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
Methiolopsis geniculata, little black-knees, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Binomial name
Methiolopsis geniculata
(Stål, 1878)

References

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  1. ^ "Methiolopsis". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  2. ^ 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.
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