Biology:Pternoscirta

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Short description: Genus of grasshoppers

Pternoscirta
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oedipodinae
Tribe: Locustini
Genus: Pternoscirta
Saussure, 1884[1]
Type species
Acrydium cinctifemur
Walker, 1859
Synonyms[2]
  • Flatovertex Zheng, 1981
  • Prionidia Stål, 1873

Pternoscirta is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Oedipodinae and tribe Locustini.[2] The recorded distribution of species includes: India, China, Indochina and Malesia.[2]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File includes:[2]

  1. Pternoscirta bimaculata (Thunberg, 1815) – a "temporary name" - Indian Subcontinent[2]
  2. Pternoscirta caliginosa (Haan, 1842) - China, Vietnam, W. Malesia
  3. Pternoscirta cinctifemur (Walker, 1859) - type species, locality Sri Lanka
  4. Pternoscirta longipennis Xia, 1981 - China
  5. Pternoscirta pulchripes Uvarov, 1925 - China, Thailand
  6. Pternoscirta sauteri (Karny, 1915) - Vietnam, Taiwan
  7. Pternoscirta villosa (Thunberg, 1815) - China

Note: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pternoscirta.

References

  1. Saussure (1884) Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 28(9): 52, 127.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 20 April 2022)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10645473 entry