Spathosterninae

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]

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

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