Tafalisca Explained

Tafalisca is a genus of silent bush crickets in the family Oecanthidae. Records for described species in Tafalisca are mostly from Central and South America, with one species from Java.

Species

These species belong to the genus Tafalisca:

• Tafalisca bahama Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
• Tafalisca bahiensis (Saussure, 1878)
• Tafalisca bogotensis (Saussure, 1878)
• Tafalisca brasiliana (Saussure, 1878)
• Tafalisca claudicans (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893)
• Tafalisca crypsiphonus (Saussure, 1878)
• Tafalisca ecuador Gorochov, 2011
• Tafalisca eleuthera Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
• Tafalisca evimon Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
• Tafalisca furfurosa Otte, 2006
• Tafalisca gnophos Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
• Tafalisca heros (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893)
• Tafalisca huanchaca Gorochov, 2017
• Tafalisca lineatipes Bruner, 1916
• Tafalisca lurida F. Walker, 1869 (silent bush cricket) - type species
• Tafalisca maroniensis Chopard, 1930
• Tafalisca mexico Gorochov, 2011
• Tafalisca muta (Saussure, 1878)
• Tafalisca pallidocincta (Kirby, 1890)
• Tafalisca periplanes Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
• Tafalisca porteri Chopard, 1930
• Tafalisca proxima Gorochov, 2011
• Tafalisca rico Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
• Tafalisca virescens (Saussure, 1878) - Java

Further reading

• Book: Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. 2004. Capinera. J. L. Scott. R. D.. Walker. T. J.. Cornell University Press. 978-0-8014-8948-8. registration.