Pentacentrinae
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| Proanaxipha madgesuttonae male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Gryllidae |
| Subfamily: | Pentacentrinae Saussure, 1878 |
| Tribes | |
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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
- Aphemogryllus Rehn, 1918 c g
- Homalogryllini
Distribution: Sri Lanka
- Homalogryllus Chopard, 1925 c g
Nemobiopsini
Authority: Hubbell, 1938
- Nemobiopsis Bolívar, 1890 c g - central America
- Pendleburyella Chopard, 1969 c g - west Malesia
Pentacentrini
Distribution: Africa, Asia, Australia
- Apentacentrus Chopard, 1934 c g
- Orthoxiphus Saussure, 1899 c g
- Pentacentrodes Bolívar, 1910 c g
- Pentacentrus Saussure, 1878 c g
tribe not placed
- Trigonidomimus Caudell, 1912 i c g b
- Velapia Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009 c g
- † Eopentacentrus Gorochov, 2010 c g
- † Grossoxipha Vickery & Poinar, 1994 c g
- † Proanaxipha Vickery & Poinar, 1994 c g
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
References
- 1 2 3 Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- 1 2 "Pentacentrinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
- 1 2 "Pentacentrinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
- ↑ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
- ↑ "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.