Metioche (cricket)

Metioche
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Trigonidiidae
Tribe: Trigonidiini
Genus: Metioche
Stål, 1877
Species

> 40 species in 2 subgenera; see text

Synonyms
  • Piestoxiphus Saussure, 1878
  • Litogryllus Hebard, 1926

Metioche is a genus of sword-tail crickets in the tribe Trigonidiini. Species have been found in tropical South America, Africa, Asia and Australia.