Pentacentrinae is a subfamily of crickets in the family Gryllidae.

[1][2][3] Sometimes known as 'Silent Litter Crickets', they occur in tropical Asia, Africa and the Americas.

[1] The tribe Lissotrachelini Hubbell, 1938 has been moved to the Nemobiinae.

These genera, in four tribes, belong to the subfamily Pentacentrinae:[1] Distribution: south America Distribution: Sri Lanka Authority: Hubbell, 1938 Distribution: Africa, Asia, Australia Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[3]