Cercina (grasshopper)
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]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Subfamily: | Caryandinae |
Genus: | Cercina Stål, 1878 |
Synonyms | |
Cledra Bolívar, 1918 |
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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.
- "genus Cercina Stål, 1878". Orthoptera Species File Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0).
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