Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

Key to Subfamily Gomphocerinae

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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.
 

Orphulella speciosa (Scudder)
See O. speciosa fact sheet from Dr. Pfadt's Field Guide to Common Western Grasshoppers

Head and pronotum	Tegmen

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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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