Pentacentrinae

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]

Pentacentrinae
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 Lissotrachelini Hubbell, 1938 Nemobiopsini Hubbell, 1938 Pentacentrini Saussure, 1878

Tribes and Genera

These genera belong to the subfamily Pentacentrinae:[1]

• tribe Aphemogryllini - south America
  • Aphemogryllus Rehn, 1918 ^{c g}
• tribe Homalogryllini - Sri Lanka
  • Homalogryllus Chopard, 1925 ^{c g}
• tribe Lissotrachelini - tropical Americas and SE Asia
  • Lissotrachelus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 ^{c g}
  • Tohila Hubbell, 1938 ^{c g}
  • Trigonidomimus Caudell, 1912 ^{i c g b}
• tribe Nemobiopsini - central America, west Malesia
  • Nemobiopsis Bolívar, 1890 ^{c g}
  • Pendleburyella Chopard, 1969 ^{c g}
• tribe Pentacentrini - 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
  • 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,[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 2018-12-29.
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. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN 978-1-889002-04-0.