Pentacentrinae

Pentacentrinae is a subfamily of crickets in the family Gryllidae. Sometimes known as 'Silent Litter Crickets', they occur in tropical Asia, Africa and the Americas. The tribe Lissotrachelini Hubbell, 1938 has been moved to the Nemobiinae.

Tribes and Genera
These genera, in four tribes, belong to the subfamily Pentacentrinae:

Aphemogryllini
Distribution: south America Distribution: Sri Lanka
 * 1) Aphemogryllus Rehn, 1918 c g
 * Homalogryllini
 * 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, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net