Cercina (grasshopper)
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of grasshoppers
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Caryandinae |
| Genus: | Cercina Stål, 1878 |
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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]
- 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.
- ↑ 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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