Methiolopsis geniculata (Stål, 1878) is a animal in the Acrididae family, order Orthoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Methiolopsis geniculata (Stål, 1878)

Methiolopsis geniculata (Stål, 1878)

Methiolopsis geniculata, the only species in the Methiolopsis grasshopper genus, is called little black knees and found in eastern Australia.

Family
Genus
Methiolopsis
Order
Orthoptera
Class
Insecta

About Methiolopsis geniculata (Stål, 1878)

Methiolopsis is a genus of grasshoppers that belongs to the family Acrididae. There is only one species classified within this genus: Methiolopsis geniculata, which was first described by Stål in 1878. This species is sometimes known by the common name "little black knees," and it is found in eastern Australia.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae Methiolopsis

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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