{{short description|Subfamily of grasshoppers}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Spathosternum pygmaeum male.jpg | image_caption = ''Spathosternum pygmaeum'' | taxon = Spathosterninae | authority = Rehn, 1957 | display_parents = 2 }}
'''Spathosterninae'''<ref>Rehn JAG (1957) ''Grasshoppers and Locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia. Family Acrididae: Subfamily Cyrtacanthacrldinae tribes Oxyini, Spathosternini and Praxibulini'' 93.</ref> is a subfamily of grasshoppers, based on the genus ''Spathosternum''.<ref name=itis/> 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.<ref name=OSF/>
==Genera== The ''Orthoptera Species File''<ref name=OSF/> includes two tribes: ;Spathosternini {{Au|Rehn, 1957}} # ''Laxabilla'' <small>Sjöstedt, 1934</small> - Australia # ''Paraspathosternum'' <small>Ramme, 1929</small> - E. Africa, Madagascar # ''Spathosternum'' <small>Krauss, 1877</small> - Africa, India, China, Indochina ===Tristriini=== Auth. Mistshenko, 1945 # ''Beybienkoacris'' {{Au|Storozhenko, 2005}} - Thailand # ''Siamacris'' {{Au|Willemse, 1955}} - Thailand # ''Tenasserimacris'' {{Au|Dawwrueng, Storozhenko & Vitheepradit, 2025}} - Thailand # ''Tristria'' {{Au|Stål, 1873}} – equatorial Africa and Asia (including Indochina and Sulawesi) # ''Tristriella'' {{Au|Descamps & Wintrebert, 1967}} - Madagascar
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=Spathosterninae Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=657560 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | accessdate=2019-10-15 }}</ref>
<ref name=OSF> {{Cite web | accessdate = 22 May 2026 | title = subfamily Spathosterninae Rehn, 1957 | date = 2026 | last1 = Otte | first1 = Daniel | last2 = Cigliano | first2 = Maria Marta | last3 = Braun | first3 = Holger | last4 = Eades | first4 = David C. | url = https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/820471/overview | website = Orthoptera species file online }}</ref> }}
==External links== * {{commons category-inline}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q2918351}}
Category:Acrididae Category:Orthoptera of Africa Category:Orthoptera of Asia Category:Taxa named by James Abram Garfield Rehn Category:Orthoptera subfamilies