# Pirithoicus

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{{Short description|Species of grasshopper}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Little Clown Grasshopper - Pirithoicus ophthalmicus (7).jpg
| image_caption = In [Bangalore](/source/Bangalore), [India](/source/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](/source/grasshopper) in the family [Romaleidae](/source/Romaleidae) native to southern [India](/source/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/>

==References==
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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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