# Pternoscirta

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{{short description|Genus of grasshoppers}}
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|taxon=Pternoscirta
|authority=Saussure, 1884<ref name=saussure1884>Saussure (1884) ''Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve'' 28(9): 52, 127.</ref>
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|type_species=''[Acrydium cinctifemur](/source/Pternoscirta_cinctifemur)''
|type_species_authority=[Walker](/source/Francis_Walker_(entomologist)), 1859
|synonyms=*''Flatovertex'' <small>Zheng, 1981</small>
*''Prionidia'' <small>Stål, 1873</small>
|synonyms_ref=<ref name=osf/>
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'''''Pternoscirta''''' is a genus of [grasshoppers](/source/grasshoppers) in the family [Acrididae](/source/Acrididae), subfamily Oedipodinae and tribe [Locustini](/source/Locustini).<ref name=osf/> The recorded distribution of species includes: India, China, [Indochina](/source/Indochina) and [Malesia](/source/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](/source/Pternoscirta_bimaculata)'' <small>(Thunberg, 1815)</small> – a "temporary name" - Indian Subcontinent<ref name=osf/>
# ''[Pternoscirta caliginosa](/source/Pternoscirta_caliginosa)'' <small>(Haan, 1842)</small> - China, Vietnam, W. Malesia
# ''[Pternoscirta cinctifemur](/source/Pternoscirta_cinctifemur)'' <small>(Walker, 1859)</small> - '''type species''', locality Sri Lanka
# ''[Pternoscirta longipennis](/source/Pternoscirta_longipennis)'' <small>Xia, 1981</small> - China
# ''[Pternoscirta pulchripes](/source/Pternoscirta_pulchripes)'' <small>Uvarov, 1925</small> - China, Thailand
# ''[Pternoscirta sauteri](/source/Pternoscirta_sauteri)'' <small>(Karny, 1915)</small> - Vietnam, Taiwan
# ''[Pternoscirta villosa](/source/Pternoscirta_villosa)'' <small>(Thunberg, 1815)</small> - China

'''Note''': A [binomial authority](/source/binomial_nomenclature) in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Pternoscirta''.

==References==
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==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}}
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Category:Acrididae genera
Category:Invertebrates of Southeast Asia
Category:Oedipodinae

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