Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West
Entomology
SUBFAMILY CATANTOPINAE (MELANOPLINAE)
Previous Step (C')D Head large and prominent in comparison with pronotum; tegmina usually short; cerci
of male pointed; hind tibiae blue or green; dark band extends back from eye across
much of the lateral lobes of the pronotum; widespread in eastern Colorado.
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| Head and pronotum | Cercus |
D' Head not large or prominent in comparison with pronotum.

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