Pternoscirta
{{short description|Genus of grasshoppers}}
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|taxon=Pternoscirta
|authority=Saussure, 1884Saussure (1884) Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 28(9): 52, 127.
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|type_species=Acrydium cinctifemur
|type_species_authority=Walker, 1859
|synonyms=*Flatovertex Zheng, 1981
- Prionidia Stål, 1873
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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.[http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1103278 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 20 April 2022)]
Species
The Orthoptera Species File includes:
- Pternoscirta bimaculata (Thunberg, 1815) – a "temporary name" - Indian Subcontinent
- Pternoscirta caliginosa (Haan, 1842) - China, Vietnam, W. Malesia
- Pternoscirta cinctifemur (Walker, 1859) - type species, locality Sri Lanka
- Pternoscirta longipennis Xia, 1981 - China
- Pternoscirta pulchripes Uvarov, 1925 - China, Thailand
- Pternoscirta sauteri (Karny, 1915) - Vietnam, Taiwan
- 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
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External links
- [https://singapore.biodiversity.online/species/A-Arth-Hexa-Orthoptera-000127 Image of Pternoscirta caliginosa (Haan, 1842)] Biodiversity of Singapore
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- {{cite web|title=Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.|url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/pternoscirta/match/1|author=Roskov Y.|author2= Kunze T.|author3=Orrell T.|author4=Abucay L.|author5=Paglinawan L.|author6=Culham A.|author7=Bailly N.|author8=Kirk P.|author9=Bourgoin T.|author10=Baillargeon G.|author11=Decock W.|author12=De Wever A.|editor=Didžiulis V.|publisher=Species 2000: Reading, UK.|year=2011|accessdate=24 November 2018}}
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