Distribution. China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Japan, Korea; India subcontinent; Indo-China, Malesia. Note. This species is widely distributed in East Asia. In northern China, it is univoltine and overwinters as eggs. In southern China and other tropical areas, they are bivoltine or polyvoltine and overwinter as nymphs. The mandible is allometric. Large male individuals have long mandibles, appearing concave near the clypeus (Ingrisch 1998). However, small male individuals do not have long mandibles, is similar to V. micado (Fig. 1 d).
Sumber: A phylogenetic study of Chinese Velarifictorus Randell, 1964 based on COI gene with describing one new species (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae)