Pentacentrinae

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 <small>Hubbell, 1938</small> 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 <small>Rehn, 1918</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>

Distribution: Sri Lanka

1. Homalogryllus <small>Chopard, 1925</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>

Nemobiopsini

Authority: Hubbell, 1938

1. Nemobiopsis <small>Bolívar, 1890</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span> - central America
2. Pendleburyella <small>Chopard, 1969</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span> - west Malesia

Pentacentrini

Distribution: Africa, Asia, Australia

1. Apentacentrus <small>Chopard, 1934</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
2. Orthoxiphus <small>Saussure, 1899</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
3. Pentacentrodes <small>Bolívar, 1910</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
4. Pentacentrus <small>Saussure, 1878</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>

tribe not placed

1. Trigonidomimus <small>Caudell, 1912</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
2. Velapia <small>Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
3. † Eopentacentrus <small>Gorochov, 2010</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
4. † Grossoxipha <small>Vickery & Poinar, 1994</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
5. † Proanaxipha <small>Vickery & Poinar, 1994</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>

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

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