title: Spathosterninae
text: # Spathosterninae
  
  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
  