# Spathosternum

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{{short description|Genus of grasshoppers}}
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|image=Spathosternum pygmaeum male.jpg
|image_caption=''Spathosternum pygmaeum'' male
|taxon=Spathosternum
|authority=[Krauss](/source/Hermann_August_Krauss), 1877
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'''''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](/source/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](/source/Catalogue_of_Life)<ref name="COL"/> lists:
*''[Spathosternum abbreviatum](/source/Spathosternum_abbreviatum)'' <small>Uvarov, 1929</small>
*''[Spathosternum brevipenne](/source/Spathosternum_brevipenne)'' <small>Chopard, 1958</small>
*''[Spathosternum curtum](/source/Spathosternum_curtum)'' <small>Uvarov, 1953</small>
*''[Spathosternum malagassum](/source/Spathosternum_malagassum)'' <small>Dirsh, 1962</small>
*''[Spathosternum nigrotaeniatum](/source/Spathosternum_nigrotaeniatum)'' <small>Stål, 1876</small> - '''type species''' (as ''[Tristria](/source/Tristria) nigro-taeniata'' Stål)
*''[Spathosternum planoantennatum](/source/Spathosternum_planoantennatum)'' <small>Ingrisch, 1986</small>
*''[Spathosternum prasiniferum](/source/Spathosternum_prasiniferum)'' <small>Walker, 1871</small>
*''[Spathosternum pygmaeum](/source/Spathosternum_pygmaeum)'' <small>Karsch, 1893</small>
*''[Spathosternum venulosum](/source/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

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