# Orthacris

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{{short description|Genus of grasshoppers}}
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|image=Orthacris species of Grasshopper W IMG 4237.jpg
|image_caption=''Orthacris'' sp.
|taxon=Orthacris
|authority=Serville, 1838
|display_parents=3
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'''''Orthacris''''' is a genus of grasshoppers in the family [Pyrgomorphidae](/source/Pyrgomorphidae) and the subfamily [Orthacridinae](/source/Orthacridinae).<ref name="COL"/> Species are found in the Indian subcontinent including Sri Lanka.<ref>[http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1120262 Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 9 April 2018)]</ref>

==Species==
The [Catalogue of Life](/source/Catalogue_of_Life)<ref name="COL"/> and ''Orthoptera Species File'' list the following:
*''[Orthacris ceylonica](/source/Orthacris_ceylonica)'' <small>Kirby, 1914</small>
*''[Orthacris comorensis](/source/Orthacris_comorensis)'' <small>Singh & Kevan, 1965</small>
*''[Orthacris curvicerca](/source/Orthacris_curvicerca)'' <small>Kevan, 1953</small>
*''[Orthacris elongata](/source/Orthacris_elongata)'' <small>Kevan, 1953</small>
*''[Orthacris filiformis](/source/Orthacris_filiformis)'' <small>Bolívar, 1884</small>
*''[Orthacris gracilis](/source/Orthacris_gracilis)'' <small>Kevan, 1953</small>
*''[Orthacris maindroni](/source/Orthacris_maindroni)'' <small>Bolívar, 1905</small>
*''[Orthacris major](/source/Orthacris_major)'' <small>Kevan, 1953</small>
*''[Orthacris elegans](/source/Orthacris_elegans)'' <small>Bolívar, 1902</small>
*''[Orthacris incongruens](/source/Orthacris_incongruens)'' <small>Carl, 1916</small>
*''[Orthacris ramakrishnai](/source/Orthacris_ramakrishnai)'' <small>Bolívar, 1917</small>
*''[Orthacris robusta](/source/Orthacris_robusta)'' <small>Kevan, 1953</small>
*''[Orthacris ruficornis](/source/Orthacris_ruficornis)'' <small>Bolívar, 1902</small>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Grasshoper1.JPG
File:Pulchaadi1.JPG
File:Pulchaadi2.JPG
File:Pulchaadi3.JPG
</gallery>

==References==
<references>
<ref name="COL">{{cite web|title=Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.|url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/orthacris/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 September 2012}}</ref>
</references>

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*{{Wikispecies-inline}}

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Category:Caelifera genera
Category:Pyrgomorphidae

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