These crickets are mainly present in France, southern Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Romania, Croatia and in Greece.

The flat, extended pronotum shows a black band, with an orange-yellow lateral contour.

This species is remarkably long-legged, with a striking pattern of black spots and drawings and small spines on the hind legs.

In the females the tiny dark brown wings are partially hidden under the pronotum, while the males have very short tegmina.

The song of these crickets consists of short, high-frequency single sounds, usually presented in series at a distance of a few seconds.