Pentacentrinae
Subfamily of crickets
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| Proanaxipha madgesuttonae male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| 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.[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
These genera, in four tribes, belong to the subfamily Pentacentrinae:[1]
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,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[3]
References
- ^ a b c Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ a b "Pentacentrinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
- ^ a b "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.
