Spathosternum prasiniferum is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Indomalaya.[1][2]
| Spathosternum prasiniferum | |
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| Spathosternum prasiniferum, Vietnam | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Spathosterninae |
| Genus: | Spathosternum |
| Species: | S. prasiniferum
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| Binomial name | |
| Spathosternum prasiniferum (Walker, 1871)
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Subspecies
editThese subspecies belong to the species Spathosternum prasiniferum:
- Spathosternum prasiniferum prasiniferum (Walker, 1871)
- Spathosternum prasiniferum sinense Uvarov, 1931
- Spathosternum prasiniferum xizangensis Yin, 1982
- Spathosternum prasiniferum yunnanense Wei & Zheng, 2005
Description
edit- Colour: Generally greenish in fresh material; a broad characteristic black band running from behind eyes to pronotum along lateral carinae; tegmina light brown with longitudinal central pale marking; wings hyaline, clouded towards apex; hind femur greenish or rufotestaceous; hind tibia green. [3]
- Head: Convex; fastigium rounded with lateral carinulae slightly raised, more pronounced in males; foveolae obsolete; weak median carina extending over vertex; frontal ridge narrow, parallel sided, sulcated throughout; antenna 21 segmented, shorter than head and pronotum taken together.[3]
- Mesosoma: Pronotum flat, tricarinate, three sulci present, median carina traversed only by hind sulci; prozona almost equal to metazona; posterior margin of pronotum angulated; prosternal process antero-posteriorly compressed, bilobed, inclined backwards, base narrower; mesosternal lobes separate; metasternal lobes contiguous; hind tibia long, hardly dilated, 10-11 spines apart from apical one.[3]
- Metasoma: Cerci short, cylindrical; supra-anal plate blunt with longitudinal groove.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Spathosternum prasiniferum". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2020). "species Spathosternum prasiniferum (Walker, 1871)". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ a b c d "Spathosternum prasiniferum prasiniferum (Walker, 1871) | Species". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
External links
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