Tagasta is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae, subfamily Pyrgomorphinae and tribe Tagastini.[1][2] Species can be found around the Himalayan mountains, southern China, Indo-China and Malesia (including the Philippines).[1] It was described in 1905.[3]

Tagasta
Tagasta marginella in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Pyrgomorphidae
Subfamily: Pyrgomorphinae
Tribe: Tagastini
Genus: Tagasta
Bolívar, 1905
Type species
Mestra hoplosterna
Stål, 1877

Species

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The Orthoptera Species File lists:[1]

  1. Tagasta anoplosterna Stål, 1877
  2. Tagasta brachyptera Liang, 1988
  3. Tagasta celebesica Karsch, 1888
  4. Tagasta gui Yin, Ye & Yin, 2009
  5. Tagasta hoplosterna Stål, 1877
  6. Tagasta indica Bolívar, 1905
  7. Tagasta inornata Walker, 1870
  8. Tagasta insularis Bolívar, 1905
  9. Tagasta longipenne Balderson & Yin, 1987
  10. Tagasta marginella Thunberg, 1815
  11. Tagasta mizoramensis Gupta, Chandra & Yin, 2020
  12. Tagasta nigritibia Mao & Li, 2015
  13. Tagasta rufomaculata Bi, 1983
  14. Tagasta striatipennis Ramme, 1941
  15. Tagasta tonkinensis Bolívar, 1905
  16. Tagasta yunnana Bi, 1983

References

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  1. ^ a b c Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 28 November 2018)
  2. ^ Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  3. ^ Bolívar I (1905) Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 5: 111.