Pentacentrinae

Pentacentrinae
Proanaxipha madgesuttonae male
Scientific classification
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. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Sometimes known as 'Silent Litter Crickets', they occur in tropical Asia, Africa and the Americas. ^[1] The tribe Lissotrachelini Hubbell, 1938 has been moved to the Nemobiinae.

Tribes and Genera

Proanaxipha madgesuttonae underside

These genera, in four tribes, belong to the subfamily Pentacentrinae: ^[1]

Aphemogryllini

Distribution: south America

1. Aphemogryllus Rehn, 1918 ^{c g}

Homalogryllini

Distribution: Sri Lanka

1. Homalogryllus Chopard, 1925 ^{c g}

Nemobiopsini

Authority: Hubbell, 1938

1. Nemobiopsis Bolívar, 1890 ^{c g} - central America
2. Pendleburyella Chopard, 1969 ^{c g} - west Malesia

Pentacentrini

Distribution: Africa, Asia, Australia

1. Apentacentrus Chopard, 1934 ^{c g}
2. Orthoxiphus Saussure, 1899 ^{c g}
3. Pentacentrodes Bolívar, 1910 ^{c g}
4. Pentacentrus Saussure, 1878 ^{c g}

tribe not placed

1. Trigonidomimus Caudell, 1912 ^{i c g b}
2. Velapia Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009 ^{c g}
3. † Eopentacentrus Gorochov, 2010 ^{c g}
4. † Grossoxipha Vickery & Poinar, 1994 ^{c g}
5. † Proanaxipha Vickery & Poinar, 1994 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[2] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[4] g = GBIF, ^[5] b = Bugguide.net ^[3]

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. Archived from the original on 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2018-05-03.