Long antennae
4 tarsomeres (foot segments)				3 tarsomeres (foot segments)
Forewings, tough and different from soft hind wings	Wingless	Wingless	Fore wings and hind wings similar in appearance	Spade feet	Normal feet
Ears present & stridulator organ present on the base of tegmen in males	Absent	Ears absent / present	Ears and stridulatory organ absent	Gryllotalpidae	Gryllidae
Tettigonidae	Bases of antennae almost touching	Bases of antennae never touching and atleast separated by the length of first antennal segment	Gryllacrididae
	Rhaphidophoridae	Anostostomatidae