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Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

Key to Subfamily Gomphocerinae

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G Size medium; lateral carinae absent; hind tibiae white (sometimes tinted with lavender); tegmina with scattered brown spots; background color cream; wings colorless to pale yellow or blue; uncommon.
 

Top view of pronotum Tegmen
Cibolacris parviceps (Bruner)


G' Size small; lateral carinae of pronotum distinct and usually well marked by color; hind tibiae brown or tan; tegmina with a row of dark spots on blotches; wings colorless.
 

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H Frontal costa with strong lateral ridges, depressed between ridges; widespread and common.
 

Head Top view of pronotum Tegmen
Psoloessa delicatula (Scudder)


H' Frontal costa without strong lateral ridges; eastern Colorado.

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Psoloessa texana (Scudder)



Grasshoppers of Colorado Contents

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