Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

Key to Subfamily Gomphocerinae

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C An arched crest present on melazona of pronotum only (not as pronounced in A. nevadensis); head pointed; general color green; antennae red; wings pale yellow with dark band. [Chortophaga viridifasciata may key to this point if the face is determined to be slanted back. It can be differentiated by the sharp ridge on both the prozona and metazona.]

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C' Metazona of pronotum without high crest; wings usually colorless.

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