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Pentacentrinae
Proanaxipha madgesuttonae male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Gryllidae
Subfamily:	Pentacentrinae Saussure, 1878
Tribes
Aphemogryllini Hubbell, 1938 Homalogryllini Hubbell, 1938 Nemobiopsini Hubbell, 1938 Pentacentrini Saussure, 1878

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Pentacentrinae is a subfamily of crickets in the family Gryllidae. Sometimes known as 'Silent Litter Crickets', they occur in tropical Asia, Africa and the Americas. The tribe Lissotrachelini Hubbell, 1938 has been moved to the Nemobiinae.

Tribes and Genera

These genera, in four tribes, belong to the subfamily Pentacentrinae:

Aphemogryllini

Distribution: south America

1. Aphemogryllus Rehn, 1918

Homalogryllini

Distribution: Sri Lanka

1. Homalogryllus Chopard, 1925

Nemobiopsini

Authority: Hubbell, 1938

1. Nemobiopsis Bolívar, 1890 - central America
2. Pendleburyella Chopard, 1969 - west Malesia

Pentacentrini

Distribution: Africa, Asia, Australia

1. Apentacentrus Chopard, 1934
2. Orthoxiphus Saussure, 1899
3. Pentacentrodes Bolívar, 1910
4. Pentacentrus Saussure, 1878

tribe not placed

1. Trigonidomimus Caudell, 1912
2. Velapia Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
3. † Eopentacentrus Gorochov, 2010
4. † Grossoxipha Vickery & Poinar, 1994
5. † Proanaxipha Vickery & Poinar, 1994

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

1. ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2023-06-06.
2. ^ "Pentacentrinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
3. ^ "Pentacentrinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
4. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
5. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-12-29.

Further reading

• Capinera, J. L; Scott, R. D.; Walker, T. J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
• Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Orthoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN 978-1-889002-04-0.

• Crickets
• Orthoptera subfamilies