Pternoscirta

Pternoscirta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Oedipodinae
Tribe:	Locustini
Genus:	Pternoscirta Saussure, 1884
Type species
Acrydium cinctifemur Walker, 1859
Synonyms
Flatovertex Zheng, 1981 Prionidia Stål, 1873

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

Species

The Orthoptera Species File includes:

1. Pternoscirta bimaculata (Thunberg, 1815) – a "temporary name" - Indian Subcontinent
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

External links

• Images at iNaturalist
• Image of Pternoscirta caliginosa (Haan, 1842) Biodiversity of Singapore
• Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 November 2018.