Scapteriscinae Zeuner, 1939

Diagnosis. Medium to large mole crickets bearing two protibial dactyls and with a broad, fore trochanter elongated and developed. Hind femora shorter than pronotum, first tarsomere armed with an interno-apical spine Length of cerci usually not longer than the length of the pronotum. Phallic complex: Epiphallus with an elongated medial projection, transversal sclerite distally forked, basal sclerite tube-like, distal sclerite elongated and pronounced. Ectophallus: Parameres separate or frontally fused.