In appearance, the species are often similar to those of the subfamily Gomphocerinae, with whom they share a slanted face.

However Acridinae differ from Gomphocerinae in that they lack stridulatory pegs on their hind legs and thus, as the common name suggests, do not make sounds.

The antennae of this species is flattened and sword-like, a trait also shared with some gomphocerines and also with the spurthroated grasshoppers (subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae).

: MacLeay, 1821; distribution: widespread in warmer parts of the Old World & Australasia(partial list): Auth.

: Yin, 1982; distribution: Africa, Europe, Indo-China; single genus: Auth.