{{short description|Genus of grasshoppers}} {{Automatic taxobox |image= |image_caption= |taxon=Pternoscirta |authority=Saussure, 1884<ref name=saussure1884>Saussure (1884) ''Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve'' 28(9): 52, 127.</ref> |display_parents=3 |range_map= |range_map_caption= |type_species=''Acrydium cinctifemur'' |type_species_authority=Walker, 1859 |synonyms=*''Flatovertex'' <small>Zheng, 1981</small> *''Prionidia'' <small>Stål, 1873</small> |synonyms_ref=<ref name=osf/> }}

'''''Pternoscirta''''' is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Oedipodinae and tribe Locustini.<ref name=osf/> The recorded distribution of species includes: India, China, Indochina and Malesia.<ref name=osf>[http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1103278 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 20 April 2022)]</ref>

==Species== The ''Orthoptera Species File'' includes:<ref name=osf/> # ''Pternoscirta bimaculata'' <small>(Thunberg, 1815)</small> – a "temporary name" - Indian Subcontinent<ref name=osf/> # ''Pternoscirta caliginosa'' <small>(Haan, 1842)</small> - China, Vietnam, W. Malesia # ''Pternoscirta cinctifemur'' <small>(Walker, 1859)</small> - '''type species''', locality Sri Lanka # ''Pternoscirta longipennis'' <small>Xia, 1981</small> - China # ''Pternoscirta pulchripes'' <small>Uvarov, 1925</small> - China, Thailand # ''Pternoscirta sauteri'' <small>(Karny, 1915)</small> - Vietnam, Taiwan # ''Pternoscirta villosa'' <small>(Thunberg, 1815)</small> - China

'''Note''': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Pternoscirta''.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://singapore.biodiversity.online/species/A-Arth-Hexa-Orthoptera-000127 Image of ''Pternoscirta caliginosa'' (Haan, 1842)] Biodiversity of Singapore *{{Wikispecies inline}} *{{cite web|title=Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/pternoscirta/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 November 2018}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q10645473}}

Category:Acrididae genera Category:Invertebrates of Southeast Asia Category:Oedipodinae