Spathosterninae
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Spathosterninae is a subfamily of grasshoppers, based on the genus Spathosternum. 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.
==Genera== These three genera belong to the subfamily Spathosterninae: Laxabilla Sjöstedt, 1934 - Australia Paraspathosternum Ramme, 1929 - E. Africa, Madagascar Spathosternum Krauss, 1877 - as above
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