Pirithoicus
Species of grasshopper
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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]
| Pirithoicus | |
|---|---|
| In Bangalore, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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] | |
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