Hexacentrinae

The Hexacentrinae, are a subfamily of predatory bush crickets or katydids. The type genus is Hexacentrus, which are also known as balloon-winged katydids.[2][3] The group has sometimes been treated as a tribe (as "Hexacentrini") within Conocephalinae, which may be a sister group.[2][1] Members of this subfamily have lobules on the male paraprocts.[1] Most of them also have a flat, wide hind lobe of the pronotum.[1]

Hexacentrinae
Hexacentrus unicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Hexacentrinae
Karny, 1925
Synonyms[1]

Hexacentrini Karny, 1912

Distribution

Many species are Asian or African in origin, but genera in the tribes Ecuanedubini and Nubimystrigini are South American.[2]

Genera
Parahexacentrus paradoxus

As of January 2018, Orthoptera Species File lists the following tribes and genera:[2]

  • Ecuanedubini Braun, Chamorro-Rengifo & Morris, 2009
    • Acanthoraculus Braun & Morris, 2009 (1 species)
    • Ecuaneduba Gorochov, 2006 (3 spp.)
  • Nubimystrigini Braun, 2016
    • Nubimystrix Braun, 2016 (2 sp.)
  • Unplaced genera
    • Aerotegmina Hemp, 2001 (4 spp.)
    • Alison (insect) Rentz, 2001 (4 spp.)
    • Euhexacentrus Hebard, 1922 (1 sp.)
    • Glenophisis Karny, 1926 (5 spp.)
    • Hexacentrus Serville, 1831 (24 spp.)
    • Nepheliphila Hugel, 2010 (1 sp.)
    • Parahexacentrus Karny, 1912 (1 sp.)
    • Parateuthras Bolívar, 1905 (2 spp.)
    • Philippicentrus Willemse, 1961 (1 sp.)
    • Teuthroides Bolívar, 1905 (1 sp.)

References
  1. Gorochov. 2007. Zoosystematica Rossica 16(2):210
  2. Orthoptera species file (retrieved 2 January 2018)
  3. Karny (1925) Sarawak Mus. J. 3: 35-53.
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