Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

Key to Subfamily Gomphocerinae

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F Lateral carinae of pronotum more compressed anteriorly as compared to posteriorly; tegmina of females one and one-half length of head and pronotum; tegmina of males extending beyond tips of hind femora; color green to brown; males with stridulatory pegs on intercalary vein of tegmina; mountains of central Colorado.
 

Stethophyma gracile (Scudder)

Top view of pronotum	Tegmen

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F' Lateral carinae of pronotum approximately equidistant anteriorly and posteriorly.

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G Tegmina of males with three distinct longitudinal veins in marginal field; lateral lobes of pronotum in males entirely dark; tegmina of females as long or longer than head and pronotum; generally uncommon; foothills of northern Colorado.
 

Chloealtis conspersa (Harris)

Tegmen	Side view of pronotum	Top view of pronotum

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G' Tegmina of males with one distinct longitudinal vein (and one weak vein) in marginal field; lateral lobes of pronotum in males dark dorsally only; tegmina of females shorter than head and pronotum; generally uncommon; foothills and mountains at moderate elevations and along the eastern slope of Colorado.
 

Chloealtis abdominalis (Thomas)

Tegmen	Side view of pronotum	Head

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