Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

Key to the Melanoplus Species

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D Furculae diverging; subgenital plate without apical tubercle; hind tibiae tan; southwestern Colorado.
 

Melanoplus tristis Bruner

Furculae	Top view of subgenital plate	Cercus

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D' Furculae parallel; subgenital plate with apical tubercle; hind tibiae red; light bands on tegmina form faint "V" when folded; widespread in foothills and mountains.

 

Melanoplus dodgei (Thomas)

Furculae	Top view of subgenital plate	Cercus

[If the hind tibiae are not red the specimen may be Phoetaliotes nebrascencis. P. nebrascencis lacks the light band on tegmina, and the base of the cerci are expanded slightly dorsally and ventrally.]

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