Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

KEY TO WYOMING GRASSHOPPERS: Acrididae

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8a Antennae filiform. Front of head slightly receding... Subfamily MELANOPLINAE and CYRTACANTHACRIDINAE (go to 76)

 

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Note uniform thickness of filiform antenna.	Head and pronotum of melanopline.

 

8b Antennae ensiform. Front of head strongly receding... Subfamily GOMPHOCERINAE...

 

Paropomala wyomingensis (Thomas)

Ensiform antenna.	Note strongly receding face.
Adult male.

 

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