List of INSECTA species in Tanzania
This is a list of INSECTA in Tanzania according to the IUCN Red List.
This list was last updated 2019-09-14
This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.
Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.
| scientific_name | common_name | taxonid | category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onitis tanzaniensis | 21751814 | DD | |
| Phaeocatantops uluguruense | Uluguru Bush Grasshopper | 19673116 | NT |
| Physocrobylus tessa | East Usambara Speckled Grasshopper | 19673127 | CR |
| Unalia fitzgeraldi | Vesey-Fitzgerald's Mysterious Grasshopper | 19673317 | DD |
| Eurycorypha meruensis | African Oblong-eyed Katydid | 20656365 | LC |
| Phymeurus kisuluensis | Kigoma Agile Grasshopper | 116115039 | EN |
| Stenocypha hasta | Mahale Jewel | 59847 | EN |
| Rhainopomma wapugu | Pugu Striped Grasshopper | 19674059 | EN |
| Micromacromia miraculosa | 59916 | CR | |
| Charaxes grahamei | 160275 | LC | |
| Onychogomphus pilosus | 59944 | DD | |
| Clypeodrepanus striatus | 137779 | VU | |
| Copris serius | 137785 | DD | |
| Euschmidtia bidens | Mlingano Monkey Grasshopper | 19673674 | CR |
| Euschmidtia burtti | Burtt's Monkey Grasshopper | 19673677 | CR |
| Euschmidtia dirshi | Dirsh's Monkey Grasshopper | 19673680 | CR |
| Euschmidtia sansibarica | Swahili Monkey Grasshopper | 19673689 | LC |
| Euschmidtia tangana | Tanga Monkey Grasshopper | 19673701 | EN |
| Euschmidtia uvarovi | Usambara Monkey Grasshopper | 19673704 | CR |
| Platycypha auripes | Tanzania Jewel | 60004 | EN |
| Mylothris talboti | Talbot’s Dotted Border | 160393 | LC |
| Allogymnopleurus histrio | 137907 | DD | |
| Euschmidtia viridifasciata | Dar-es-Salaam Monkey Grasshopper | 19673831 | CR |
| Euschmidtia fitzgeraldi | Ufipa Monkey Grasshopper | 19673834 | EN |
| Euschmidtia phippsi | Phipps' Monkey Grasshopper | 19673837 | CR |
| Telipna kigoma | Kigoma Telipna | 160502 | DD |
| Baliochila lequeuxi | Lequeux’s Buff | 160532 | NT |
| Usambilla leptophrygana | Western Striped Grasshopper | 19674008 | LC |
| Proplatycnemis pembipes | 60002 | CR | |
| Chromomastax jagoi | Jagos Monkey Grasshopper | 19673919 | EN |
| Chromomastax movogovodia | Morogoro Monkey Grasshopper | 19673922 | CR |
| Mecostibus burtti | Kingolwera Shortheaded Grasshopper | 19673945 | EN |
| Mecostibus leprosus | Warty Shortheaded Grasshopper | 19673948 | VU |
| Mecostibus sublaevis | Ufipa Shortheaded Grasshopper | 19673954 | NT |
| Dnopherula richardsi | Short-winged Miombo Grasshopper | 107430757 | LC |
| Mecostiboides physalus | East Usambara Earless Grasshopper | 19673959 | EN |
| Usambilla affinis | Uluguru Striped Grasshopper | 19673972 | NT |
| Usambilla haematogramma | Ufipa Striped Grasshopper | 19674002 | VU |
| Usambilla hanangensis | Hanang Striped Grasshopper | 19674005 | NT |
| Usambilla chlorophrygana | Mpwapwa Striped Grasshopper | 19673993 | VU |
| Chromousambilla burtti | Mpwapwa Silent Grasshopper | 19674013 | CR |
| Chromousambilla latistriata | Rukwa Silent Grasshopper | 19674016 | LC |
| Chromousambilla robertsoni | Chenene Silent Grasshopper | 19674019 | NT |
| Chromousambilla veseyi | Ruaha Silent Grasshopper | 19674022 | LC |
| Afroanthracites usambaricus | West Usambara Afroanthracites | 63761320 | VU |
| Altiusambilla modicicrus | Kilimanjaro Striped Grasshopper | 19674027 | LC |
| Rhainopomma magnificum | South Pare Striped Grasshopper | 19674038 | NT |
| Rhainopomma nguruense | Nguru Striped Grasshopper | 19674044 | NT |
| Rhainopomma pseudomontanum | West Usambara Striped Grasshopper | 19674050 | LC |
| Afroanthracites viridis | Green Afroanthracites | 63761348 | NT |
| Acrophymus veseyi | Northern Zambian Agile Grasshopper | 116114382 | LC |
| Amanipodagrion gilliesi | 984 | CR | |
| Gyronotus dispar | 138227 | NT | |
| Physophorina miranda | Bladder grasshopper | 100946964 | EN |
| Proagoderus uluguru | 138359 | EN | |
| Rhainopomma uguenoensis | North Pare Striped Grasshopper | 19674053 | NT |
| Acanthoxia aculeus | Uluguru Slender Grasshopper | 19672351 | EN |
| Acrida bara | Usambara Slant-faced Grasshopper | 19672360 | DD |
| Acridoderes uvarovi | Uvarov's Bird Grasshopper | 19672365 | VU |
| Pneumora inanis | Bladder grasshopper | 100947261 | NT |
| Aerotegmina megaloptera | Coastal Balloon Bushcricket | 63761735 | CR |
| Aerotegmina shengenae | Pare Balloon Bushcricket | 63761740 | NT |
| Acteana alazonica | Tanzanian Coast Grasshopper | 19672398 | EN |
| Afrophlaeoba euthynota | Uluguru Forest Edge Grasshopper | 19672414 | EN |
| Afrophlaeoba longicornis | Rubeho Forest Edge Grasshopper | 19672423 | EN |
| Afrophlaeoba nguru | Nguru Forest Edge Grasshopper | 19672427 | EN |
| Afrophlaeoba usambarica | Usambara Forest Edge Grasshopper | 19672430 | VU |
| Allaga ambigua | Zanzibar Giant Forest Grasshopper | 19672436 | CR |
| Anischnansis burtti | Usambara Splendid Grasshopper | 19672459 | CR |
| Aresceutica morogorica | Uluguru Dusky Grasshopper | 19672464 | EN |
| Aulacobothrus popovi | Wembere Grasshopper | 19672472 | VU |
| Burttia sylvatica | Uluguru Forest Grasshopper | 19672480 | CR |
| Pseudagrion tanganyicum | Tanganyika Sprite | 84381119 | LC |
| Afrophisis flagellata | Flagellate Spider Bushcricket | 63761860 | NT |
| Afrophisis mazumbaiensis | Mazumbai Spider Bushcricket | 63761899 | NT |
| Cardeniopsis regalis | Tanzanian Miombo Grasshopper | 19672561 | VU |
| Catantops tanganus | Tabora Grasshopper | 19672577 | LC |
| Acrotylus apicalis | Usambara Burrowing Grasshopper | 15431203 | VU |
| Chromochokwea fitzgeraldi | Ufipa Blue-winged Grasshopper | 19672611 | VU |
| Coryphosima cytidonota | Kasulu Grasshopper | 19672625 | DD |
| Cyphocerastis uluguruensis | Uluguru Mountain Grasshopper | 19672630 | CR |
| Eupropacris abbreviata | Kilosa Noble Grasshopper | 19672635 | CR |
| Eupropacris pompalis | Usambara Noble Grasshopper | 19672638 | EN |
| Eupropacris uniformis | Udzungwa Noble Grasshopper | 19672641 | VU |
| Eyprepocnemis burtti | Kibariani Flightless Grasshopper | 19672644 | DD |
| Eyprepocnemis reducta | Malagarasi Grasshopper | 19672647 | DD |
| Gymnobothrus oberthuri | Oberthür's Grasshopper | 19672659 | DD |
| Gymnobothrus roemeri | Römer's Gasshopper | 19672662 | DD |
| Afrophisis pseudoflagellata | Pseudoflagellate Spider Bushcricket | 63762011 | EN |
| Afrophisis tanzanica | Tanzanian Spider Bushcricket | 63762015 | NT |
| Hadrolecocatantops uvinza | Uvinza Grasshopper | 19672673 | EN |
| Heteracris coerulipes | Eastern Arc Forest Grasshopper | 19672676 | LC |
| Heteracris trimaculata | Three-spotted Forest Grasshopper | 19672679 | VU |
| Ixalidium transiens | Usambara Drumming Grasshopper | 19672693 | VU |
| Papilio sjoestedti | Kilimanjaro Swallowtail | 16006 | LR/nt |
| Odontomelus brachypterus | Kilimanjaro Woodland Grasshopper | 19672749 | LC |
| Odontomelus mahali | Mahale Woodland Grasshopper | 19672752 | LC |
| Odontomelus micropterus | Iringa Woodland Grasshopper | 19672755 | DD |
| Odontomelus nguruense | Nguru Woodland Grasshopper | 19672759 | LC |
| Odontomelus pareense | South Pare Woodland Grasshopper | 19672762 | DD |
| Acanthothericles bicoloripes | Morogoro Pretty Grasshopper | 19674914 | CR |
| Parepistaurus hanangensis | Hanang Wigwag Grasshopper | 19672912 | VU |
| Parepistaurus intermedius | Intermediate Wigwag Grasshopper | 19672928 | VU |
| Parepistaurus jagoi | West Usambara Wigwag Grasshopper | 19672931 | LC |
| Parepistaurus johnseni | Common Wigwag Grasshopper | 19672934 | LC |
| Parepistaurus lindneri | Kilimanjaro Wigwag Grasshopper | 19672946 | EN |
| Parepistaurus lobicercus | Uluguru Wigwag Grasshopper | 19672949 | LC |
| Parepistaurus pugui | Pugu Wigwag Grasshopper | 19672953 | EN |
| Parepistaurus pygmaeus | East Usambara Wigwag Grasshopper | 19672978 | NT |
| Parepistaurus robertsoni | South Pare Wigwag Grasshopper | 19673006 | NT |
| Parepistaurus uguenoensis | North Pare Wigwag Grasshopper | 19673009 | NT |
| Parepistaurus zanzibaricus | Coastal Wigwag Grasshopper | 19673045 | LC |
| Parodontomelus brachypterus | Southern Forest Grasshopper | 19673058 | VU |
| Parodontomelus luci | Udzungwa Forest Grasshopper | 19673061 | NT |
| Parodontomelus mazumbaiensis | Mazumbai Forest Grasshopper | 19673064 | VU |
| Parodontomelus stoltzei | Kimboza Forest Grasshopper | 19673068 | VU |
| Parodontomelus verticulus | Pugu Forest Grasshopper | 19673071 | EN |
| Phymeurus fitzgeraldi | Tanzanian Agile Grasshopper | 19673078 | LC |
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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups: