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Pentacentrinae

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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.

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monotypic taxon
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Proanaxipha madgesuttonae male holotype dorsal view - ZooKeys-229-111-g001-1.png
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taxon name
Pentacentrinae
taxon rank
subfamily
Commons category
Pentacentrinae
taxon common name
Anomalous Crickets
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Contents
  • Tribes and Genera
  • Aphemogryllini
  • Nemobiopsini
  • Pentacentrini
  • tribe not placed
  • References
  • Further reading

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== thumb|right|Proanaxipha madgesuttonae underside These genera, in four tribes, belong to the subfamily Pentacentrinae: ===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

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