''Pentacentrus'' is an Asian genus of crickets, typical of the tribe

Pentacentrini 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. Tri ...

and subfamily Pentacentrinae; these names are based on "Pentacentrites" coined by

Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (; ; 27 November 1829 – 20 February 1905) was a Swiss mineralogist and entomologist specialising in studies of Hymenoptera and Orthopteroid insects. He also was a prolific taxonomist. Biography Sauss ...

in 1878.de Saussure HLF (1878) ''Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve'' 25(2): 39(available at www.biodiversitylibrary.org). Species in this genus have been recorded from: China, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malesia and northern Australia (distribution is probably incomplete).Orthoptera Species File: genus ''Pentacentrus'' Saussure, 1878 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 6 July 2023)
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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

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* {{taxonbar, from= Q10623239 Ensifera genera crickets Orthoptera of Asia Orthoptera of Australia