Cercina (Grasshopper)

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Short description: Genus of grasshoppers

Cercina
Scientific classification e
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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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]

  1. Cercina mussoriensis Prasad & Sinha, 1956
  2. Cercina obtusa Stål, 1878 - type species
  3. Cercina phillipsi Henry, 1933

References

  1. ↑ Stål C (1878) Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl. 5(4): 97.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "genus Cercina Stål, 1878". Orthoptera Species File Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0). http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1114186. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13459923 entry



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