, tomentose. Head and prothorax small. Head shining, short, rounded in front, as broad as the fore border of the prothorax. Eyes moderately large, near the hind border, slightly elongated, not prominent. Third joint of the maxillary palpi clavate, shorter than the second. Antennas slender. Prothorax narrower in front, much broader than long; lateral keels well defined; sides slightly rounded. Cerci full as long as the abdomen. Anterior legs rather short and stout. Hind wings moderately long; tibiae with three spurs on each side; tarsi with the usual structure. Fore wings somewhat broad, extending rather beyond the abdomen; transverse sectors beyond the tympanum numerous and regular. Hind wings extending somewhat beyond the fore wings."
Species The Orthoptera Species FileOrthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 17 February 2019) lists a large number of species, grouped into ten subgenera:
Itara (Bornitara) Gorochov, 1997 Itara borneoensis Gorochov, 1997 Itara chopardi Gorochov, 1997 Itara copiosa Gorochov, 2007 Itara kalimantanensis Gorochov, 1997 Itara latipennis Chopard, 1930 Itara sabahensis Gorochov, 1997 Itara sarawakensis Gorochov, 1997 Itara trusmadi Gorochov, 2007 Itara (Gryllitara) Chopard, 1931 Itara ampla Gorochov, 2001 Itara curupi Gorochov, 2009 Itara denudate Ma & Zhang, 2015 Itara diligens Gorochov, 1997 Itara pendleburyi (Chopard, 1931) Itara (Inditara) Gorochov, 2009 Itara indiae Gorochov, 2009 Itara (Itara) Walker, 1869 Itara abdita Gorochov, 1996 Itara aperta Gorochov, 1996 Itara basidentata Ma & Zhang, 2015 Itara communis Gorochov, 1997 Itara dicrana Ma & Zhang, 2015 Itara distincta Gorochov, 1997 Itara kirejtshuki Gorochov, 1997 Itara korotyaevi Gorochov, 1997 Itara minor Chopard, 1925 Itara mjobergi Chopard, 1930 Itara palawanensis Gorochov, 2004 Itara sericea Walker, 1869 - type species Itara tioman Gorochov, 2013 Itara vietnamensis Gorochov, 1985 Itara (Maxitara) Gorochov, 2001 Itara kinabalu Gorochov, 2013 Itara latiapex Gorochov, 2007 Itara maxima Gorochov, 2001 Itara megacephala Gorochov, 2007 Itara parallela Gorochov, 2007 Itara (Micritara) Gorochov, 1997 Itara denticulata Chopard, 1940 Itara minuta Chopard, 1940 Itara (Noctitara) Gorochov, 1997 Itara nocturna Gorochov, 1988 Itara pacholatkoi Gorochov, 1997 Itara sonabilis Gorochov, 1996 Itara thailandensis Gorochov, 1997 Itara (Phormincter) Saussure, 1878 Itara finitima Gorochov, 2007 Itara ivanovi Gorochov, 2008 Itara johni Gorochov, 1997 Itara kerzhneri Gorochov, 1997 Itara major Chopard, 1930 Itara melanocephala Gorochov, 1988 Itara microcephala (Haan, 1842) Itara mira Gorochov, 2007 Itara popovi Gorochov, 1997 Itara proxima Gorochov, 1997 Itara raggei Gorochov, 1997 Itara similis Gorochov, 1988 Itara uvarovi Gorochov, 1997 Itara (Singitara) Gorochov, 1997 Itara nigra Gorochov, 1997 Itara singularis Gorochov, 1997 Itara (Tinnitara) Gorochov, 2007 Itara sympatrica Gorochov, 2007 Itara tinnula Gorochov, 2007
References
External links
Specimens of Itara at the British Museum Natural History.