{{Short description|Species of grasshopper}} {{Speciesbox | image = Little Clown Grasshopper - Pirithoicus ophthalmicus (7).jpg | image_caption = In Bangalore, India | display_parents = 2 | genus = Pirithoicus | parent_authority = Uvarov, 1940 | species = ophthalmicus | authority = (Karny, 1907) | synonyms = {{species list |Catantopides ophthalmicus |(Karny, 1907) |Catantops ophthalmicus |Karny, 1907 |Pirithoicus opthalmicus | |Pirithous ramachendrai |Bolívar, 1917 }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=GBIF>{{GBIF |title=''Pirithoicus ophthalmicus'' (Karny, 1907) |id=8218970 |access-date=28 November 2025}}</ref> }}
'''''Pirithoicus ophthalmicus''''', the '''little clown grasshopper''', is a species of grasshopper in the family Romaleidae native to southern India.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Pirithoicus ophthalmicus'' – photo records |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/757223-Pirithoicus-ophthalmicus/browse_photos |website=iNaturalist |access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pirithoicus ophthalmicus (Karny, 1907) – specimen records |url=https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/821903/specimen_records |website=Orthoptera Species File |access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pirithoicus ophthalmicus – India Biodiversity Portal observation |url=https://indiabiodiversity.org/group/Algae_of_India/observation/show/19099307 |website=India Biodiversity Portal |access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref> It is the only species in the genus '''''Pirithoicus''''', as another taxa, ''Pirithous ramachendrai'', was synonymized to this one.<ref name=GBIF/>
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==External links== * [https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/821903/specimen_records Orthoptera Species File: ''Pirithoicus ophthalmicus''] * [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pirithoicus_ophthalmicus.jpg Wikimedia Commons: ''Pirithoicus ophthalmicus'']
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Category:Coptacrinae Category:Monotypic Orthoptera genera
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