Biology:Pentacentrinae

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Short description: Subfamily of crickets

Pentacentrinae
Proanaxipha madgesuttonae male holotype dorsal view - ZooKeys-229-111-g001-1.png
Proanaxipha madgesuttonae male
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q3374877 entry