Hexacentrinae

The Hexacentrinae, are a subfamily of predatory bush crickets or katydids. The type genus is Hexacentrus, which may be known as "balloon-winged" bush crickets/katydids etc., is also the most speciose and widespread in Africa and Asia.

Description
The group has sometimes been treated as a tribe (as "Hexacentrini") within Conocephalinae, which may be a sister group.

A.V. Gorochov described the following characters for this subfamily:
 * rostrum of head narrow with simple, moderately long mandibles, without distinct sexual dimorphism;
 * flat, wide hind lobe of the pronotum with thoracic sternites having a pair of spines or finger-like processes;
 * fore and middle legs have tibiae with long spines, especially on the ventral surface (for predation);
 * hind wings (if not shortened) with developed “costal lobe”, and a characteristic thickened crossvein;
 * anal plate and epiproct rather simple (no distinct specializations) in both sexes, but male paraprocts have a finger-like process or distinct lobule at their apex.

Genera and Distribution
, the Orthoptera Species File lists the following tribes and genera:

South American tribes
Genera have been placed in two tribes, mostly from Ecuador.
 * Ecuanedubini Braun, Chamorro-Rengifo & Morris, 2009
 * 1) Acanthoraculus Braun & Morris, 2009 (1 species)
 * 2) Ecuaneduba Gorochov, 2006 (3 spp.)
 * Nubimystrigini Braun, 2016
 * 1) Nubimystrix Braun, 2016 (2 sp.)

Unplaced genera

 * 1) Aerotegmina Hemp, 2001 (4 spp. E Africa)
 * 2) Alison Rentz, 2001 (4 spp. Australia, New Guinea)
 * 3) Euhexacentrus Hebard, 1922 (1 sp. Philippines)
 * 4) Glenophisis Karny, 1926 (5 spp. Malesia)
 * 5) Hexacentrus Serville, 1831 (28 spp. Africa, SE Asia)
 * 6) Nepheliphila Hugel, 2010 (1 sp. Indian Ocean)
 * 7) Parahexacentrus Karny, 1912 (1 sp. New Guinea)
 * 8) Parateuthras Bolívar, 1905 (2 spp. New Guinea)
 * 9) Philippicentrus Willemse, 1961 (1 sp. Philippines)
 * 10) Teuthroides Bolívar, 1905 (1 sp. New Guinea)