Hexacentrini Karny, 1912 The Hexacentrinae, are a subfamily of predatory bush crickets or katydids.

The type genus is Hexacentrus, which may be known as "balloon-winged" bush crickets/katydids etc., is also the most speciose and widespread in Africa and Asia.

[2][3] The group has sometimes been treated as a tribe (as "Hexacentrini") within Conocephalinae, which may be a sister group.

[2][1] A.V.

Gorochov described the following characters for this subfamily:[1] As of July 2022[update], the Orthoptera Species File lists the following tribes and genera:[2] Genera have been placed in two tribes, mostly from Ecuador.