Biology:Spathosterninae
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Short description: Subfamily of grasshoppers
| Spathosterninae | |
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| Spathosternum pygmaeum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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]
Genera
These three genera belong to the subfamily Spathosterninae:[3]
- Laxabilla Sjöstedt, 1934 - Australia
- Paraspathosternum Ramme, 1929 - E. Africa, Madagascar
- Spathosternum Krauss, 1877 - as above
References
- ↑ Rehn JAG (1957) Grasshoppers and Locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia. Family Acrididae: Subfamily Cyrtacanthacrldinae tribes Oxyini, Spathosternini and Praxibulini 93.
- ↑ "Spathosterninae Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=657560. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "subfamily Spathosterninae Rehn, 1957". http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1113617. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2918351 entry
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