Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West
Entomology
Key to Subfamily Gomphocerinae
Previous Step (F')G Lateral carinae of pronotum cut by one sulcus; vertex generally bluntly rounded
anteriorly, posterior edge of depression strongly curved; tegmina usually not extending
to tips of hind femora; dark stripe behind eye distinct; widespread in Colorado.
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G' Lateral carinae of pronotum cut by two or three sulci; vertex somewhat pointed anteriorly, posterior edge of depression curved moderately; tegmina usually extending to tips of hind femora or beyond; stripe behind eye less distinct; widespread in Colorado.
Head and pronotum
Orphulella pelidna (Burmeister)
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