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Issue: Vol. 4822 No. 3: 6 Aug. 2020
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2020-08-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4822.3.11
Page range: 446–450
Abstract views: 100
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of the genus Tagasta Bolivar, 1905 (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae) from India

Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, ‘M’ Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-,700053, West Bengal, India
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, ‘M’ Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-,700053, West Bengal, India
Faculty of Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2R3, Canada
Orthoptera Pyrgomorphidae Pyrgomorphinae Tagasta new species India

Abstract

Tagasta mizoramensis sp. nov. is described from Dampa Wildlife Sanctuary, Mizoram, India. The type specimens are deposited in the Central Entomological Laboratory, Zoological survey of India.

 

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