Pentacentrus

Pentacentrus is an Asian genus of crickets, typical of the tribe Pentacentrini and subfamily Pentacentrinae; these names are based on "Pentacentrites" coined by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure in 1878. Species in this genus have been recorded from: China, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malesia and northern Australia (distribution is probably incomplete).

== Species == The Orthoptera Species File lists: Pentacentrus acuminatus Chopard, 1930 Pentacentrus acutiparamerus Liu & Shi, 2014 Pentacentrus annulicornis Chopard, 1929 Pentacentrus biflexuous Liu & Shi, 2014 Pentacentrus birmanus Chopard, 1969 Pentacentrus biroi Chopard, 1927 Pentacentrus bituberus Liu & Shi, 2011 Pentacentrus brunneus Chopard, 1930 Pentacentrus cornutus Chopard, 1940 Pentacentrus cupulifer Chopard, 1930 Pentacentrus dulongjiangensis Li, Xu & Liu, 2019 Pentacentrus emarginatus Liu & Shi, 2014 Pentacentrus formosanus Karny, 1915 Pentacentrus kakirra Otte & Alexander, 1983 Pentacentrus laminifer Chopard, 1940 Pentacentrus medogensis Zong, Qiu & Liu, 2017 Pentacentrus microtympanalis Gorochov, 1986 Pentacentrus minutus Chopard, 1927 Pentacentrus mjobergi Chopard, 1930 Pentacentrus multicapillus Liu & Shi, 2011 Pentacentrus nigrescens Chopard, 1951 Pentacentrus papuanus Chopard, 1951 Pentacentrus parvulus Liu & Shi, 2014 Pentacentrus philippinensis Chopard, 1925 Pentacentrus pulchellus Saussure, 1878 - type species Pentacentrus punctulatus Chopard, 1925 Pentacentrus quadridentatus Chopard, 1940 Pentacentrus quadrilineatus Chopard, 1940 Pentacentrus sexspinosus Chopard, 1940 Pentacentrus soror Chopard, 1951 Pentacentrus sororius Zong, Qiu & Liu, 2017 Pentacentrus transversus Liu & Shi, 2015 Pentacentrus tridentatus Chopard, 1969 Pentacentrus unicolor Chopard, 1925 Pentacentrus unifenestratus Caudell, 1927 Pentacentrus velutinus Chopard, 1937 Pentacentrus vicinus Chopard, 1930