''Rupilius'' is a genus of

crickets Crickets are orthopteran insects which are related to bush crickets and more distantly, to grasshoppers. In older literature, such as Imms,Imms AD, rev. Richards OW & Davies RG (1970) ''A General Textbook of Entomology'' 9th Ed. Methuen 886 ...

in the family Oecanthidae and tribe

Podoscirtini Podoscirtinae is a subfamily of crickets in the family Oecanthidae. Tribes and Genera The ''Orthoptera Species File'' includes two supertribes: supertribe Hapithidi Auth.: Gorochov, 1986 - Americas * tribe Aphonomorphini Desutter-Grandcolas ...

, erected by

Carl Stål Carl Stål (21 March 1833 – 13 June 1878) was a Swedish people, Swedish entomologist specialising in Hemiptera. He was born at Karlberg Castle, Stockholm on 21 March 1833 and died at Frösundavik near Stockholm on 13 June 1878. He was the son ...

in 1876.Stål C (1876) ''Ofv. K. Vetensk. Akad. Forh.'' 33(3): 65. The recorded distribution of the single species ''Rupilius nigrosignatus'' is South-West Africa.

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{{Taxonbar, from1=Q14291610, from2=Q10657868 Ensifera genera Crickets Orthoptera of Africa Monotypic Orthoptera genera