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.
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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.
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H' Frontal costa without strong lateral ridges; eastern Colorado.
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Psoloessa texana (Scudder)
