Spathosternum

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Orthoptera
Subordo: Caelifera
Infraordo: Acrididea
Superfamilia: Acridoidea

Familia: Acrididae
Subfamilia: Spathosterninae
Tribus: Spathosternini
Genus: Spathosternum
Species: S. abbreviatum - S. brevipenne - S. curtum - S. malagassum - S. nigrotaeniatum - S. planoantennatum - S. prasiniferum - S. pygmaeum
Name

Spathosternum Krauss, 1877

Type species: Spathosternum nigrotaeniatum (Stål, 1876)
References
Sitz. ost. Akad. Wiss. Math-naturw. Kl. Abt. 1. 76(1):44

Spathosternum[1] is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae:[2] subfamily Spathosterninae, with species found in Africa, including Madagascar and tropical Asia.[3]

Species

The Catalogue of Life[2] lists:

Spathosternum abbreviatum Uvarov, 1929
Spathosternum brevipenne Chopard, 1958
Spathosternum curtum Uvarov, 1953
Spathosternum malagassum Dirsh, 1962
Spathosternum nigrotaeniatum Stål, 1876 - type species (as Tristria nigro-taeniata Stål)
Spathosternum planoantennatum Ingrisch, 1986
Spathosternum prasiniferum Walker, 1871
Spathosternum pygmaeum Karsch, 1893
Spathosternum venulosum Stål, 1878

References

Krauss HA (1877[1878]) S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. (Abt. 1) 76(1): 44.
Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 16 November 2018)