Itara

Itara
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Superfamily:	Grylloidea
Family:	Gryllidae
Subfamily:	Itarinae
Genus:	Itara Walker, 1869

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Itara^[1] 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).

The original paper^[1] 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."

The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists a large number of species, grouped into ten subgenera:

• Data related to Itara at Wikispecies
• Specimens of Itara at the British Museum Natural History.