Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West
Entomology
Key to Subfamily Catantopinae (Melanoplinae)
Previous Step (D')E Cerci of male variable but not as described below for Oedaloenotus; prozona not swollen; many common species.
Melanoplus spp.
[See key to this large genus]
E' Cerci of male broad in basal two-thirds and distinctly pointed in apical one-third; prozona when viewed from side appearing swollen; tegmina variable but usually short; hind femora with three dark bands on upper face, sometimes extending to outer face; hind tibiae blue-grey; not recorded in Colorado but may occur in the northwest.
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