''Cercina'' is an Asian genus of

grasshopper Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago. Grasshopp ...

s in the subfamily Caryandinae (it was placed previously in the

Oxyinae Oxyinae is subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. Species are distributed throughout Africa (including Madagascar) and Australasia. Tribes and Genera According to the Orthoptera Species File there are two clearly defined tribes, O ...

) first described by Carl Stål (1833–1878), a Swedish entomologist.Stål C (1878) ''Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl.'' 5(4): 97. Species records (probably incomplete) are from Sri Lanka, Nepal and Thailand. Species include: # ''

Cercina mussoriensis Cercina () is a ''frazione'' (rural borough) of the municipality of Sesto Fiorentino, in the Metropolitan City of Florence, central Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in ...

'' Prasad & Sinha, 1956 # ''

Cercina obtusa Cercina () is a ''frazione'' (rural borough) of the municipality of Sesto Fiorentino, in the Metropolitan City of Florence, central Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in ...

'' Stål, 1878 - type species # ''

Cercina phillipsi Cercina () is a ''frazione'' (rural borough) of the municipality of Sesto Fiorentino, in the Metropolitan City of Florence, central Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in ...

'' Henry, 1933

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q13459923 Acrididae genera Taxa named by Carl Stål Orthoptera of Asia