Gryllotalpini Leach, 1815 stat. rev.

Diagnosis. Ocelli present with different degrees of development. Mesonotum rectangular or conical, wider than long. First pair of tibias with four dactyls, two of them movable and two fixed. Process of fore femur knife shaped (curved, acute). Hind tibia armed with three medial spines and four lateral. Costal margin of tegmina with veins running toward the tip with no reticulation.

Type genus. Gryllotalpa Latreille, 1802 .