Spathosterninae

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Spathosterninae
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Spathosternum pygmaeum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Spathosterninae
Rehn, 1957

Spathosterninae [1] is a subfamily of grasshoppers, based on the genus Spathosternum . [2] Within the monotypic tribe Spathosternini there are currently 3 genera and about 12 described species recorded from Africa, the Indian subcontinent, south-east Asia and north-east Australia. [3]

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Genera

These three genera belong to the subfamily Spathosterninae: [3]

References

  1. ↑ Rehn JAG (1957) Grasshoppers and Locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia. Family Acrididae: Subfamily Cyrtacanthacrldinae tribes Oxyini, Spathosternini and Praxibulini 93.
  2. ↑ "Spathosterninae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  3. 1 2 Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "subfamily Spathosterninae Rehn, 1957". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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