Pirithoicus

Species of grasshopper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pirithoicus ophthalmicus, the little clown grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper in the family Romaleidae native to southern India.[2][3][4] It is the only species in the genus Pirithoicus, as another taxa, Pirithous ramachendrai, was synonymized to this one.[1]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Caelifera
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Pirithoicus
In Bangalore, India
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Coptacrinae
Genus: Pirithoicus
Uvarov, 1940
Species:
P. ophthalmicus
Binomial name
Pirithoicus ophthalmicus
(Karny, 1907)
Synonyms[1]
  • Catantopides ophthalmicus (Karny, 1907)
  • Catantops ophthalmicus Karny, 1907
  • Pirithoicus opthalmicus
  • Pirithous ramachendrai Bolívar, 1917
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