Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West
Entomology
Key to the Subfamily Oedipodinae
Previous Step (I')J Median carina strikingly elevated; bands on tegmina indistinct and composed of many
spots; face distinctly mottled; common in eastern Colorado.
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J' Median carina well marked but not high, often more elevated on prozona than metazona; bands on tegmina fairly distinct; face not distinctly mottled; eastern Colorado.
K Bands on tegmina separated by more than the width of a band; bands usually distinct and solid.
Tegmen
Spharagemon humile (Morse)
K' Bands on tegmina not separated by more than the width of a band; bands less distinct and usually composed of spots.
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[Trimerotropis spp. sometimes will key to this point because the anterior incision of the median carina may be weak.]
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