The Hexacentrinae, are a subfamily of predatory bush crickets or katydids. The type genus is ''

Hexacentrus ''Hexacentrus'' is the type genus of bush-crickets in the subfamily Hexacentrinae. Most species of this genus occur in Southeast Asia and in Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in ...

'', 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 Conocephalinae, meaning "conical head", is an Orthopteran subfamily in the family Tettigoniidae. Genera The Orthoptera Species File lists the following subtribes and genera: Tribe Agraeciini Mostly South America, Africa, South-East Asia an ...

, which may be a sister group. A.V. Gorochov described the following characters for this subfamily: *

rostrum Rostrum may refer to: * Any kind of a platform for a speaker: **dais **pulpit * Rostrum (anatomy), a beak, or anatomical structure resembling a beak, as in the mouthparts of many sucking insects * Rostrum (ship), a form of bow on naval ships * Ros ...

of head narrow with simple, moderately long mandibles, without distinct sexual dimorphism; * flat, wide hind lobe of the

pronotum The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum ( dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on e ...

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

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rather simple (no distinct specializations) in both sexes, but male

paraproct Insect morphology is the study and description of the physical form of insects. The terminology used to describe insects is similar to that used for other arthropods due to their shared evolutionary history. Three physical features separate insec ...

s 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 # '' Acanthoraculus'' Braun & Morris, 2009 (1 species) # '' Ecuaneduba'' Gorochov, 2006 (3 spp.) ;Nubimystrigini Braun, 2016 # '' Nubimystrix'' Braun, 2016 (2 sp.)

Unplaced genera

# '' Aerotegmina'' Hemp, 2001 (4 spp. E Africa) # '' Alison'' Rentz, 2001 (4 spp. Australia,

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) # '' Euhexacentrus'' Hebard, 1922 (1 sp. Philippines) # '' Glenophisis'' Karny, 1926 (5 spp.

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) # ''

'' Serville, 1831 (28 spp. Africa, SE Asia) # '' Nepheliphila'' Hugel, 2010 (1 sp. Indian Ocean) # '' Parahexacentrus'' Karny, 1912 (1 sp. New Guinea) # '' Parateuthras'' Bolívar, 1905 (2 spp. New Guinea) # '' Philippicentrus'' Willemse, 1961 (1 sp. Philippines) # '' Teuthroides'' Bolívar, 1905 (1 sp. New Guinea)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3135013 Tettigoniidae Orthoptera subfamilies Orthoptera of Africa Orthoptera of Asia Orthoptera of South America