Insecta - Orthoptera - Episactidae
Full reference: D. E. Perez, B. Hierro, G. O. Dominici and D. Otte. 1997. New Eumastacid Grasshopper Taxa (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae: Episactinae) from Hispaniola, Including a Fossil New Genus and Species from Dominican Amber. Journal of Orthoptera Research (6)139-151
Belongs to Tainacris according to D. E. Perez et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Tainacris divergentis, Tainacris quisqueiana
Type specimen: 7 xii, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Maershan village, Laiyang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siliciclastic in the Laiyang Formation of China.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tainacris nitaina in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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