| Pirithoicus | |
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| In Bangalore, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Coptacrinae |
| Genus: | Pirithoicus Uvarov, 1940 |
| Species: | P. ophthalmicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pirithoicus ophthalmicus (Karny, 1907)
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| Synonyms1 | |
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Pirithoicus ophthalmicus, the little clown grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper in the family Romaleidae native to southern India.234 It is the only species in the genus Pirithoicus, as another taxa, Pirithous ramachendrai, was synonymized to this one.1
References
References
- "Pirithoicus ophthalmicus (Karny, 1907)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- "Pirithoicus ophthalmicus – photo records". iNaturalist. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- "Pirithoicus ophthalmicus (Karny, 1907) – specimen records". Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- "Pirithoicus ophthalmicus – India Biodiversity Portal observation". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 29 November 2025.