Methiolopsis is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. The sole species of the genus is Methiolopsis geniculata, sometimes called "little black knees", found in eastern Australia.[1][2]
| Methiolopsis | |
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| Methiolopsis geniculata, little black-knees, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Oxyinae |
| Tribe: | Praxibulini |
| Genus: | Methiolopsis Rehn, 1957 |
| Species: | M. geniculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Methiolopsis geniculata (Stål, 1878)
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References
edit- ^ "Methiolopsis". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2021). "genus Methiolopsis Rehn, 1957". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
External links
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