Spathosterninae
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| Spathosterninae | |
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| Spathosternum pygmaeum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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]
