{{short description|Genus of grasshoppers}} {{Automatic taxobox |image=Spathosternum pygmaeum male.jpg |image_caption=''Spathosternum pygmaeum'' male |taxon=Spathosternum |authority=Krauss, 1877 |synonyms= }}

'''''Spathosternum'''''<ref>Krauss HA (1877[1878]) ''S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl.'' (Abt. 1) 76(1): 44.</ref> is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae:<ref name="COL"/> subfamily Spathosterninae, with species found in Africa, including Madagascar and tropical Asia.<ref>[http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1113627 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 16 November 2018)]</ref>

==Species== The Catalogue of Life<ref name="COL"/> lists: *''Spathosternum abbreviatum'' <small>Uvarov, 1929</small> *''Spathosternum brevipenne'' <small>Chopard, 1958</small> *''Spathosternum curtum'' <small>Uvarov, 1953</small> *''Spathosternum malagassum'' <small>Dirsh, 1962</small> *''Spathosternum nigrotaeniatum'' <small>Stål, 1876</small> - '''type species''' (as ''Tristria nigro-taeniata'' Stål) *''Spathosternum planoantennatum'' <small>Ingrisch, 1986</small> *''Spathosternum prasiniferum'' <small>Walker, 1871</small> *''Spathosternum pygmaeum'' <small>Karsch, 1893</small> *''Spathosternum venulosum'' <small>Stål, 1878</small>

==References== <references> <ref name="COL">{{cite web|title=Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.|url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/spathosternum/match/1|author=Roskov Y.|author2= Kunze T.|author3=Orrell T.|author4=Abucay L.|author5=Paglinawan L.|author6=Culham A.|author7=Bailly N.|author8=Kirk P.|author9=Bourgoin T.|author10=Baillargeon G.|author11=Decock W.|author12=De Wever A.|editor=Didžiulis V.|publisher=Species 2000: Reading, UK.|year=2011|accessdate=24 September 2012}}</ref> </references>

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Spathosternum|''Spathosternum''}} *{{Wikispecies-inline|Spathosternum|''Spathosternum''}}

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Category:Acrididae Category:Orthoptera of Asia Category:Orthoptera of Africa