Tanita Explained

Tanita is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae, which lives in Africa.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[1] lists the following:

1. Tanita brachyptera Bolívar, 1912
2. Tanita breviceps (Bolívar, 1882) - type species (as Pyrgomorpha breviceps Bolívar, I., by subsequent designation^[2])
3. Tanita lineaalba (Bolívar, 1889)
4. Tanita loosi Bolívar, 1904
5. Tanita parva Kevan, 1962
6. Tanita purpurea Bolívar, 1904
7. Tanita rosea (Bolívar, 1908)
8. Tanita stulta Bolívar, 1912
9. Tanita subcylindrica (Bolívar, 1882)

Notes and References

1. orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1110767 Orthoptera Species File
2. Kirby WF (1910 A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2): 674 pp.