Cercina (grasshopper)
| Cercina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Caryandinae |
| Genus: | Stål, 1878 |
| Synonyms | |
| Cledra Bolívar, 1918 | |
| External image | |
|---|---|
 Image at iNaturalist |
Cercina is a genus of Asian grasshoppers in the subfamily Caryandinae (it was placed previously in the Oxyinae) first described by Carl Stål (1833–1878), a Swedish entomologist.[1] Species records (probably incomplete) are from Sri Lanka, Nepal and Thailand.[2]
Species include:[2]
- Cercina mussoriensis Prasad & Sinha, 1956
- Cercina obtusa Stål, 1878 - type species
- Cercina phillipsi Henry, 1933
References
- ^ Stål C (1878) Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl. 5(4): 97.
- ^ a b "genus Cercina Stål, 1878". Orthoptera Species File Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0).