Tagasta
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| Tagasta | |
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| Tagasta marginella in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
Scientific 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 | |
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]