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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Methiolopsis Rehn, 1957

Type

Praxilla geniculata Stål, 1878 type species by original designation of Methiolopsis Rehn, 1957

Nomenclature (4)

  • Methiolopsis Rehn, 1957: 115.

    type species by original designation Praxilla geniculata Stål, 1878

  • Methiolopsis Rehn, 1957 in Key, 1986: 10.
  • Methiolopsis Rehn, 1957 in Key, 1992: 549.
  • Methiolopsis Rehn, 1957 in Otte, 1995: 126.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Key, K.H.L. (1986) A provisional synonomic list of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 24, 1–47.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1992) A higher classification of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). 1. General introduction and subfamily Oxyinae. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 6(3), 547–551.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1957) In Grasshoppers and Locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia. Family Acrididae: Subfamily Cyrtacanthacrldinae tribes Oxyini, Spathosternini and Praxibulini. CSIRO, Melbourne.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from Methiola Sjöstedt, with suffix -opsis, from Greek ὄψις, aspect or appearance.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
species1023