Biology:Spathosterninae

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Spathosterninae[1] is a subfamily of grasshoppers, based on the genus Spathosternum.[2] It consists of tribe Spathosternini (currently with 3 genera) and the Tristiini (previously placed in the Tropidopolinae); species are recorded from Africa, Asia and Australia.[3]

Genera

The Orthoptera Species File[3] includes two tribes:

Spathosternini Rehn, 1957
  1. Laxabilla Sjöstedt, 1934 - Australia
  2. Paraspathosternum Ramme, 1929 - E. Africa, Madagascar
  3. Spathosternum Krauss, 1877 - Africa, India, China, Indochina

Tristriini

Auth. Mistshenko, 1945

  1. Beybienkoacris Storozhenko, 2005 - Thailand
  2. Siamacris Willemse, 1955 - Thailand
  3. Tenasserimacris Dawwrueng, Storozhenko & Vitheepradit, 2025 - Thailand
  4. Tristria Stål, 1873 – equatorial Africa and Asia (including Indochina and Sulawesi)
  5. Tristriella Descamps & Wintrebert, 1967 - Madagascar

References

  1. ↑ Rehn JAG (1957) Grasshoppers and Locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia. Family Acrididae: Subfamily Cyrtacanthacrldinae tribes Oxyini, Spathosternini and Praxibulini 93.
  2. ↑ "Spathosterninae Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=657560. Retrieved 2019-10-15. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2026). "subfamily Spathosterninae Rehn, 1957". https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/820471/overview. Retrieved 22 May 2026. 

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