Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West
Entomology
Key to the Melanoplus Species
Previous Step (C')D Furculae diverging; subgenital plate without apical tubercle; hind tibiae tan; southwestern
Colorado.
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Furculae |
Top view of subgenital plate |
Cercus |
D' Furculae parallel; subgenital plate with apical tubercle; hind tibiae red; light bands on tegmina form faint "V" when folded; widespread in foothills and mountains.
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Furculae |
Top view of subgenital plate |
Cercus |
[If the hind tibiae are not red the specimen may be Phoetaliotes nebrascencis. P. nebrascencis lacks the light band on tegmina, and the base of the cerci are expanded slightly dorsally and ventrally.]
