Spathosternum pygmaeum Karsch, 1893

Felix, Rob P. W. H. & Massa, Bruno, 2016, Orthoptera (Insecta: Tettigonioidea, Pyrgomorphoidea, Acridoidea) of Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Bale Mountains National Park and other areas of conservation interest in Ethiopia, Zootaxa 4189 (1), pp. 1-59 : 38

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3C3C1242-82BC-4C73-B95E-0232F9603BA4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6057310
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD87C1-FB44-FFB3-C4FC-FF14FD29D6F8
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Spathosternum pygmaeum Karsch, 1893
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Material examined. ETHIOPIA: SNNPR, Keffa , Kaya Kela , 21.IV.2015, on light, B. Massa (1Ƌ); Keffa, Gojeb river (1300 m), 22.IV.2015, B. Massa (1Ƌ) ; SNNPR, Bench Maji , Bebeka Plantation (1370 m), 14.IV.2015, B. Massa (1♀) ; Wollega , Didessa river (1280 m), 11.XI.2010, A. Sciarretta and M. Colacci (1♀) ( BMPC).

Distribution. S. pygmaeum is known from a wide area of tropical Africa west to Senegal ( Descamps & Le Breton 1973); it is newly recorded from Ethiopia.