Pentacentrus is an Asian genus of crickets, typical of the tribe Pentacentrini and subfamily Pentacentrinae; these names are based on "Pentacentrites" coined by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure in 1878. Species in this genus have been recorded from: China, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malesia and northern Australia (distribution is probably incomplete).
Species
The Orthoptera Species File lists:
- Pentacentrus acuminatus <small>Chopard, 1930</small>
- Pentacentrus acutiparamerus <small>Liu & Shi, 2014</small>
- Pentacentrus annulicornis <small>Chopard, 1929</small>
- Pentacentrus biflexuous <small>Liu & Shi, 2014</small>
- Pentacentrus birmanus <small>Chopard, 1969</small>
- Pentacentrus biroi <small>Chopard, 1927</small>
- Pentacentrus bituberus <small>Liu & Shi, 2011</small>
- Pentacentrus brunneus <small>Chopard, 1930</small>
- Pentacentrus cornutus <small>Chopard, 1940</small>
- Pentacentrus cupulifer <small>Chopard, 1930</small>
- Pentacentrus dulongjiangensis <small>Li, Xu & Liu, 2019</small>
- Pentacentrus emarginatus <small>Liu & Shi, 2014</small>
- Pentacentrus formosanus <small>Karny, 1915</small>
- Pentacentrus kakirra <small>Otte & Alexander, 1983</small>
- Pentacentrus laminifer <small>Chopard, 1940</small>
- Pentacentrus medogensis <small>Zong, Qiu & Liu, 2017</small>
- Pentacentrus microtympanalis <small>Gorochov, 1986</small>
- Pentacentrus minutus <small>Chopard, 1927</small>
- Pentacentrus mjobergi <small>Chopard, 1930</small>
- Pentacentrus multicapillus <small>Liu & Shi, 2011</small>
- Pentacentrus nigrescens <small>Chopard, 1951</small>
- Pentacentrus papuanus <small>Chopard, 1951</small>
- Pentacentrus parvulus <small>Liu & Shi, 2014</small>
- Pentacentrus philippinensis <small>Chopard, 1925</small>
- Pentacentrus pulchellus <small>Saussure, 1878</small> - type species
- Pentacentrus punctulatus <small>Chopard, 1925</small>
- Pentacentrus quadridentatus <small>Chopard, 1940</small>
- Pentacentrus quadrilineatus <small>Chopard, 1940</small>
- Pentacentrus sexspinosus <small>Chopard, 1940</small>
- Pentacentrus soror <small>Chopard, 1951</small>
- Pentacentrus sororius <small>Zong, Qiu & Liu, 2017</small>
- Pentacentrus transversus <small>Liu & Shi, 2015</small>
- Pentacentrus tridentatus <small>Chopard, 1969</small>
- Pentacentrus unicolor <small>Chopard, 1925</small>
- Pentacentrus unifenestratus <small>Caudell, 1927</small>
- Pentacentrus velutinus <small>Chopard, 1937</small>
- Pentacentrus vicinus <small>Chopard, 1930</small>
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